diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 52c021ea..0819ae7d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 All enhancements and patches to cookiecutter-django will be documented in this file.
 This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
+## [2016-1-26]
+### Changed
+- Fixed NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME environment variable (@jayfk)
+
 ## [2016-1-18]
 ### Added
 - Added .dockerignore file (@bogdal)
diff --git a/docs/settings.rst b/docs/settings.rst
index aec7c513..c253c18c 100644
--- a/docs/settings.rst
+++ b/docs/settings.rst
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ DJANGO_SENTRY_CLIENT                    SENTRY_CLIENT               n/a
 DJANGO_SENTRY_LOG_LEVEL                 SENTRY_LOG_LEVEL            n/a                                            logging.INFO
 DJANGO_MAILGUN_API_KEY                  MAILGUN_ACCESS_KEY          n/a                                            raises error
 DJANGO_MAILGUN_SERVER_NAME              MAILGUN_SERVER_NAME         n/a                                            raises error
+NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME                      NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME          n/a                                            raises error
 NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY                   NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY       n/a                                            raises error
 DJANGO_OPBEAT_APP_ID                    OPBEAT['APP_ID']            n/a                                            raises error
 DJANGO_OPBEAT_SECRET_TOKEN              OPBEAT['SECRET_TOKEN']      n/a                                            raises error
@@ -51,4 +52,4 @@ Other Settings
 --------------
 
 ACCOUNT_ALLOW_REGISTRATION (=True)
-    Allow enable or disable user registration through `django-allauth` without disabling other characteristics like authentication and account management.
\ No newline at end of file
+    Allow enable or disable user registration through `django-allauth` without disabling other characteristics like authentication and account management.
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/settings/production.py b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/settings/production.py
index 09b7ba37..abf5fc99 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/settings/production.py
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/config/settings/production.py
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX = env("DJANGO_EMAIL_SUBJECT_PREFIX", default='[{{cookiecutt
 SERVER_EMAIL = env('DJANGO_SERVER_EMAIL', default=DEFAULT_FROM_EMAIL)
 {% if cookiecutter.use_newrelic == 'y'-%}
 NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY = env('NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY')
-NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME = '{{cookiecutter.project_name}}'
+NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME = env('NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME')
 {%- endif %}
 
 # TEMPLATE CONFIGURATION
diff --git a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/env.example b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/env.example
index 749deaed..7eae951c 100644
--- a/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/env.example
+++ b/{{cookiecutter.repo_name}}/env.example
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ DJANGO_SECURE_SSL_REDIRECT=False
 DJANGO_SENTRY_DSN=
 {% endif %}
 {% if cookiecutter.use_newrelic == 'y' -%}
-NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY
+NEW_RELIC_LICENSE_KEY=
+NEW_RELIC_APP_NAME={{cookiecutter.repo_name}}
 {% endif %}
 {% if cookiecutter.use_opbeat == 'y' -%}
 DJANGO_OPBEAT_ORGANIZATION_ID