diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1b552c2..1ef4968 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "pydantic[email] >= 2.0",
     "sentry-sdk >= 2.20.0",
     "fastar >= 0.8.0",
+    "tomli; python_version < '3.11'",
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
diff --git a/src/fastapi_cloud_cli/commands/deploy.py b/src/fastapi_cloud_cli/commands/deploy.py
index e94c3f8..44edaa1 100644
--- a/src/fastapi_cloud_cli/commands/deploy.py
+++ b/src/fastapi_cloud_cli/commands/deploy.py
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@
 from rich.text import Text
 from rich_toolkit import RichToolkit
 from rich_toolkit.menu import Option
+try:
+    import tomllib
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    import tomli as tomllib
 
 from fastapi_cloud_cli.commands.login import login
 from fastapi_cloud_cli.utils.api import APIClient, StreamLogError, TooManyRetriesError
@@ -39,9 +43,32 @@ def _cancel_upload(deployment_id: str) -> None:
     except Exception as e:
         logger.debug("Failed to notify server about upload cancellation: %s", e)
 
+def _project_name_from_pyproject(path: Path) -> str:
+    if not path.exists():
+        return ""
+    
+    try:
+        with path.open("rb") as f:
+            data = tomllib.load(f)
+
+        project_name = data.get("project", {}).get("name")
+        if project_name:
+            return project_name
+
+        poetry_name = data.get("tool", {}).get("poetry", {}).get("name")
+        if poetry_name:
+            return poetry_name
+
+    except Exception:
+        return ""
+
+    return ""
 
 def _get_app_name(path: Path) -> str:
-    # TODO: use pyproject.toml to get the app name
+    pyproject_path = path / "pyproject.toml"
+    name = _project_name_from_pyproject(pyproject_path)
+    if name:
+        return name
     return path.name
 
 
diff --git a/uv.lock b/uv.lock
index f1b7518..402b2df 100644
--- a/uv.lock
+++ b/uv.lock
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ dependencies = [
     { name = "rich-toolkit" },
     { name = "rignore" },
     { name = "sentry-sdk" },
+    { name = "tomli", marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },
     { name = "typer" },
     { name = "uvicorn", extra = ["standard"] },
 ]
@@ -393,6 +394,7 @@ requires-dist = [
     { name = "rich-toolkit", specifier = ">=0.14.5" },
     { name = "rignore", specifier = ">=0.5.1" },
     { name = "sentry-sdk", specifier = ">=2.20.0" },
+    { name = "tomli", marker = "python_full_version < '3.11'" },
     { name = "typer", specifier = ">=0.12.3" },
     { name = "uvicorn", extras = ["standard"], specifier = ">=0.15.0" },
     { name = "uvicorn", extras = ["standard"], marker = "extra == 'standard'", specifier = ">=0.15.0" },