diff --git a/Lake/CLI/Init.lean b/Lake/CLI/Init.lean
index f573382a82..91dd4ee887 100644
--- a/Lake/CLI/Init.lean
+++ b/Lake/CLI/Init.lean
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ def libFileContents :=
 def mainFileName : FilePath :=
   s!"{defaultExeRoot}.lean"
 
-def mainFileContents (libRoot : Name) :=
+def mainFileContents (libRoot : String) :=
 s!"import {libRoot}
 
 def main : IO Unit :=
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ s!"def main : IO Unit :=
   IO.println s!\"Hello, world!\"
 "
 
-def stdConfigFileContents (pkgName : Name) (root : Name) :=
+def stdConfigFileContents (pkgName libRoot : String) :=
 s!"import Lake
 open Lake DSL
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ package {pkgName} \{
   -- add package configuration options here
 }
 
-lean_lib {root} \{
+lean_lib {libRoot} \{
   -- add library configuration options here
 }
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ lean_exe {pkgName} \{
 }
 "
 
-def exeConfigFileContents (pkgName : Name) (exeRoot : Name) :=
+def exeConfigFileContents (pkgName exeRoot : String) :=
 s!"import Lake
 open Lake DSL
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ lean_exe {exeRoot} \{
 }
 "
 
-def libConfigFileContents (pkgName : Name) (libRoot : Name) :=
+def libConfigFileContents (pkgName libRoot : String) :=
 s!"import Lake
 open Lake DSL
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ lean_lib {libRoot} \{
 }
 "
 
-def mathConfigFileContents (pkgName : Name) (libRoot : Name) :=
+def mathConfigFileContents (pkgName libRoot : String) :=
 s!"import Lake
 open Lake DSL
 
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ inductive InitTemplate
 | std | exe | lib | math
 deriving Repr, DecidableEq
 
+instance : Inhabited InitTemplate := ⟨.std⟩
+
 def InitTemplate.parse? : String → Option InitTemplate
 | "std" => some .std
 | "exe" => some .exe
@@ -117,13 +119,19 @@ def InitTemplate.parse? : String → Option InitTemplate
 | "math" => some .math
 | _ => none
 
-def InitTemplate.configFileContents (pkgName root : Name) : InitTemplate → String
+def InitTemplate.configFileContents (pkgName root : String) : InitTemplate → String
 | .std => stdConfigFileContents pkgName root
 | .lib => libConfigFileContents pkgName root
 | .exe => exeConfigFileContents pkgName root
 | .math => mathConfigFileContents pkgName root
 
-instance : Inhabited InitTemplate := ⟨.std⟩
+def escapeName! : Name → String
+| .anonymous        => "[anonymous]"
+| .str .anonymous s => escape s
+| .str n s          => escapeName! n ++ "." ++ escape s
+| _                 => unreachable!
+where
+  escape s :=  Lean.idBeginEscape.toString ++ s ++ Lean.idEndEscape.toString
 
 /-- Initialize a new Lake package in the given directory with the given name. -/
 def initPkg (dir : FilePath) (name : String) (tmp : InitTemplate) : LogIO PUnit := do
@@ -146,7 +154,9 @@ def initPkg (dir : FilePath) (name : String) (tmp : InitTemplate) : LogIO PUnit
   let configFile := dir / defaultConfigFile
   if (← configFile.pathExists) then
     error  "package already initialized"
-  IO.FS.writeFile configFile <| tmp.configFileContents pkgName root
+  let rootNameStr := escapeName! root
+  let contents := tmp.configFileContents (escapeName! pkgName) rootNameStr
+  IO.FS.writeFile configFile contents
 
   -- write example code if the files do not already exist
   if tmp = .exe then
@@ -159,7 +169,7 @@ def initPkg (dir : FilePath) (name : String) (tmp : InitTemplate) : LogIO PUnit
     if tmp = .std then
       let mainFile := dir / mainFileName
       unless (← mainFile.pathExists) do
-        IO.FS.writeFile mainFile <| mainFileContents root
+        IO.FS.writeFile mainFile <| mainFileContents rootNameStr
 
   -- write Lean's toolchain to file (if it has one) for `elan`
   if Lean.toolchain ≠ "" then
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5aff43456b..4b8dcf60fb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ def hello := "world"
 
 **Main.lean**
 ```lean
-import Hello
+import «Hello»
 
 def main : IO Unit :=
   IO.println s!"Hello, {hello}!"
@@ -78,16 +78,16 @@ Lake also creates a basic `lakefile.lean` for the package along with a `lean-too
 import Lake
 open Lake DSL
 
-package hello {
+package «hello» {
   -- add package configuration options here
 }
 
-lean_lib Hello {
+lean_lib «Hello» {
   -- add library configuration options here
 }
 
 @[default_target]
-lean_exe hello {
+lean_exe «hello» {
   root := `Main
 }
 ```
diff --git a/examples/init/.gitignore b/examples/init/.gitignore
index 66d4cb4a17..dfc4a5b1ba 100644
--- a/examples/init/.gitignore
+++ b/examples/init/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /hello_world
 /hello-world
+/meta
diff --git a/examples/init/clean.sh b/examples/init/clean.sh
index b096e8abc2..4d901c168d 100755
--- a/examples/init/clean.sh
+++ b/examples/init/clean.sh
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 rm -rf hello-world
 rm -rf hello_world
+rm -rf meta
diff --git a/examples/init/test.sh b/examples/init/test.sh
index 70bd28f07e..fb079daeb9 100755
--- a/examples/init/test.sh
+++ b/examples/init/test.sh
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ $LAKE new hello.world
 $LAKE -d hello-world build
 hello-world/build/bin/hello-world
 
+# Test issue 128
+
+$LAKE new meta
+$LAKE -d meta build
+meta/build/bin/meta
+
 # Test `init`
 
 mkdir hello_world