diff --git a/src/components/leftsidebar.js b/src/components/leftsidebar.js
index 3cb3f622..799f6bed 100644
--- a/src/components/leftsidebar.js
+++ b/src/components/leftsidebar.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class LeftSideBar extends React.Component {
   render() {
     return (
       <div style={{position: "fixed"}}>
+        <p style={{margin: 10, fontSize: 24, width: "100%"}}>CellXGene {globals.datasetTitle} </p> 
         <div style={{padding: 10}}>
           <button
             style={{
diff --git a/src/globals.js b/src/globals.js
index 74de0300..7827dffb 100644
--- a/src/globals.js
+++ b/src/globals.js
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ export let API = {
 
 if (window.CELLXGENE && window.CELLXGENE.API) API = window.CELLXGENE.API;
 
+export let datasetTitle = "";
+
+if (window.CELLXGENE && window.CELLXGENE.datasetTitle) datasetTitle = window.CELLXGENE.datasetTitle;
+
 export const accentFont = "Georgia,Times,Times New Roman,serif";
 export const maxParagraphWidth = 600;
 export const maxControlsWidth = 800;