diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 2c0002a..a027be8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 gJsonRPCPlugin versions
 
+2020-12-29 1.1
+add option <name> in command <open> to specify name caption in CC treeview 
+
 2020-12-29 1.0
 add command <version> to get version information
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2a6aebb..411bdd6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ interface
   filter: string, optional, filter identificator, if not given then CloudCompare identifies fileformat based on extension
   silent: bool, optional, if true, then filterdialog is suppressed
   transformation: list of float (16values), optional, after import this transformation matrix is applied to the object,
+  name: specify name in CC object treeview
 - clear - clear all objects
 - version - return version number of plugin
 ```
diff --git a/include/JsonRPCPlugin.h b/include/JsonRPCPlugin.h
index 6d0c473..b167b49 100644
--- a/include/JsonRPCPlugin.h
+++ b/include/JsonRPCPlugin.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public slots:
 private:
 	//! Default action
     QAction* m_action{nullptr};
-    const QString version{"1.0"};
+    const QString version{"1.1"};
 protected:
 	/// server that emit the execute signals
     JsonRPCServer rpc_server;
diff --git a/src/JsonRPCPlugin.cpp b/src/JsonRPCPlugin.cpp
index a3e3344..7124705 100644
--- a/src/JsonRPCPlugin.cpp
+++ b/src/JsonRPCPlugin.cpp
@@ -145,6 +145,13 @@ JsonRPCResult JsonRPCPlugin::execute(QString method, QMap<QString, QVariant> par
                 }
             }
 
+            // the object name in CC treeview
+            QString objname = params["name"].toString().trimmed();
+            if(!objname.isEmpty())
+            {
+                newGroup->setName(objname);
+            }
+
             m_app->addToDB(newGroup);
             need_redraw = true;
             result = JsonRPCResult::success(0);
diff --git a/test/client_open2.py b/test/client_open2.py
index 212dbf3..135f525 100755
--- a/test/client_open2.py
+++ b/test/client_open2.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import websockets
 async def hello():
     uri = "ws://localhost:6001"
     async with websockets.connect(uri) as websocket:
-        await websocket.send('{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "open", "params": {"filename": "/home/adib/Dokumente/teapot.ply", "filter":"PLY mesh (*.ply)", "silent":true}, "id": 4}')
+        await websocket.send('{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "method": "open", "params": {"filename": "/home/adib/Dokumente/teapot.ply", "filter":"PLY mesh (*.ply)", "silent":true, "name":"testpod"}, "id": 4}')
         result = await websocket.recv()
         print("result: ", result)