diff --git a/app/services/projects/create_service.rb b/app/services/projects/create_service.rb
index 3672b6238069ad9d1318a3eb91baa8390ed115d0..7b06ce9a337048c813220837aff28f19a0ae4946 100644
--- a/app/services/projects/create_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/projects/create_service.rb
@@ -12,12 +12,10 @@ module Projects
         @project.visibility_level = default_features.visibility_level
       end
 
-      # Parametrize path for project
-      #
-      # Ex.
-      #  'GitLab HQ'.parameterize => "gitlab-hq"
-      #
-      @project.path = @project.name.dup.parameterize unless @project.path.present?
+      # Set project name from path
+      unless @project.name.present?
+        @project.name = @project.path.dup
+      end
 
       # get namespace id
       namespace_id = params[:namespace_id]
diff --git a/app/views/projects/new.html.haml b/app/views/projects/new.html.haml
index e77ef84f51c3dd66b29c3af2dfef6c30efabfb11..f0f9d74c808102dbba75dba6701bf41451b7d98d 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/new.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/new.html.haml
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@
 
     = form_for @project, html: { class: 'new_project form-horizontal' } do |f|
       .form-group.project-name-holder
-        = f.label :name, class: 'control-label' do
+        = f.label :path, class: 'control-label' do
           %strong Project name
         .col-sm-10
-          = f.text_field :name, placeholder: "Example Project", class: "form-control", tabindex: 1, autofocus: true
+          .input-group
+            = f.text_field :path, placeholder: "my-awesome-project", class: "form-control", tabindex: 1, autofocus: true
+            .input-group-addon
+              \.git
 
       - if current_user.can_select_namespace?
         .form-group
@@ -18,22 +21,6 @@
             = f.select :namespace_id, namespaces_options(params[:namespace_id] || :current_user), {}, {class: 'select2', tabindex: 2}
 
       %hr
-      .js-toggle-container
-        .form-group
-          .col-sm-2
-          .col-sm-10
-            = link_to "#", class: 'js-toggle-button' do
-              %i.fa.fa-pencil-square-o
-              %span Customize repository name?
-        .js-toggle-content.hide
-          .form-group
-            = f.label :path, class: 'control-label' do
-              %span Repository name
-            .col-sm-10
-              .input-group
-                = f.text_field :path, class: 'form-control'
-                %span.input-group-addon .git
-
       .js-toggle-container
         .form-group
           .col-sm-2