diff --git a/Mac/Resources/NetNewsWire.sdef b/Mac/Resources/NetNewsWire.sdef
index 982719b4b..d9facd1da 100644
--- a/Mac/Resources/NetNewsWire.sdef
+++ b/Mac/Resources/NetNewsWire.sdef
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         <class name="account" code="Acct" plural="accounts" description="An account for subscribing to feeds">
             <cocoa class="ScriptableAccount"/>
             <property name="name" code="pnam" type="text" access="r" description="The name of the account">
-                <cocoa key="name"/>
+                <cocoa key="scriptingName"/>
             </property>
             <property name="id" code="ID  " type="text" access="r" description="The unique id of the account">
                 <cocoa key="uniqueId"/>
diff --git a/Mac/Scriptability/Account+Scriptability.swift b/Mac/Scriptability/Account+Scriptability.swift
index 486a9c7c8..520c3d298 100644
--- a/Mac/Scriptability/Account+Scriptability.swift
+++ b/Mac/Scriptability/Account+Scriptability.swift
@@ -35,7 +35,17 @@ class ScriptableAccount: NSObject, UniqueIdScriptingObject, ScriptingObjectConta
 			account.isActive = newValue
 		}
 	}
-	
+
+	@objc(scriptingName)
+	var scriptingName: NSString {
+		get {
+			return account.nameForDisplay as NSString
+		}
+		set {
+			account.name = newValue as String
+		}
+	}
+
     // MARK: --- ScriptingObject protocol ---
     
     var scriptingKey: String {