diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2bf5550..a39bad6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ The following placeholders are available to format log messages using `log-forma
 * `%s`: state
 * `%m`: state duration
 * `%q`: query
+* `%a`: application name
 
 # License
 `pgterminate` is released under [The Unlicense](LICENSE) license. Code is under public domain.
diff --git a/base/db.go b/base/db.go
index a628948..65ff15e 100644
--- a/base/db.go
+++ b/base/db.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package base
 import (
 	"database/sql"
 	"fmt"
+
 	"github.com/jouir/pgterminate/log"
 	"github.com/lib/pq"
 )
@@ -48,7 +49,8 @@ func (db *Db) Sessions() (sessions []*Session) {
 	      datname as db,
 	      coalesce(host(client_addr)::text || ':' || client_port::text, 'localhost') as client,
 	      state as state, substring(query from 1 for %d) as query,
-	      coalesce(extract(epoch from now() - state_change), 0) as "stateDuration"
+		  coalesce(extract(epoch from now() - state_change), 0) as "stateDuration",
+		  application_name as "applicationName"
 	 from pg_catalog.pg_stat_activity
 	where pid <> pg_backend_pid();`, maxQueryLength)
 	log.Debugf("query: %s\n", query)
@@ -58,13 +60,13 @@ func (db *Db) Sessions() (sessions []*Session) {
 
 	for rows.Next() {
 		var pid sql.NullInt64
-		var user, db, client, state, query sql.NullString
+		var user, db, client, state, query, applicationName sql.NullString
 		var stateDuration float64
-		err := rows.Scan(&pid, &user, &db, &client, &state, &query, &stateDuration)
+		err := rows.Scan(&pid, &user, &db, &client, &state, &query, &stateDuration, &applicationName)
 		Panic(err)
 
-		if pid.Valid && user.Valid && db.Valid && client.Valid && state.Valid && query.Valid {
-			sessions = append(sessions, NewSession(pid.Int64, user.String, db.String, client.String, state.String, query.String, stateDuration))
+		if pid.Valid && user.Valid && db.Valid && client.Valid && state.Valid && query.Valid && applicationName.Valid {
+			sessions = append(sessions, NewSession(pid.Int64, user.String, db.String, client.String, state.String, query.String, stateDuration, applicationName.String))
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/base/session.go b/base/session.go
index 98150fc..29e3611 100644
--- a/base/session.go
+++ b/base/session.go
@@ -7,25 +7,27 @@ import (
 
 // Session represents a PostgreSQL backend
 type Session struct {
-	Pid           int64
-	User          string
-	Db            string
-	Client        string
-	State         string
-	Query         string
-	StateDuration float64
+	Pid             int64
+	User            string
+	Db              string
+	Client          string
+	State           string
+	Query           string
+	StateDuration   float64
+	ApplicationName string
 }
 
 // NewSession instanciates a Session
-func NewSession(pid int64, user string, db string, client string, state string, query string, stateDuration float64) *Session {
+func NewSession(pid int64, user string, db string, client string, state string, query string, stateDuration float64, applicationName string) *Session {
 	return &Session{
-		Pid:           pid,
-		User:          user,
-		Db:            db,
-		Client:        client,
-		State:         state,
-		Query:         query,
-		StateDuration: stateDuration,
+		Pid:             pid,
+		User:            user,
+		Db:              db,
+		Client:          client,
+		State:           state,
+		Query:           query,
+		StateDuration:   stateDuration,
+		ApplicationName: applicationName,
 	}
 }
 
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ func (s *Session) Format(format string) string {
 		"%s": s.State,
 		"%m": fmt.Sprintf("%f", s.StateDuration),
 		"%q": s.Query,
+		"%a": s.ApplicationName,
 	}
 
 	output := format