diff --git a/Src/PCompiler/CompilerCore/Backend/Java/Constants.cs b/Src/PCompiler/CompilerCore/Backend/Java/Constants.cs
index 93208a1a3..b21d20ad1 100644
--- a/Src/PCompiler/CompilerCore/Backend/Java/Constants.cs
+++ b/Src/PCompiler/CompilerCore/Backend/Java/Constants.cs
@@ -115,10 +115,10 @@ internal static string AsFFIComment(string line)
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <groupId>com.amazon.p</groupId>
-    <artifactId>-project-name-</artifactId>
+    <artifactId>-package-name-</artifactId>
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
-    <name>-project-name-</name>
+    <name>-package-name-</name>
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
@@ -165,7 +165,6 @@ internal static string AsFFIComment(string line)
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
-        <directory>${{buildDirectory}}</directory>
         <sourceDirectory>.</sourceDirectory>
     </build>
 </project>";
diff --git a/Src/PCompiler/CompilerCore/Backend/Java/JavaCompiler.cs b/Src/PCompiler/CompilerCore/Backend/Java/JavaCompiler.cs
index e44a7859c..b9970193c 100644
--- a/Src/PCompiler/CompilerCore/Backend/Java/JavaCompiler.cs
+++ b/Src/PCompiler/CompilerCore/Backend/Java/JavaCompiler.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public void GenerateBuildScript(ICompilerConfiguration job)
 
             // create the pom.xml file
             var pomTemplate = Constants.pomTemplate;
-            pomTemplate = pomTemplate.Replace("-project-name-",job.ProjectName);
+            pomTemplate = pomTemplate.Replace("-package-name-",job.PObservePackageName);
             
             string foreignInclude = "";
             var foreignFiles = job.InputForeignFiles.Where(x => x.EndsWith(".java"));
diff --git a/Src/PCompiler/CompilerCore/Backend/Java/JavaSourceGenerator.cs b/Src/PCompiler/CompilerCore/Backend/Java/JavaSourceGenerator.cs
index 46298d2fc..3af2b83b0 100644
--- a/Src/PCompiler/CompilerCore/Backend/Java/JavaSourceGenerator.cs
+++ b/Src/PCompiler/CompilerCore/Backend/Java/JavaSourceGenerator.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ public abstract class JavaSourceGenerator
 
         internal NameManager Names => _context.Names;
         internal TypeManager Types => _context.Types;
-        internal String PackageName => $"{Job.ProjectName}.pobserve";
+        internal String PackageName => $"{Job.PObservePackageName}";
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Constructs a new Java source generator for a particular output file.
diff --git a/Src/PCompiler/CompilerCore/CompilerConfiguration.cs b/Src/PCompiler/CompilerCore/CompilerConfiguration.cs
index a72e0ed94..2af8de98f 100644
--- a/Src/PCompiler/CompilerCore/CompilerConfiguration.cs
+++ b/Src/PCompiler/CompilerCore/CompilerConfiguration.cs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ public CompilerConfiguration()
             InputForeignFiles = new List<string>();
             Output = null;
             ProjectName = "generatedOutput";
+            PObservePackageName = $"{ProjectName}.pobserve";
             ProjectRootPath = new DirectoryInfo(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory());
             LocationResolver = new DefaultLocationResolver();
             Handler = new DefaultTranslationErrorHandler(LocationResolver);
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ public CompilerConfiguration(ICompilerOutput output, DirectoryInfo outputDir, Co
                 }
             }
             ProjectName = projectName ?? Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(inputFiles[0]);
+            PObservePackageName = $"{ProjectName}.pobserve";
             ProjectRootPath = projectRoot;
             LocationResolver = new DefaultLocationResolver();
             Handler = new DefaultTranslationErrorHandler(LocationResolver);
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ public CompilerConfiguration(ICompilerOutput output, DirectoryInfo outputDir, Co
         public DirectoryInfo OutputDirectory { get; set; }
         public CompilerOutput OutputLanguage { get; set; }
         public string ProjectName { get; set; }
+        public string PObservePackageName { get; set; }
         public DirectoryInfo ProjectRootPath { get; set; }
         public ICodeGenerator Backend { get; set; }
         public IList<string> InputPFiles { get; set; }
@@ -79,6 +82,7 @@ public void Copy(CompilerConfiguration parsedConfig)
             LocationResolver = parsedConfig.LocationResolver;
             ProjectDependencies = parsedConfig.ProjectDependencies;
             ProjectName = parsedConfig.ProjectName;
+            PObservePackageName = parsedConfig.PObservePackageName;
             OutputLanguage = parsedConfig.OutputLanguage;
             ProjectRootPath = parsedConfig.ProjectRootPath;
         }
diff --git a/Src/PCompiler/CompilerCore/ICompilerConfiguration.cs b/Src/PCompiler/CompilerCore/ICompilerConfiguration.cs
index 3f30cc12b..2f524166c 100644
--- a/Src/PCompiler/CompilerCore/ICompilerConfiguration.cs
+++ b/Src/PCompiler/CompilerCore/ICompilerConfiguration.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ namespace Plang.Compiler
     public interface ICompilerConfiguration
     {
         string ProjectName { get; }
+        string PObservePackageName { get; }
         DirectoryInfo ProjectRootPath { get; }
         CompilerOutput OutputLanguage { get; }
         ICompilerOutput Output { get; }
diff --git a/Src/PCompiler/PCommandLine/Options/PCompilerOptions.cs b/Src/PCompiler/PCommandLine/Options/PCompilerOptions.cs
index 2a2c3079e..b6b883d09 100644
--- a/Src/PCompiler/PCommandLine/Options/PCompilerOptions.cs
+++ b/Src/PCompiler/PCommandLine/Options/PCompilerOptions.cs
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ internal PCompilerOptions()
             var modes = Parser.AddArgument("mode", "md", "Compilation mode :: (bugfinding, verification, coverage, pobserve, stately). (default: bugfinding)");
             modes.AllowedValues = new List<string>() { "bugfinding", "verification", "coverage", "pobserve", "stately" };
             modes.IsHidden = true;
+
+            Parser.AddArgument("pobserve-package", "po", "PObserve package name").IsHidden = true;
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -169,6 +171,9 @@ private static void UpdateConfigurationWithParsedArgument(CompilerConfiguration
                         compilerConfiguration.Backend = TargetLanguage.GetCodeGenerator(compilerConfiguration.OutputLanguage);
                     }
                     break;
+                case "pobserve-package":
+                    compilerConfiguration.PObservePackageName = (string)option.Value;
+                    break;
                 case "pfiles":
                     {
                         var files = (string[])option.Value;