diff --git a/cmd/status/cmd.go b/cmd/status/cmd.go
index 03a8612..380f8be 100644
--- a/cmd/status/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/status/cmd.go
@@ -24,9 +24,8 @@ const longFormat = `Get an overview of the status of all workloads related to an
 var long = fmt.Sprintf(longFormat, usage.AppIdentifier(cmdActionText), usage.AppDirectoryArgument)
 
 var cmdArgs struct {
-	orgSlug string
-	appSlug string
-	appDir  string
+	appIdent args.AppIdentifierArg
+	appDir   string
 }
 
 var Cmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -42,10 +41,15 @@ func run(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 
 	input := statusInput{
 		appDir:  cmdArgs.appDir,
-		appSlug: cmdArgs.appSlug,
-		orgSlug: cmdArgs.orgSlug,
+		appSlug: cmdArgs.appIdent.AppSlug,
+		orgSlug: cmdArgs.appIdent.OrganizationSlug,
 	}
 	err := status(cmd.Context(), service, input)
 
 	return errorhandling.ErrorAlreadyPrinted(err)
 }
+
+func init() {
+	flags := Cmd.Flags()
+	cmdArgs.appIdent.AddAppIdentifierFlags(flags, cmdActionText)
+}
diff --git a/cmd/status/status.go b/cmd/status/status.go
index b6ce997..4d612e7 100644
--- a/cmd/status/status.go
+++ b/cmd/status/status.go
@@ -34,12 +34,22 @@ func status(ctx context.Context, apps appReaderWorkloadLister, input statusInput
 		return err
 	}
 
-	workloads, err := apps.ListAppWorkloads(ctx, app.ListAppWorkloadsInput(readOutput))
+	println("Name: " + readOutput.AppDisplayName)
+	if readOutput.AppDescription != "" {
+		println("Description: " + readOutput.AppDescription)
+	}
+
+	workloads, err := apps.ListAppWorkloads(ctx, app.ListAppWorkloadsInput{AppID: readOutput.AppID})
 	if err != nil {
 		app.PrintAppError(err, ai)
 		return err
 	}
 
+	println()
+	if len(workloads) == 0 {
+		println("No workloads found")
+	}
+
 	printWorkloads(workloads)
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/internal/app/app_read.go b/internal/app/app_read.go
index 0c11466..ff8d909 100644
--- a/internal/app/app_read.go
+++ b/internal/app/app_read.go
@@ -12,20 +12,26 @@ type ReadAppInput struct {
 }
 
 type ReadAppOutput struct {
-	AppID string
+	AppID          string
+	AppDisplayName string
+	AppDescription string
 }
 
 const queryAppText = `
 query CLIAppRead($orgSlug: String!, $appSlug: String!) {
 	app(organizationSlug: $orgSlug, appSlug: $appSlug) {
 		id
+		displayName
+		description
 	}
 }
 `
 
 type appResponse struct {
 	App struct {
-		ID string
+		ID          string
+		DisplayName string
+		Description string
 	}
 }
 
@@ -35,7 +41,7 @@ func (s *Service) ReadApp(ctx context.Context, input ReadAppInput) (ReadAppOutpu
 	variables := map[string]any{"orgSlug": input.OrganizationSlug, "appSlug": input.AppSlug}
 	err := s.client.Exec(ctx, queryAppText, &resp, variables, graphql.OperationName("CLIAppRead"))
 	if err == nil {
-		return ReadAppOutput{AppID: resp.App.ID}, nil
+		return ReadAppOutput{AppID: resp.App.ID, AppDisplayName: resp.App.DisplayName, AppDescription: resp.App.Description}, nil
 	}
 
 	return ReadAppOutput{}, convertErrors(err)
diff --git a/internal/app/app_read_test.go b/internal/app/app_read_test.go
index 7d8b615..4c9b8ee 100644
--- a/internal/app/app_read_test.go
+++ b/internal/app/app_read_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ func TestAppRead(t *testing.T) {
 			{
 				"data": {
 					"app": {
-						"id": "some-app-id"
+						"id": "some-app-id",
+						"displayName": "App Name",
+						"description": "App description"
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -35,7 +37,9 @@ func TestAppRead(t *testing.T) {
 		output, err := s.ReadApp(context.TODO(), input)
 
 		expected := ReadAppOutput{
-			AppID: "some-app-id",
+			AppID:          "some-app-id",
+			AppDisplayName: "App Name",
+			AppDescription: "App description",
 		}
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 		assert.Equal(t, expected, output)