diff --git a/examples/example_dashboards.yaml b/examples/example_dashboards.yaml
index de16d10..b4f0770 100644
--- a/examples/example_dashboards.yaml
+++ b/examples/example_dashboards.yaml
@@ -8,10 +8,8 @@
         - source: http://heimdall:9001 # Prometheus source uri for this plot
           query: 'sum by (instance)(irate(node_cpu_seconds_total{job="nodestats"}[5m]))' # The PromQL query for this plot
           meta: # metadata for this plot
-            name_label: instance # Grab a trace name from the query tags 
+            name_format: "`${labels.instance}`" # javascript template literal to format the trace name
             #d3_tick_format: "~%" # d3 tick format override for this plot's yaxis
-            #name_prefix: "Prefix" # A prefix for this sublots trace names
-            #name_suffix: "Suffix" # A suffix for this subplots trace names
             #named_axis: "y" # yaxis name to use for this subplots traces
       span: # The span for this range query
         end: now # Where the span ends. RFC3339 format with special handling for the now keyword
@@ -32,16 +30,14 @@
             sum by (instance)(irate(node_cpu_seconds_total{mode="system",job="nodestats"}[5m])) / sum by (instance)(irate(node_cpu_seconds_total{job="nodestats"}[5m]))
           meta:
             d3_tick_format: "~%"
-            name_label: instance
-            name_prefix: "System"
+            name_format: "`${labels.instance} system`"
             named_axis: "y"
         - source: http://heimdall:9001
           query: |
             sum by (instance)(irate(node_cpu_seconds_total{mode="user",job="nodestats"}[5m])) / sum by (instance)(irate(node_cpu_seconds_total{job="nodestats"}[5m]))
           meta:
             d3_tick_format: "~%"
-            name_label: instance
-            name_suffix: "User"
+            name_format: "`${labels.instance} user`"
             named_axis: "y"
     - title: Node memory
       query_type: Scalar
@@ -49,4 +45,4 @@
         - source: http://heimdall:9001
           query: 'node_memory_MemFree_bytes{job="nodestats"}'
           meta:
-            name_label: instance
+            name_format: "`${labels.instance}`"
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index c91bad9..bce900c 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -63,9 +63,7 @@
                                                 sum by (instance)(irate(node_cpu_seconds_total{job="nodestats"}[5m]))
                                             '';
                                             meta = {
-                                                name_label = "instance";
-                                                name_prefix = "trace name prefix";
-                                                name_suffix = "trace name suffix";
+                                                name_function = "`\${labels.instance}`";
                                                 named_axis = "y";
                                                 # yaxis formatting for this subplot
                                                 d3_tick_format = "~s";
diff --git a/src/query.rs b/src/query.rs
index ee9bba2..ba246fc 100644
--- a/src/query.rs
+++ b/src/query.rs
@@ -117,9 +117,7 @@ pub struct DataPoint {
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, Clone)]
 pub struct PlotMeta {
-    name_prefix: Option<String>,
-    name_suffix: Option<String>,
-    name_label: Option<String>,
+    name_format: Option<String>,
     named_axis: Option<String>,
     d3_tick_format: Option<String>,
 }
diff --git a/static/lib.js b/static/lib.js
index 7bb274f..f73796b 100644
--- a/static/lib.js
+++ b/static/lib.js
@@ -160,19 +160,17 @@ class TimeseriesGraph extends HTMLElement {
                         yaxis: yaxis,
                         yhoverformat: meta["d3_tick_format"],
                     };
-                    const namePrefix = meta["name_prefix"];
-                    const nameSuffix = meta["name_suffix"];
-                    const nameLabel = meta["name_label"];
                     var name = "";
-                    if (namePrefix) {
-                        name = namePrefix + "-";
-                    };
-                    if (nameLabel && labels[nameLabel]) {
-                        name = name + labels[nameLabel];
-                    };
-                    if (nameSuffix) {
-                        name = name + " - " + nameSuffix;
-                    };
+                    const formatter = meta.name_format
+                    if (formatter) {
+                        name = eval(formatter);
+                    } else {
+                        var names = [];
+                        for (const value of labels) {
+                            names.push(value);
+                        }
+                        name = names.join(" ");
+                    }
                     if (name) { trace.name = name; }
                     for (const point of series) {
                         trace.x.push(new Date(point.timestamp * 1000));