diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectDetailsHandler.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectDetailsHandler.coffee
index 4f3f9b6b1e..c1178dc766 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectDetailsHandler.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Project/ProjectDetailsHandler.coffee
@@ -67,6 +67,13 @@ module.exports = ProjectDetailsHandler =
 		else
 			return callback()
 
+	generateUniqueName: (user_id, name, suffixes = [], callback = (error, newName) -> ) ->
+		if arguments.length is 3 && typeof suffixes is 'function' # make suffixes an optional argument
+			callback = suffixes
+			suffixes = []
+		timestamp = new Date().toISOString().replace(/T(\d+):(\d+):(\d+)\..*/,' $1$2$3') # strip out unwanted characters
+		ProjectDetailsHandler.ensureProjectNameIsUnique user_id, name, suffixes.concat(" (#{timestamp})"), callback
+
 	_addSuffixToProjectName: (name, suffix = '') ->
 		# append the suffix and truncate the project title if needed
 		truncatedLength = ProjectDetailsHandler.MAX_PROJECT_NAME_LENGTH - suffix.length
@@ -82,7 +89,7 @@ module.exports = ProjectDetailsHandler =
 			return callback(error) if error?
 			# allUsersProjectNames is returned as a hash {owned: [name1, name2, ...], readOnly: [....]}
 			# collect all of the names and flatten them into a single array
-			projectNameList = _.flatten(_.values(allUsersProjectNames))
+			projectNameList = _.pluck(_.flatten(_.values(allUsersProjectNames)),'name')
 			# create a set of all project names
 			allProjectNames = new Set()
 			for projectName in projectNameList
diff --git a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Uploads/ProjectUploadManager.coffee b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Uploads/ProjectUploadManager.coffee
index 127c6bc94f..4a1dee2d9b 100644
--- a/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Uploads/ProjectUploadManager.coffee
+++ b/services/web/app/coffee/Features/Uploads/ProjectUploadManager.coffee
@@ -4,16 +4,19 @@ ArchiveManager          = require "./ArchiveManager"
 FileSystemImportManager = require "./FileSystemImportManager"
 ProjectCreationHandler  = require "../Project/ProjectCreationHandler"
 ProjectRootDocManager   = require "../Project/ProjectRootDocManager"
+ProjectDetailsHandler   = require "../Project/ProjectDetailsHandler"
 
 module.exports = ProjectUploadHandler =
-	createProjectFromZipArchive: (owner_id, name, zipPath, callback = (error, project) ->) ->
-		ProjectCreationHandler.createBlankProject owner_id, name, (error, project) =>
+	createProjectFromZipArchive: (owner_id, proposedName, zipPath, callback = (error, project) ->) ->
+		ProjectDetailsHandler.generateUniqueName owner_id, proposedName, (error, name) =>
 			return callback(error) if error?
-			@insertZipArchiveIntoFolder owner_id, project._id, project.rootFolder[0]._id, zipPath, (error) ->
+			ProjectCreationHandler.createBlankProject owner_id, name, (error, project) =>
 				return callback(error) if error?
-				ProjectRootDocManager.setRootDocAutomatically project._id, (error) ->
+				@insertZipArchiveIntoFolder owner_id, project._id, project.rootFolder[0]._id, zipPath, (error) ->
 					return callback(error) if error?
-					callback(error, project)
+					ProjectRootDocManager.setRootDocAutomatically project._id, (error) ->
+						return callback(error) if error?
+						callback(error, project)
 
 	insertZipArchiveIntoFolder: (owner_id, project_id, folder_id, path, callback = (error) ->) ->
 		destination = @_getDestinationDirectory path
diff --git a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Project/ProjectDetailsHandlerTests.coffee b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Project/ProjectDetailsHandlerTests.coffee
index 0dd7d11ac8..2ccad8ae94 100644
--- a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Project/ProjectDetailsHandlerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Project/ProjectDetailsHandlerTests.coffee
@@ -158,11 +158,11 @@ describe 'ProjectDetailsHandler', ->
 	describe "ensureProjectNameIsUnique", ->
 		beforeEach ->
 			@result = {
-				owned: ["name", "name1", "name11"]
-				readAndWrite: ["name2", "name22"]
-				readOnly: ["name3", "name33"]
-				tokenReadAndWrite: ["name4", "name44"]
-				tokenReadOnly: ["name5", "name55", "x".repeat(15)]
+				owned: [{_id: 1, name:"name"}, {_id: 2, name: "name1"}, {_id: 3, name: "name11"}]
+				readAndWrite: [{_id: 4, name:"name2"}, {_id: 5, name:"name22"}]
+				readOnly: [{_id:6, name:"name3"}, {_id:7, name: "name33"}]
+				tokenReadAndWrite: [{_id:8, name:"name4"}, {_id:9, name:"name44"}]
+				tokenReadOnly: [{_id:10, name:"name5"}, {_id:11, name:"name55"}, {_id:12, name:"x".repeat(15)}]
 			}
 			@ProjectGetter.findAllUsersProjects = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(2, null, @result)
 
diff --git a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Uploads/ProjectUploadManagerTests.coffee b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Uploads/ProjectUploadManagerTests.coffee
index d4571f0474..8edf700252 100644
--- a/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Uploads/ProjectUploadManagerTests.coffee
+++ b/services/web/test/unit/coffee/Uploads/ProjectUploadManagerTests.coffee
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ describe "ProjectUploadManager", ->
 			"./ArchiveManager" : @ArchiveManager = {}
 			"../Project/ProjectCreationHandler" : @ProjectCreationHandler = {}
 			"../Project/ProjectRootDocManager" : @ProjectRootDocManager = {}
+			"../Project/ProjectDetailsHandler" : @ProjectDetailsHandler = {}
 			"rimraf" : @rimraf = sinon.stub().callsArg(1)
 
 	describe "createProjectFromZipArchive", ->
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ describe "ProjectUploadManager", ->
 			@project =
 				_id: @project_id
 				rootFolder: [ _id: @root_folder_id ]
+			@ProjectDetailsHandler.generateUniqueName = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(2, null, @name)
 			@ProjectCreationHandler.createBlankProject = sinon.stub().callsArgWith(2, null, @project)
 			@ProjectUploadManager.insertZipArchiveIntoFolder = sinon.stub().callsArg(4)
 			@ProjectRootDocManager.setRootDocAutomatically = sinon.stub().callsArg(1)