diff --git a/src/lib/Project.cpp b/src/lib/Project.cpp
index 9bbb1159..07f37c51 100644
--- a/src/lib/Project.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/Project.cpp
@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ FilePath Project::getProjectSettingsFilePath() const
 	return getProjectSettings()->getFilePath();
 }
 
+LanguageType Project::getLanguage() const
+{
+	return getProjectSettings()->getLanguage();
+}
+
 std::string Project::getDescription() const
 {
 	return getProjectSettings()->getDescription();
diff --git a/src/lib/Project.h b/src/lib/Project.h
index 34f8187a..79404836 100644
--- a/src/lib/Project.h
+++ b/src/lib/Project.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ public:
 	void forceRefresh();
 
 	FilePath getProjectSettingsFilePath() const;
+	LanguageType getLanguage() const;
 	std::string getDescription() const;
 	bool settingsEqualExceptNameAndLocation(const ProjectSettings& otherSettings) const;
 	void logStats() const;
diff --git a/src/lib/component/controller/GraphController.cpp b/src/lib/component/controller/GraphController.cpp
index d173b8de..97b518c6 100644
--- a/src/lib/component/controller/GraphController.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/component/controller/GraphController.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "data/access/StorageAccess.h"
 #include "data/parser/AccessKind.h"
 #include "data/graph/Graph.h"
+#include "Application.h"
 
 GraphController::GraphController(StorageAccess* storageAccess)
 	: m_storageAccess(storageAccess)
@@ -260,7 +261,17 @@ void GraphController::createDummyGraphForTokenIds(const std::vector<Id>& tokenId
 	for (std::shared_ptr<DummyNode> node : dummyNodes)
 	{
 		node->hasParent = false;
-		node->name = node->data->getFullName();
+
+		// we remove the name qualifier for java projects.
+		// TODO: get rid of this distinction once we implemented better namespace/package display in graph.
+		if (Application::getInstance()->getCurrentProject()->getLanguage() == LANGUAGE_JAVA && !node->data->isType(Node::NODE_PACKAGE))
+		{
+			node->name = node->data->getName();
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			node->name = node->data->getFullName();
+		}
 	}
 
 	m_dummyNodes = dummyNodes;