diff --git a/src/commonMain/kotlin/teksturepako/pakku/api/data/ConfigFile.kt b/src/commonMain/kotlin/teksturepako/pakku/api/data/ConfigFile.kt
index 02d40664..dc691d58 100644
--- a/src/commonMain/kotlin/teksturepako/pakku/api/data/ConfigFile.kt
+++ b/src/commonMain/kotlin/teksturepako/pakku/api/data/ConfigFile.kt
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 package teksturepako.pakku.api.data
 
-import kotlinx.serialization.SerialName
 import kotlinx.serialization.Serializable
 import teksturepako.pakku.api.overrides.filterOverrides
+import teksturepako.pakku.api.projects.Project
 import teksturepako.pakku.api.projects.ProjectSide
 import teksturepako.pakku.api.projects.ProjectType
 import teksturepako.pakku.api.projects.UpdateStrategy
@@ -34,16 +34,19 @@ data class ConfigFile(
     private val overrides: MutableList<String> = mutableListOf(),
 
     /** A mutable list of server overrides packed up with the modpack. */
-    @SerialName("server_overrides") private val serverOverrides: MutableList<String> = mutableListOf(),
+    private val serverOverrides: MutableList<String> = mutableListOf(),
 
     /** A mutable list of client overrides packed up with the modpack. */
-    @SerialName("client_overrides") private val clientOverrides: MutableList<String> = mutableListOf(),
+    private val clientOverrides: MutableList<String> = mutableListOf(),
 
     /**  A map of project types to their respective paths. */
     val paths: MutableMap<String, String> = mutableMapOf(),
 
     /** A mutable map of _project slugs, names, IDs or filenames_ to _project configs_. */
-    val projects: MutableMap<String, ProjectConfig> = mutableMapOf()
+    val projects: MutableMap<String, ProjectConfig> = mutableMapOf(),
+
+    /** A mutable map of project aliases to their respective project slugs. */
+    val projectAliases: MutableMap<String, String> = mutableMapOf()
 )
 {
     // -- PACK --
@@ -110,8 +113,8 @@ data class ConfigFile(
     data class ProjectConfig(
         var type: ProjectType? = null,
         var side: ProjectSide? = null,
-        @SerialName("update_strategy") var updateStrategy: UpdateStrategy? = null,
-        @SerialName("redistributable") var redistributable: Boolean? = null,
+        var updateStrategy: UpdateStrategy? = null,
+        var redistributable: Boolean? = null,
         var subpath: String? = null
     )
 
@@ -136,5 +139,5 @@ data class ConfigFile(
         fun readToResultFrom(path: String): Result<ConfigFile> = decodeToResult(path)
     }
 
-    suspend fun write() = writeToFile(this, "$workingPath/$FILE_NAME", overrideText = true, format = json)
+    suspend fun write() = writeToFile(this, "$workingPath/$FILE_NAME", overrideText = true, format = jsonSnakeCase)
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/commonMain/kotlin/teksturepako/pakku/api/data/Json.kt b/src/commonMain/kotlin/teksturepako/pakku/api/data/Json.kt
index 7d933d45..37cb50c8 100644
--- a/src/commonMain/kotlin/teksturepako/pakku/api/data/Json.kt
+++ b/src/commonMain/kotlin/teksturepako/pakku/api/data/Json.kt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package teksturepako.pakku.api.data
 
 import kotlinx.serialization.ExperimentalSerializationApi
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonNamingStrategy
 
 @OptIn(ExperimentalSerializationApi::class)
 val json = Json {
@@ -18,3 +19,8 @@ val jsonEncodeDefaults = Json {
     encodeDefaults = true
 }
 
+@OptIn(ExperimentalSerializationApi::class)
+val jsonSnakeCase = Json(json) {
+    namingStrategy = JsonNamingStrategy.SnakeCase
+}
+
diff --git a/src/commonMain/kotlin/teksturepako/pakku/api/data/LockFile.kt b/src/commonMain/kotlin/teksturepako/pakku/api/data/LockFile.kt
index 082ec999..4dc74aa2 100644
--- a/src/commonMain/kotlin/teksturepako/pakku/api/data/LockFile.kt
+++ b/src/commonMain/kotlin/teksturepako/pakku/api/data/LockFile.kt
@@ -205,8 +205,9 @@ data class LockFile(
         return removed
     }
 
-    fun getProject(input: String): Project? = this.projects
-        .find { project -> input in project || project.files.any { input in it.fileName } }
+    fun getProject(input: String): Project? = (ConfigFile.readOrNull()?.projectAliases?.get(input) ?: input).let { transformedInput ->
+        this.projects.find { project -> transformedInput in project || project.files.any { transformedInput in it.fileName } }
+    }
 
     fun getProject(project: Project): Project? = this.projects.find { it isAlmostTheSameAs project }
 
diff --git a/src/commonMain/kotlin/teksturepako/pakku/io/ReadFile.kt b/src/commonMain/kotlin/teksturepako/pakku/io/ReadFile.kt
index dc53b9ad..c64ad8a0 100644
--- a/src/commonMain/kotlin/teksturepako/pakku/io/ReadFile.kt
+++ b/src/commonMain/kotlin/teksturepako/pakku/io/ReadFile.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import kotlinx.serialization.StringFormat
 import kotlinx.serialization.serializer
 import teksturepako.pakku.api.data.PakkuException
 import teksturepako.pakku.api.data.json
+import teksturepako.pakku.api.data.jsonSnakeCase
 import kotlin.io.path.Path
 import kotlin.io.path.readBytes
 import kotlin.io.path.readText
@@ -19,13 +20,13 @@ fun readPathBytesOrNull(path: String): ByteArray?
 }
 
 inline fun <reified T> decodeOrNew(
-    value: T, path: String, format: StringFormat = json
+    value: T, path: String, format: StringFormat = jsonSnakeCase
 ): T = readPathTextOrNull(path)?.let {
     runCatching { format.decodeFromString<T>(format.serializersModule.serializer(), it) }.getOrElse { value }
 } ?: value
 
 inline fun <reified T> decodeToResult(
-    path: String, format: StringFormat = json
+    path: String, format: StringFormat = jsonSnakeCase
 ): Result<T> = readPathTextOrNull(path)?.let {
     runCatching { Result.success(format.decodeFromString<T>(format.serializersModule.serializer(), it)) }.getOrElse { exception ->
         Result.failure(PakkuException("Error occurred while reading '$path': ${exception.message}"))
diff --git a/src/commonMain/kotlin/teksturepako/pakku/io/WriteToFile.kt b/src/commonMain/kotlin/teksturepako/pakku/io/WriteToFile.kt
index e9ab660b..0c9a0803 100644
--- a/src/commonMain/kotlin/teksturepako/pakku/io/WriteToFile.kt
+++ b/src/commonMain/kotlin/teksturepako/pakku/io/WriteToFile.kt
@@ -6,13 +6,14 @@ import kotlinx.serialization.StringFormat
 import kotlinx.serialization.encodeToString
 import teksturepako.pakku.api.actions.ActionError
 import teksturepako.pakku.api.data.json
+import teksturepako.pakku.api.data.jsonSnakeCase
 import kotlin.io.path.*
 
 suspend inline fun <reified T> writeToFile(
     value: T,
     path: String,
     overrideText: Boolean = false,
-    format: StringFormat = json
+    format: StringFormat = jsonSnakeCase
 ): ActionError?
 {
     val file = Path(path)