diff --git a/common/python/CMakeLists.txt b/common/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 8925885..dcef461 100644
--- a/common/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@
     rift/mano/utils/__init.py__
     rift/mano/utils/compare_desc.py
     rift/mano/utils/juju_api.py
+    rift/mano/utils/project.py
   COMPONENT ${PKG_LONG_NAME}
   PYTHON3_ONLY
   )
diff --git a/common/python/rift/mano/cloud/config.py b/common/python/rift/mano/cloud/config.py
index 1b1847c..c62f129 100644
--- a/common/python/rift/mano/cloud/config.py
+++ b/common/python/rift/mano/cloud/config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 # 
-#   Copyright 2016 RIFT.IO Inc
+#   Copyright 2016-2017 RIFT.IO Inc
 #
 #   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 #   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
 
 
 class CloudAccountConfigSubscriber(object):
-    XPATH = "C,/rw-cloud:cloud/rw-cloud:account"
+    XPATH = "C,/rw-project:project/rw-cloud:cloud/rw-cloud:account"
 
     def __init__(self, dts, log, rwlog_hdl, cloud_callbacks):
         self._dts = dts
diff --git a/common/python/rift/mano/cloud/operdata.py b/common/python/rift/mano/cloud/operdata.py
index 4878691..12ab801 100644
--- a/common/python/rift/mano/cloud/operdata.py
+++ b/common/python/rift/mano/cloud/operdata.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 # 
-#   Copyright 2016 RIFT.IO Inc
+#   Copyright 2016-2017 RIFT.IO Inc
 #
 #   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 #   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
 
     def _register_show_status(self):
         def get_xpath(cloud_name=None):
-            return "D,/rw-cloud:cloud/account{}/connection-status".format(
+            return "D,/rw-project:project/rw-cloud:cloud/account{}/connection-status".format(
                     "[name='%s']" % cloud_name if cloud_name is not None else ''
                     )
 
diff --git a/common/python/rift/mano/utils/project.py b/common/python/rift/mano/utils/project.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c303f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/python/rift/mano/utils/project.py
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+#
+#   Copyright 2017 RIFT.IO Inc
+#
+#   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+#   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+#   You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+#   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+#   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+#   limitations under the License.
+#
+
+
+class ManoProjectError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
+class ManoProjNameSetErr(ManoProjectError):
+    pass
+
+
+class ManoProjXpathNoProjErr(ManoProjectError):
+    pass
+
+
+class ManoProjXpathKeyErr(ManoProjectError):
+    pass
+
+
+class ManoProject(object):
+    '''Class to handle the project name'''
+
+    NS = 'rw-project'
+    XPATH = '/{}:project'.format(NS)
+    XPATH_LEN = len(XPATH)
+
+    NAME = 'name'
+    NAME_LEN = len(NAME)
+    NS_NAME = '{}:{}'.format(NS, NAME)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def create_from_xpath(cls, xpath, log):
+        name = cls.from_xpath(xpath, log)
+        if name is None:
+            return None
+
+        proj = ManoProject(log, name=name)
+        return proj
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_xpath(cls, xpath, log):
+        log.debug("Get project name from {}".format(xpath));
+
+        if cls.XPATH in xpath:
+            idx = xpath.find(cls.XPATH) + cls.XPATH_LEN
+            if idx == -1:
+                msg = "Project not found in XPATH: {}".format(xpath)
+                log.error(msg)
+                raise ManoProjXpathNoProjErr(msg)
+
+            sub = xpath[idx:]
+            sub = sub.strip()
+            if (len(sub) < cls.NAME_LEN) or (sub[0] != '['):
+                msg = "Project name not found in XPath: {}".format(xpath)
+                log.error(msg)
+                raise ManoProjXpathKeyErr(msg)
+
+            sub = sub[1:].strip()
+            idx = sub.find(cls.NS_NAME)
+            if idx == -1:
+                idx = sub.find(cls.NAME)
+            if idx != 0:
+                msg = "Project name not found in XPath: {}".format(xpath)
+                log.error(msg)
+                raise ManoProjXpathKeyErr(msg)
+
+            idx = sub.find(']')
+            if idx == -1:
+                msg = "XPath is invalid: {}".format(xpath)
+                log.error(msg)
+                raise ManoProjXpathKeyErr(msg)
+
+            sub = sub[:idx-1].strip()
+            try:
+                k, n = sub.split("=", 2)
+                name = n.strip()
+                if name is None:
+                    msg = "Project name is empty in XPath".format(xpath)
+                    log.error(msg)
+                    raise ManoProjXpathKeyErr (msg)
+
+                log.debug("Found project name {} from XPath {}".
+                          format(name, xpath))
+                return name
+
+            except ValueError as e:
+                msg = "Project name not found in XPath: {}, exception: {}" \
+                      .format(xpath, e)
+                log.exception(msg)
+                raise ManoProjXpathKeyErr(msg)
+
+    def __init__(self, log, name=None):
+        self._log = log
+        self._name = name
+
+    @property
+    def name(self):
+        return self._name
+
+    @name.setter
+    def name(self, value):
+        if self._name is None:
+            self._name = value
+        else:
+            msg = "Project name already set to {}".format(self._name)
+            self._log.error(msg)
+            raise ManoProjNameSetErr(msg)
+
+    def set_from_xpath(self, xpath):
+        self.name = ManoProject.get_from_xpath(xpath, self._log)