diff --git a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerDriver.java b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerDriver.java
index 12e2febb4..1ffffa6f0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerDriver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/microsoft/sqlserver/jdbc/SQLServerDriver.java
@@ -1294,7 +1294,7 @@ public java.sql.Connection connect(String url, Properties suppliedProperties) th
         Properties connectProperties = parseAndMergeProperties(url, suppliedProperties);
         if (connectProperties != null) {
             result = DriverJDBCVersion.getSQLServerConnection(toString());
-            if (suppliedProperties == null || (suppliedProperties != null && suppliedProperties.getProperty(SQLServerDriverStringProperty.APPLICATION_NAME.toString()) == null)) {
+            if (connectProperties.getProperty(SQLServerDriverStringProperty.APPLICATION_NAME.toString()) == null) {
                 connectProperties.setProperty(SQLServerDriverStringProperty.APPLICATION_NAME.toString(), SQLServerDriver.constructedAppName);
             }   
             result.connect(connectProperties, null);