diff --git a/bench/app.py b/bench/app.py
index bb23f70c..f00f8acc 100755
--- a/bench/app.py
+++ b/bench/app.py
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import typing
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from datetime import date
 from urllib.parse import urlparse
+import os
 
 # imports - third party imports
 import click
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ from bench.utils import (
 	is_valid_frappe_branch,
 	log,
 	run_frappe_cmd,
+	is_frappe_app,
 )
 from bench.utils.bench import (
 	build_assets,
@@ -66,6 +68,8 @@ class AppMeta:
 		self.from_apps = False
 		self.is_url = False
 		self.branch = branch
+		self.app_name = None
+		self.git_repo = None
 		self.mount_path = os.path.abspath(
 			os.path.join(urlparse(self.name).netloc, urlparse(self.name).path)
 		)
@@ -94,6 +98,13 @@ class AppMeta:
 		else:
 			self._setup_details_from_name_tag()
 
+		if self.git_repo:
+			self.app_name = os.path.basename(
+				os.path.normpath(self.git_repo.working_tree_dir)
+			)
+		else:
+			self.app_name = self.repo
+
 	def _setup_details_from_mounted_disk(self):
 		# If app is a git repo
 		self.git_repo = Repo(self.mount_path)
@@ -186,7 +197,7 @@ class App(AppMeta):
 		from bench.utils.app import get_app_name
 
 		verbose = bench.cli.verbose or verbose
-		app_name = get_app_name(self.bench.name, self.repo)
+		app_name = get_app_name(self.bench.name, self.app_name)
 		if not resolved and self.repo != "frappe" and not ignore_resolution:
 			click.secho(
 				f"Ignoring dependencies of {self.name}. To install dependencies use --resolve-deps",
diff --git a/bench/bench.py b/bench/bench.py
index 9d8d23de..c07fd4f4 100644
--- a/bench/bench.py
+++ b/bench/bench.py
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ class BenchSetup(Base):
 
 		for app in apps:
 			path_to_app = os.path.join(self.bench.name, "apps", app)
-			App(path_to_app, bench=self.bench, to_clone=False).install(
+			app = App(path_to_app, bench=self.bench, to_clone=False).install(
 				skip_assets=True, restart_bench=False, ignore_resolution=True
 			)
 
diff --git a/bench/utils/app.py b/bench/utils/app.py
index d07422e1..158fdf96 100644
--- a/bench/utils/app.py
+++ b/bench/utils/app.py
@@ -210,25 +210,25 @@ def get_remote(app, bench_path="."):
 		return contents.splitlines()[0].split()[0]
 
 
-def get_app_name(bench_path, repo_name):
+def get_app_name(bench_path, folder_name):
 	app_name = None
 	apps_path = os.path.join(os.path.abspath(bench_path), "apps")
-	config_path = os.path.join(apps_path, repo_name, "setup.cfg")
+	config_path = os.path.join(apps_path, folder_name, "setup.cfg")
 	if os.path.exists(config_path):
 		config = read_configuration(config_path)
 		app_name = config.get("metadata", {}).get("name")
 
 	if not app_name:
 		# retrieve app name from setup.py as fallback
-		app_path = os.path.join(apps_path, repo_name, "setup.py")
+		app_path = os.path.join(apps_path, folder_name, "setup.py")
 		with open(app_path, "rb") as f:
 			app_name = re.search(r'name\s*=\s*[\'"](.*)[\'"]', f.read().decode("utf-8")).group(1)
 
-	if app_name and repo_name != app_name:
-		os.rename(os.path.join(apps_path, repo_name), os.path.join(apps_path, app_name))
+	if app_name and folder_name != app_name:
+		os.rename(os.path.join(apps_path, folder_name), os.path.join(apps_path, app_name))
 		return app_name
 
-	return repo_name
+	return folder_name
 
 def check_existing_dir(bench_path, repo_name):
 	cloned_path = os.path.join(bench_path, "apps", repo_name)