diff --git a/yolov5/detect.py b/yolov5/detect.py
index 33b8239d9afc2bbdfc6c717faff2f5510a725d4a..34beba00814fbc0e68f5b3b5c307d4d49e6fce70 100755
--- a/yolov5/detect.py
+++ b/yolov5/detect.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def run(
         visualize=False,  # visualize features
         update=False,  # update all models
         project=ROOT / 'runs/detect',  # save results to project/name
-        name='exp',  # save results to project/name
+        name=None,  # save results to project/name
         exist_ok=False,  # existing project/name ok, do not increment
         line_thickness=3,  # bounding box thickness (pixels)
         hide_labels=False,  # hide labels
@@ -98,8 +98,10 @@ def run(
     screenshot = source.lower().startswith('screen')
     if is_url and is_file:
         source = check_file(source)  # download
-
-    project_name = input('Please enter the name of your project : ')
+    if not args.name:
+        project_name = input('Please enter the name of your project : ')
+    else:
+        project_name = args.name
     date_now = date.today().strftime("%Y%m%d")
 
     if sound:
@@ -268,7 +270,7 @@ def parse_opt():
     parser.add_argument('--visualize', action='store_true', help='visualize features')
     parser.add_argument('--update', action='store_true', help='update all models')
     parser.add_argument('--project', default=ROOT / 'runs/detect', help='save results to project/name')
-    parser.add_argument('--name', default='exp', help='save results to project/name')
+    parser.add_argument('--name', default=None, help='save results to project/name')
     parser.add_argument('--exist-ok', action='store_true', help='existing project/name ok, do not increment')
     parser.add_argument('--line-thickness', default=3, type=int, help='bounding box thickness (pixels)')
     parser.add_argument('--hide-labels', default=False, action='store_true', help='hide labels')
diff --git a/yolov5/train.py b/yolov5/train.py
index 304f95b871276df525e32e3f3b90e7536ff27efc..e18d4ea2227a352c365e1d19effbf9f06799e78c 100755
--- a/yolov5/train.py
+++ b/yolov5/train.py
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ def parse_opt(known=False):
     parser.add_argument('--sync-bn', action='store_true', help='use SyncBatchNorm, only available in DDP mode')
     parser.add_argument('--workers', type=int, default=8, help='max dataloader workers (per RANK in DDP mode)')
     parser.add_argument('--project', default=ROOT / 'runs/train', help='save to project/name')
-    parser.add_argument('--name', default='exp', help='save to project/name')
+    parser.add_argument('--name', default=None, help='save to project/name')
     parser.add_argument('--exist-ok', action='store_true', help='existing project/name ok, do not increment')
     parser.add_argument('--quad', action='store_true', help='quad dataloader')
     parser.add_argument('--cos-lr', action='store_true', help='cosine LR scheduler')
@@ -512,7 +512,10 @@ def main(opt, callbacks=Callbacks()):
             opt.exist_ok, opt.resume = opt.resume, False  # pass resume to exist_ok and disable resume
         if opt.name == 'cfg':
             opt.name = Path(opt.cfg).stem  # use model.yaml as name
-        project_name = input('Please enter the name of your project : ')
+        if not args.name:
+            project_name = input('Please enter the name of your project : ')
+        else:
+            project_name = args.name
         date_now = date.today().strftime("%Y%m%d")
         folder_name = '_'.join([project_name, date_now, opt.weights[-4:-3], str(opt.imgsz), opt.optimizer, opt.rf, opt.duration, 'YOLOV5',])
         print(f'Your train results will be saved in {folder_name}')
diff --git a/yolov5/val.py b/yolov5/val.py
index 88e7454e2212997e93936d504bbc83f6a7bc8ab8..7f9e9a0d9dcfa33b48fd24e401bfdf2042d72830 100755
--- a/yolov5/val.py
+++ b/yolov5/val.py
@@ -359,7 +359,7 @@ def parse_opt():
     parser.add_argument('--save-conf', action='store_true', help='save confidences in --save-txt labels')
     parser.add_argument('--save-json', action='store_true', help='save a COCO-JSON results file')
     parser.add_argument('--project', default=ROOT / 'runs/val', help='save to project/name')
-    parser.add_argument('--name', default='exp', help='save to project/name')
+    parser.add_argument('--name', default=None, help='save to project/name')
     parser.add_argument('--exist-ok', action='store_true', help='existing project/name ok, do not increment')
     parser.add_argument('--half', action='store_true', help='use FP16 half-precision inference')
     parser.add_argument('--dnn', action='store_true', help='use OpenCV DNN for ONNX inference')