diff --git a/src/xts_core/xts.py b/src/xts_core/xts.py
index 4940bfc..846ec34 100755
--- a/src/xts_core/xts.py
+++ b/src/xts_core/xts.py
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ class XTS():
         _xts_config (dict, optional): Parsed XTS configuration data. Defaults to None.
         _command_sections (dict): Dictionary of command sections extracted from configuration.
         _plugins (list): List of plugin classes providing additional commands.
+        _alias_name (str, optional): The alias name used to invoke the command. Defaults to None.
     """
 
     def __init__(self):
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ def __init__(self):
         self._xts_config = None
         self._command_sections = {}
         self._plugins = [XTSAllocatorClient]
+        self._alias_name = None
 
     @property
     def xts_config(self):
@@ -202,6 +204,7 @@ def _parse_first_arg(self):
 
         # load xts config remove alias name from argv before parsing
         self.xts_config = resolved_xts_path
+        self._alias_name = alias_name
 
         return remaining_args[1:]
 
@@ -214,9 +217,10 @@ def run(self):
         args = self._parse_first_arg()
 
         try:
+            prog_name = f'xts {self._alias_name}' if self._alias_name else 'xts'
             yaml_runner = YamlRunner(
                 self._command_sections,
-                program='xts',
+                program=prog_name,
                 hierarchical=True,
                 fail_fast=True,
                 parser_class=XTSArgumentParser