diff --git a/code/_globalvars/station.dm b/code/_globalvars/station.dm
index e1e5d4a5e1e..c6b4658d446 100644
--- a/code/_globalvars/station.dm
+++ b/code/_globalvars/station.dm
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ var/list/powernets = list()
 
 // this is not strictly unused although the whole modules datum thing is unused
 // To remove this you need to remove that
-var/datum/moduletypes/mods = new()
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+var/datum/moduletypes/mods = new()
+
+var/map_name = "Unknown"	//The name of the map that is loaded. Assigned in world/New()
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diff --git a/code/world.dm b/code/world.dm
index f09a14cf4ef..860536fba51 100644
--- a/code/world.dm
+++ b/code/world.dm
@@ -88,6 +88,20 @@
 	process_ghost_teleport_locs()	//Sets up ghost teleport locations.
 	sleep_offline = 1
 
+	var/list/lines = file2list(file('tgstation.dme'))
+	for(var/l in lines)
+		if( dd_hassuffix(l, ".dmm\"") )
+			var/firstquote = findtext(l, "\"")
+			var/lastslash = 0
+			for(var/j = 1; j < length(l); j++)
+				var/lastslashtest = findtext(l, "\\", -j)
+				if(lastslashtest > 0)
+					lastslash = lastslashtest
+					break
+			map_name = copytext(l, max(firstquote+1,lastslash+1), length(l)-4)
+	if(!map_name)
+		map_name = "Unknown"
+
 	spawn(3000)		//so we aren't adding to the round-start lag
 		if(config.kick_inactive)
 			KickInactiveClients()
@@ -149,6 +163,7 @@
 		s["gamestate"] = 1
 		if(ticker)
 			s["gamestate"] = ticker.current_state
+		s["map_name"] = map_name ? map_name : "Unknown"
 
 		return list2params(s)