diff --git a/packages/docz-core/package.json b/packages/docz-core/package.json
index fd50891e9..87320e2ec 100644
--- a/packages/docz-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/docz-core/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
     "cpy": "^7.0.1",
     "deepmerge": "^2.1.1",
     "detect-port": "^1.2.3",
-    "docz-theme-default": "^0.3.4",
     "express": "^4.16.3",
     "fast-glob": "^2.2.2",
     "file-loader": "^1.1.11",
@@ -66,6 +65,7 @@
     "resolve": "^1.8.1",
     "signale": "^1.2.1",
     "strip-indent": "^2.0.0",
+    "titleize": "^1.0.1",
     "to-vfile": "^5.0.0",
     "uglifyjs-webpack-plugin": "^1.2.7",
     "ulid": "^2.3.0",
diff --git a/packages/docz-core/src/commands/args.ts b/packages/docz-core/src/commands/args.ts
index 155ba2dfc..12c1e4bef 100644
--- a/packages/docz-core/src/commands/args.ts
+++ b/packages/docz-core/src/commands/args.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
+import * as fs from 'fs-extra'
+import humanize from 'humanize-string'
+import titleize from 'titleize'
+
 import { Plugin } from '../Plugin'
 import { BabelRC } from '../utils/babelrc'
+import * as paths from '../config/paths'
+
+const removeScope = (name: string) => name.replace(/^@.*\//, '')
+const getInitialTitle = () => {
+  const pkg = fs.readJsonSync(paths.packageJson, { throws: false })
+  const name = pkg ? pkg.name : 'MyDoc'
+
+  return titleize(humanize(removeScope(name)))
+}
 
 export interface Argv {
   /* io args */
@@ -59,7 +72,7 @@ export const args = (yargs: any) => {
   })
   yargs.positional('title', {
     type: 'string',
-    default: 'MyDoc',
+    default: getInitialTitle(),
   })
   yargs.positional('description', {
     type: 'string',
diff --git a/packages/docz-core/src/types.d.ts b/packages/docz-core/src/types.d.ts
index 8f9d70245..fc67c9a06 100644
--- a/packages/docz-core/src/types.d.ts
+++ b/packages/docz-core/src/types.d.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ declare module '@mdx-js/mdx'
 declare module 'chokidar'
 declare module '@sindresorhus/slugify'
 declare module 'humanize-string'
+declare module 'titleize'
 declare module 'unified'
 declare module 'strip-indent'
 declare module 'unist-util-is'
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 6faeacc71..e77c9df74 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -11037,6 +11037,10 @@ tiny-emitter@^2.0.0:
   version "2.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/tiny-emitter/-/tiny-emitter-2.0.2.tgz#82d27468aca5ade8e5fd1e6d22b57dd43ebdfb7c"
 
+titleize@^1.0.1:
+  version "1.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/titleize/-/titleize-1.0.1.tgz#21bc24fcca658eadc6d3bd3c38f2bd173769b4c5"
+
 tmp@^0.0.29:
   version "0.0.29"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/tmp/-/tmp-0.0.29.tgz#f25125ff0dd9da3ccb0c2dd371ee1288bb9128c0"