diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 44902c9f9969ebaad2ac43623659d0ce9544c526..2767752af0ddc8d4d41d58060370289cfc748d72 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ So no variable encoding for you!
 * added `get_all_series`
 * added `get_first_entry_for`
 * added `close_all_open_series`
+* added `TimeSeries.name`
 
 ## v0.1
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index f0afab20750565d821aba865e6b2710e0b179a39..b1d66c22de8942c31e8d0c1c72e743323ca30d2f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ def find_pyx(*path) -> tp.List[str]:
 #
 
 setup(name='tempsdb',
-      version='0.2_a5',
+      version='0.2_a6',
       packages=['tempsdb'],
       install_requires=['satella>=2.14.21', 'ujson'],
       ext_modules=build([Multibuild('tempsdb', find_pyx('tempsdb')), ],
diff --git a/tempsdb/database.pyx b/tempsdb/database.pyx
index e644cdaab2e2ff14a5034be1a8db6f13967a76cd..c7714b72572ccb922114cc4701df361f44f7aac2 100644
--- a/tempsdb/database.pyx
+++ b/tempsdb/database.pyx
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ cdef class Database:
                     return self.open_series[name]
                 if not os.path.isdir(path):
                     raise DoesNotExist('series %s does not exist' % (name, ))
-                self.open_series[name] = result = TimeSeries(path)
+                self.open_series[name] = result = TimeSeries(path, name)
                 if self.mpm is not None:
                     result.register_memory_pressure_manager(self.mpm)
         return result
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ cdef class Database:
             raise ValueError('Invalid block size, pick larger page')
         if os.path.isdir(os.path.join(self.path, name)):
             raise AlreadyExists('Series already exists')
-        cdef TimeSeries series = create_series(os.path.join(self.name, name),
+        cdef TimeSeries series = create_series(os.path.join(self.name, name), name,
                                                block_size,
                                                entries_per_chunk, page_size=page_size)
         self.open_series[name] = series
diff --git a/tempsdb/series.pxd b/tempsdb/series.pxd
index 24a6ac3b0a2fccc163fae1ec363aafa61af2b4ae..e4f9b8f292e946ba96a4f3f01605053a9d021c67 100644
--- a/tempsdb/series.pxd
+++ b/tempsdb/series.pxd
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ cdef class TimeSeries:
         object lock             # lock to hold while writing
         object open_lock        # lock to hold while opening or closing chunks
         readonly str path
+        readonly str name
         unsigned int max_entries_per_chunk
         readonly unsigned long long last_entry_synced
         readonly unsigned int block_size
@@ -38,5 +39,5 @@ cdef class TimeSeries:
     cdef inline int get_references_for(self, unsigned long long timestamp):
         return self.refs_chunks.get(timestamp, 0)
 
-cpdef TimeSeries create_series(str path, unsigned int block_size,
-                               int max_entries_per_chunk, int page_size=*)
+cpdef TimeSeries create_series(str path, str name, unsigned int block_size,
+                               int max_entries_per_chunk, int page_size=4096):
diff --git a/tempsdb/series.pyx b/tempsdb/series.pyx
index 038cb1aa8ed023d793b33565da11448e7e358760..326d318394e21c2477428fa2bbfe06498460b6ec 100644
--- a/tempsdb/series.pyx
+++ b/tempsdb/series.pyx
@@ -21,9 +21,14 @@ cdef class TimeSeries:
     :ivar last_entry_synced: timestamp of the last synchronized entry (int)
     :ivar block_size: size of the writable block of data (int)
     :ivar path: path to the directory containing the series (str)
+
+    .. versionadded:: 0.2
+
+    :ivar name: name of the series (str)
     """
-    def __init__(self, path: str):
+    def __init__(self, path: str, name: str):
         self.mpm = None
+        self.name = name
         self.lock = threading.RLock()
         self.open_lock = threading.RLock()
         self.refs_chunks = {}
@@ -356,7 +361,7 @@ cdef class TimeSeries:
         shutil.rmtree(self.path)
 
 
-cpdef TimeSeries create_series(str path, unsigned int block_size,
+cpdef TimeSeries create_series(str path, str name, unsigned int block_size,
                                int max_entries_per_chunk, int page_size=4096):
     if os.path.exists(path):
         raise AlreadyExists('This series already exists!')
@@ -370,4 +375,4 @@ cpdef TimeSeries create_series(str path, unsigned int block_size,
             'page_size': page_size
             }, f_out
         )
-    return TimeSeries(path)
+    return TimeSeries(path, name)
diff --git a/tests/test_db.py b/tests/test_db.py
index 58b3529b3b7f79da03298dd98f652141855c2db9..d669e7415b65338cae9e9084c798c082bc36fc08 100644
--- a/tests/test_db.py
+++ b/tests/test_db.py
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import os
-import sys
 import unittest
 
 
 class TestDB(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_write_series(self):
         from tempsdb.series import create_series
-        series = create_series('test3', 10, 4096)
+        series = create_series('test3', 'test3', 10, 4096)
         for i in range(8000):
             series.append(i, b'\x00'*10)
         series.trim(4100)
@@ -17,7 +16,7 @@ class TestDB(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_create_series(self):
         from tempsdb.series import create_series
 
-        series = create_series('test', 1, 10)
+        series = create_series('test', 'test', 1, 10)
         start, ts = 127, 100
         for i in range(20):
             series.append(ts, bytes(bytearray([start])))
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ class TestDB(unittest.TestCase):
         self.do_verify_series(series, 0, 1200)
         self.do_verify_series(series, 0, 1800)
         series.close()
-        print(f'after close')
 
     def do_verify_series(self, series, start, stop):
         it = series.iterate_range(start, stop)