diff --git a/statusnet/statusnet.php b/statusnet/statusnet.php
index 2e653aad..b08f5f74 100755
--- a/statusnet/statusnet.php
+++ b/statusnet/statusnet.php
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ function statusnet_settings_post ($a,$post) {
                     set_pconfig(local_user(), 'statusnet', 'consumerkey', $_POST['statusnet-consumerkey']);
                     set_pconfig(local_user(), 'statusnet', 'consumersecret', $_POST['statusnet-consumersecret']);
                     set_pconfig(local_user(), 'statusnet', 'baseapi', $apibase );
+                    set_pconfig(local_user(), 'statusnet', 'application_name', $_POST['statusnet-applicationname'] );
                 } else {
                     //  the API path is not correct, maybe missing trailing / ?
                     $apibase = $apibase . '/';
@@ -302,6 +303,9 @@ function statusnet_settings(&$a,&$s) {
             $s .= '<label id="statusnet-baseapi-label" for="statusnet-baseapi">'. t("Base API Path \x28remember the trailing /\x29") .'</label>';
             $s .= '<input id="statusnet-baseapi" type="text" name="statusnet-baseapi" size="35" /><br />';
             $s .= '<p></p><div class="clear"></div></div>';
+            $s .= '<label id="statusnet-applicationname-label" for="statusnet-applicationname">'.t('StatusNet application name').'</label>';
+            $s .= '<input id="statusnet-applicationname" type="text" name="statusnet-applicationname" size="35" /><br />';
+            $s .= '<p></p><div class="clear"></div></div>';
             $s .= '<div class="settings-submit-wrapper" ><input type="submit" name="statusnet-submit" class="settings-submit" value="' . t('Submit') . '" /></div>';
 	} else {
 		/***