diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 982309a8a3..03c30bc8ca 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -110,8 +110,8 @@ celerybeat-schedule
 
 # dotenv
 .env
-.env_staging
-.env_local
+.env.staging
+.env.local
 
 # virtualenv
 .venv
diff --git a/src/lightning_app/core/work.py b/src/lightning_app/core/work.py
index 43ffc0006d..3bb2e209d7 100644
--- a/src/lightning_app/core/work.py
+++ b/src/lightning_app/core/work.py
@@ -124,7 +124,16 @@ class LightningWork:
                 " in the next version. Use `cache_calls` instead."
             )
         self._cache_calls = run_once if run_once is not None else cache_calls
-        self._state = {"_host", "_port", "_url", "_future_url", "_internal_ip", "_restarting", "_cloud_compute"}
+        self._state = {
+            "_host",
+            "_port",
+            "_url",
+            "_future_url",
+            "_internal_ip",
+            "_restarting",
+            "_cloud_compute",
+            "_display_name",
+        }
         self._parallel = parallel
         self._host: str = host
         self._port: Optional[int] = port
@@ -134,6 +143,7 @@ class LightningWork:
         # setattr_replacement is used by the multiprocessing runtime to send the latest changes to the main coordinator
         self._setattr_replacement: Optional[Callable[[str, Any], None]] = None
         self._name = ""
+        self._display_name = ""
         # The ``self._calls`` is used to track whether the run
         # method with a given set of input arguments has already been called.
         # Example of its usage:
@@ -208,10 +218,22 @@ class LightningWork:
         return name in LightningWork._INTERNAL_STATE_VARS or not name.startswith("_")
 
     @property
-    def name(self):
+    def name(self) -> str:
         """Returns the name of the LightningWork."""
         return self._name
 
+    @property
+    def display_name(self) -> str:
+        """Returns the display name of the LightningWork for the Admin UI in the cloud."""
+        if self._display_name == "":
+            return self.name
+        return self._display_name
+
+    @display_name.setter
+    def display_name(self, display_name: str) -> None:
+        """Setter for the display name of the LightningWork."""
+        self._display_name = display_name
+
     @property
     def cache_calls(self) -> bool:
         """Returns whether the ``run`` method should cache its input arguments and not run again when provided with