diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 7a2d5289..ed6e8aaf 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 Package: dash
 Title: An Interface to the Dash Ecosystem for Authoring Reactive Web Applications
-Version: 0.2.0
+Version: 0.3.0
 Authors@R: c(person("Chris", "Parmer", role = c("aut"), email = "chris@plot.ly"), person("Ryan Patrick", "Kyle", role = c("aut", "cre"), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0001-5829-9867"), email = "ryan@plot.ly"), person("Carson", "Sievert", role = c("aut"), comment = c(ORCID = "0000-0002-4958-2844")), person(family = "Plotly Technologies", role = "cph")) 
 Description: A framework for building analytical web applications, Dash offers a pleasant and productive development experience. No JavaScript required.
 Depends:
   R (>= 3.0.2)
 Imports:
   dashHtmlComponents (== 1.0.2),
-  dashCoreComponents (== 1.6.0),
+  dashCoreComponents (== 1.8.0),
   dashTable (== 4.5.1),
   R6,
   fiery (> 1.0.0),
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ Collate:
   'print.R'
   'internal.R'
 Remotes: plotly/dash-html-components@55c3884,
-  plotly/dash-core-components@c107e0f,
-  plotly/dash-table@3058bd5
+  plotly/dash-core-components@fc153b4,
+  plotly/dash-table@79d46ca
 License: MIT + file LICENSE
 Encoding: UTF-8
 LazyData: true
diff --git a/R/dash.R b/R/dash.R
index 9c86c5a0..bbe9fc32 100644
--- a/R/dash.R
+++ b/R/dash.R
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #' @usage Dash
 #'
 #' @section Constructor: Dash$new(
-#'   name = "dash",
+#'   name = NULL,
 #'   server = fiery::Fire$new(),
 #'   assets_folder = 'assets',
 #'   assets_url_path = '/assets',
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ Dash <- R6::R6Class(
     config = list(),
 
     # i.e., the Dash$new() method
-    initialize = function(name = "dash",
+    initialize = function(name = NULL,
                           server = fiery::Fire$new(),
                           assets_folder = 'assets',
                           assets_url_path = '/assets',
@@ -191,12 +191,15 @@ Dash <- R6::R6Class(
                           suppress_callback_exceptions = FALSE) {
 
       # argument type checking
-      assertthat::assert_that(is.character(name))
+      if (!is.null(name))
+        assertthat::assert_that(is.character(name))
       assertthat::assert_that(inherits(server, "Fire"))
       assertthat::assert_that(is.logical(serve_locally))
       assertthat::assert_that(is.logical(suppress_callback_exceptions))
 
       # save relevant args as private fields
+      if (is.null(name))
+        name <- "Dash"
       private$name <- name
       private$serve_locally <- serve_locally
       private$eager_loading <- eager_loading