diff --git a/xos/tosca/custom_types/xos.yaml b/xos/tosca/custom_types/xos.yaml
index 850315d..b93f497 100644
--- a/xos/tosca/custom_types/xos.yaml
+++ b/xos/tosca/custom_types/xos.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@
         capabilities:
             site:
                 type: tosca.capabilities.xos.Site
+        properties:
+             display_name:
+                 type: string
+                 required: false
+                 description: name of the site
 
     tosca.nodes.Slice:
         derived_from: tosca.nodes.Root
diff --git a/xos/tosca/resources/xosresource.py b/xos/tosca/resources/xosresource.py
index 04ee4aa..756aaf8 100644
--- a/xos/tosca/resources/xosresource.py
+++ b/xos/tosca/resources/xosresource.py
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
         else:
             return {}
 
+    def get_property(self, name):
+        return self.nodetemplate.get_property_value(name)
+
     def get_xos_object(self, cls, **kwargs):
         objs = cls.objects.filter(**kwargs)
         if not objs:
diff --git a/xos/tosca/resources/xossite.py b/xos/tosca/resources/xossite.py
index 7ad5cee..b4f33a6 100644
--- a/xos/tosca/resources/xossite.py
+++ b/xos/tosca/resources/xossite.py
@@ -17,15 +17,17 @@
     xos_model = Site
 
     def get_xos_args(self):
+        display_name = self.get_property("display_name")
+        if not display_name:
+            display_name = nodetemplate.name
+
         args = {"login_base": self.nodetemplate.name,
-                "name": self.nodetemplate.name}
-
-        #deployment_name = self.get_requirement("tosca.relationships.SiteDeployment")
-        #if deployment_name:
-        #    args["deployment"] = self.get_xos_object(Deployment, name=deployment_name)
-
+                "name": display_name}
         return args
 
+    def get_existing_objs(self):
+        return self.xos_model.objects.filter(login_base = self.nodetemplate.name)
+
     def postprocess(self, obj):
         results = []
         for reqs in self.nodetemplate.requirements:
diff --git a/xos/tosca/samples/new_site_deploy_slice.yaml b/xos/tosca/samples/new_site_deploy_slice.yaml
index 0d2f206..66f83d3 100644
--- a/xos/tosca/samples/new_site_deploy_slice.yaml
+++ b/xos/tosca/samples/new_site_deploy_slice.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
     newsite:
       type: tosca.nodes.Site
+      properties:
+          display_name: some new site
       requirements:
           - deployment:
                node: newdeployment