diff --git a/packages/wakatime/__about__.py b/packages/wakatime/__about__.py
index a4ec680..c799834 100644
--- a/packages/wakatime/__about__.py
+++ b/packages/wakatime/__about__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 __title__ = 'wakatime'
 __description__ = 'Common interface to the WakaTime api.'
 __url__ = 'https://github.com/wakatime/wakatime'
-__version_info__ = ('4', '0', '11')
+__version_info__ = ('4', '0', '12')
 __version__ = '.'.join(__version_info__)
 __author__ = 'Alan Hamlett'
 __author_email__ = 'alan@wakatime.com'
diff --git a/packages/wakatime/base.py b/packages/wakatime/base.py
index 30186c8..00a7d1e 100644
--- a/packages/wakatime/base.py
+++ b/packages/wakatime/base.py
@@ -157,8 +157,10 @@ def parseArguments(argv):
     parser.add_argument('--proxy', dest='proxy',
                         help='optional https proxy url; for example: '+
                         'https://user:pass@localhost:8080')
-    parser.add_argument('--project', dest='project_name',
-            help='optional project name; auto-discovered project takes priority')
+    parser.add_argument('--project', dest='project',
+            help='optional project name')
+    parser.add_argument('--alternate-project', dest='alternate_project',
+            help='optional alternate project name; auto-discovered project takes priority')
     parser.add_argument('--disableoffline', dest='offline',
             action='store_false',
             help='disables offline time logging instead of queuing logged time')
@@ -444,10 +446,13 @@ def main(argv=None):
         if not args.notfile:
             project = find_project(args.targetFile, configs=configs)
         branch = None
-        project_name = args.project_name
+        project_name = args.project
         if project:
             branch = project.branch()
-            project_name = project.name()
+            if not project_name:
+                project_name = project.name()
+        if not project_name:
+            project_name = args.alternate_project
 
         if send_heartbeat(
                 project=project_name,
diff --git a/packages/wakatime/logger.py b/packages/wakatime/logger.py
index fdae903..3c768cf 100644
--- a/packages/wakatime/logger.py
+++ b/packages/wakatime/logger.py
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     :license: BSD, see LICENSE for more details.
 """
 
-import inspect
 import logging
 import os
 import sys
@@ -38,33 +37,32 @@ class CustomEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
 
 class JsonFormatter(logging.Formatter):
 
-    def setup(self, timestamp, isWrite, targetFile, version, plugin):
+    def setup(self, timestamp, isWrite, targetFile, version, plugin, verbose):
         self.timestamp = timestamp
         self.isWrite = isWrite
         self.targetFile = targetFile
         self.version = version
         self.plugin = plugin
+        self.verbose = verbose
 
     def format(self, record):
         data = OrderedDict([
             ('now', self.formatTime(record, self.datefmt)),
         ])
-        try:
-            data['package'] = inspect.stack()[9][0].f_globals.get('__package__')
-            data['lineno'] = inspect.stack()[9][2]
-        except:
-            pass
         data['version'] = self.version
         data['plugin'] = self.plugin
         data['time'] = self.timestamp
-        data['isWrite'] = self.isWrite
-        data['file'] = self.targetFile
+        if self.verbose:
+            data['caller'] = record.pathname
+            data['lineno'] = record.lineno
+            data['isWrite'] = self.isWrite
+            data['file'] = self.targetFile
+            if not self.isWrite:
+                del data['isWrite']
         data['level'] = record.levelname
         data['message'] = record.msg
         if not self.plugin:
             del data['plugin']
-        if not self.isWrite:
-            del data['isWrite']
         return CustomEncoder().encode(data)
 
     def formatException(self, exc_info):
@@ -90,6 +88,7 @@ def setup_logging(args, version):
             targetFile=args.targetFile,
             version=version,
             plugin=args.plugin,
+            verbose=args.verbose,
         )
         logger.handlers[0].setFormatter(formatter)
         return logger
@@ -104,6 +103,7 @@ def setup_logging(args, version):
         targetFile=args.targetFile,
         version=version,
         plugin=args.plugin,
+        verbose=args.verbose,
     )
     handler.setFormatter(formatter)
     logger.addHandler(handler)