diff --git a/lib/API/pm2-plus/link.js b/lib/API/pm2-plus/link.js
index 6c4f5ba3..ad69c9d6 100644
--- a/lib/API/pm2-plus/link.js
+++ b/lib/API/pm2-plus/link.js
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ module.exports = function(CLI) {
   CLI.prototype.link = function(infos, cb) {
     var that = this;
 
-    if (infos && !infos.name)
+    if (infos && !infos.machine_name)
       infos.machine_name = require('os').hostname() + '-' + require('crypto').randomBytes(2).toString('hex')
 
     KMDaemon.launchAndInteract(cst, infos, function(err, dt) {