diff --git a/lib/scaffold/add.js b/lib/scaffold/add.js
index 2022f811..b5d1b0d5 100644
--- a/lib/scaffold/add.js
+++ b/lib/scaffold/add.js
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ function add(options, done) {
     );
   }
 
+  var oldPackage = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(packagePath));
+
   async.eachSeries(
     services,
     function(service, next) {
@@ -95,12 +97,18 @@ function add(options, done) {
           return next(err);
         }
 
-        // TODO: get the name of the package from the updated package.json
-        // to be able to support other types of installation such as
-        // hosted git urls
+        // get the name of the service from package.json
+        var updatedPackage = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(packagePath));
+        var newDependencies = _.difference(
+          Object.keys(updatedPackage.dependencies),
+          Object.keys(oldPackage.dependencies)
+        );
+        $.checkState(newDependencies.length === 1);
+        oldPackage = updatedPackage;
+        var serviceName = newDependencies[0];
 
         // add service to bitcore-node.json
-        addConfig(bitcoreConfigPath, service, next);
+        addConfig(bitcoreConfigPath, serviceName, next);
       });
     }, done
   );
diff --git a/test/scaffold/add.integration.js b/test/scaffold/add.integration.js
index 04c52a95..34bbb1a4 100644
--- a/test/scaffold/add.integration.js
+++ b/test/scaffold/add.integration.js
@@ -91,6 +91,13 @@ describe('#add', function() {
     });
 
     it('will update bitcore-node.json services', function(done) {
+      var callCount = 0;
+      var oldPackage = {
+        dependencies: {
+          'bitcore': '^v0.13.1',
+          'bitcore-node': '^v0.2.0'
+        }
+      };
       var spawn = sinon.stub().returns({
         stdout: {
           on: sinon.stub()
@@ -103,6 +110,19 @@ describe('#add', function() {
       var addtest = proxyquire('../../lib/scaffold/add', {
         'child_process': {
           spawn: spawn
+        },
+        'fs': {
+          readFileSync: function() {
+            if (callCount === 1){
+              oldPackage.dependencies.a = '^v0.1';
+            } else if (callCount === 2){
+              oldPackage.dependencies.b = '^v0.1';
+            } else if (callCount === 3){
+              oldPackage.dependencies.c = '^v0.1';
+            }
+            callCount++;
+            return JSON.stringify(oldPackage);
+          }
         }
       });
       addtest({