diff --git a/package/PartSeg/plugins/napari_io/loader.py b/package/PartSeg/plugins/napari_io/loader.py
index d3162d619..3b2da536e 100644
--- a/package/PartSeg/plugins/napari_io/loader.py
+++ b/package/PartSeg/plugins/napari_io/loader.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
+import os
 import typing
 from importlib.metadata import version
-from os import path
 
 import numpy as np
 from packaging.version import parse as parse_version
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from PartSegCore.analysis import ProjectTuple
 from PartSegCore.io_utils import LoadBase, WrongFileTypeException
 from PartSegCore.mask.io_functions import MaskProjectTuple
+from PartSegCore.universal_const import format_layer_name
 from PartSegImage import Image
 
 
@@ -55,7 +56,8 @@ def add_color(image: Image, idx: int) -> dict:  # noqa: ARG001
 
 
 def _image_to_layers(project_info, scale, translate):
-    layer_name_prefix = path.basename(project_info.file_path)
+    settings = get_settings()
+    filename = os.path.basename(project_info.file_path)
     res_layers = []
     if project_info.image.name == "ROI" and project_info.image.channels == 1:
         res_layers.append(
@@ -63,7 +65,9 @@ def _image_to_layers(project_info, scale, translate):
                 project_info.image.get_channel(0),
                 {
                     "scale": scale,
-                    "name": f"{layer_name_prefix} {project_info.image.channel_names[0]}",
+                    "name": format_layer_name(
+                        settings.layer_naming_format, filename, project_info.image.channel_names[0]
+                    ),
                     "translate": translate,
                 },
                 "labels",
@@ -75,7 +79,9 @@ def _image_to_layers(project_info, scale, translate):
                 project_info.image.get_channel(i),
                 {
                     "scale": scale,
-                    "name": f"{layer_name_prefix} {project_info.image.channel_names[i]}",
+                    "name": format_layer_name(
+                        settings.layer_naming_format, filename, project_info.image.channel_names[i]
+                    ),
                     "blending": "additive",
                     "translate": translate,
                     "metadata": project_info.image.metadata,
diff --git a/package/PartSeg/plugins/napari_widgets/_settings.py b/package/PartSeg/plugins/napari_widgets/_settings.py
index d83807455..2781916d1 100644
--- a/package/PartSeg/plugins/napari_widgets/_settings.py
+++ b/package/PartSeg/plugins/napari_widgets/_settings.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from PartSeg.common_backend import napari_get_settings
 from PartSegCore import Units
 from PartSegCore.json_hooks import PartSegEncoder
+from PartSegCore.universal_const import LayerNamingFormat
 
 _SETTINGS = None
 
@@ -29,6 +30,14 @@ def io_units(self) -> Units:
     def io_units(self, value: Units):
         self.set("io_units", value)
 
+    @property
+    def layer_naming_format(self) -> LayerNamingFormat:
+        return self.get("layer_naming_format", LayerNamingFormat.channel_only)
+
+    @layer_naming_format.setter
+    def layer_naming_format(self, value: LayerNamingFormat):
+        self.set("layer_naming_format", value)
+
 
 def get_settings() -> PartSegNapariSettings:
     global _SETTINGS  # noqa: PLW0603  # pylint: disable=global-statement
@@ -51,6 +60,12 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.units_select.changed.connect(self.units_selection_changed)
         self.settings.connect_("io_units", self.units_changed)
         self.append(self.units_select)
+        self.layer_naming_select = create_widget(
+            self.settings.layer_naming_format, annotation=LayerNamingFormat, label="Format for Layer Name"
+        )
+        self.layer_naming_select.changed.connect(self.layer_naming_format_selection_changed)
+        self.settings.connect_("layer_naming_format", self.layer_naming_format_changed)
+        self.append(self.layer_naming_select)
 
     def units_selection_changed(self, value):
         self.settings.io_units = value
@@ -58,3 +73,10 @@ def units_selection_changed(self, value):
 
     def units_changed(self):
         self.units_select.value = self.settings.io_units
+
+    def layer_naming_format_selection_changed(self, value):
+        self.settings.layer_naming_format = value
+        self.settings.dump()
+
+    def layer_naming_format_changed(self):
+        self.layer_naming_select.value = self.settings.layer_naming_format
diff --git a/package/PartSegCore/universal_const.py b/package/PartSegCore/universal_const.py
index f5c56728f..7c98db401 100644
--- a/package/PartSegCore/universal_const.py
+++ b/package/PartSegCore/universal_const.py
@@ -17,3 +17,26 @@ def __str__(self):
 
 _UNITS_LIST = ["mm", "µm", "nm", "pm"]
 UNIT_SCALE = [10**3, 10**6, 10**9, 10**12]
+
+
+@register_class()
+class LayerNamingFormat(Enum):
+    channel_only = 0
+    filename_only = 1
+    filename_channel = 2
+    channel_filename = 3
+
+    def __str__(self):
+        return self.name.replace("_", " ")
+
+
+def format_layer_name(layer_format: LayerNamingFormat, file_name: str, channel_name: str) -> str:
+    if layer_format == LayerNamingFormat.channel_only:
+        return channel_name
+    if layer_format == LayerNamingFormat.filename_only:
+        return file_name
+    if layer_format == LayerNamingFormat.filename_channel:
+        return f"{file_name} | {channel_name}"
+    if layer_format == LayerNamingFormat.channel_filename:
+        return f"{channel_name} | {file_name}"
+    raise ValueError("Unknown format")