diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f1d70db5..92e4f670 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 - feat: Add API explorer to runtime [#578](https://github.com/hypermodeinc/modus/pull/578)
 - feat: Add API explorer component to runtime [#584](https://github.com/hypermodeinc/modus/pull/584)
 - fix: logic for jwks endpoint unmarshalling was incorrect [#594](https://github.com/hypermodeinc/modus/pull/594)
+- feat: use user provided name for package.json and go.mod [#595](https://github.com/hypermodeinc/modus/pull/595)
 
 ## 2024-11-18 - AssemblyScript SDK 0.13.5
 
diff --git a/cli/src/commands/new/index.ts b/cli/src/commands/new/index.ts
index 1e8c1f8b..71718bc0 100644
--- a/cli/src/commands/new/index.ts
+++ b/cli/src/commands/new/index.ts
@@ -302,6 +302,7 @@ export default class NewCommand extends BaseCommand {
           await execFile("npm", ["install"], execOpts);
           break;
         case SDK.Go:
+          await execFile("go", ["mod", "edit", "-module", name], execOpts);
           await execFile("go", ["mod", "download"], execOpts);
           break;
       }
diff --git a/sdk/assemblyscript/templates/default/package-lock.json b/sdk/assemblyscript/templates/default/package-lock.json
index e7544287..08539050 100644
--- a/sdk/assemblyscript/templates/default/package-lock.json
+++ b/sdk/assemblyscript/templates/default/package-lock.json
@@ -3563,4 +3563,4 @@
       }
     }
   }
-}
+}
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