diff --git a/src/cli/cmd/job/start.rs b/src/cli/cmd/job/start.rs
index d17f758..3e97214 100644
--- a/src/cli/cmd/job/start.rs
+++ b/src/cli/cmd/job/start.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 use crate::{
     cli::{cmd::job::logs, complete::complete_job_launcher_id},
-    data::{simple_message::SimpleMessage, submission_id::SubmissionId},
+    data::{
+        launcher_id::{LauncherIdError, LauncherIdOrName},
+        simple_message::SimpleMessage,
+        submission_id::SubmissionId,
+    },
     httpclient::{self, data::SessionStartRequest},
 };
 
@@ -9,7 +13,6 @@ use crate::cli::sink::Error as SinkError;
 
 use clap::{Parser, ValueHint};
 use clap_complete::ArgValueCompleter;
-use ulid::Ulid;
 
 use snafu::{ResultExt, Snafu};
 
@@ -20,7 +23,7 @@ use snafu::{ResultExt, Snafu};
 pub struct Input {
     /// The launcher to use for launching the job.
     #[arg(long, value_hint=ValueHint::Other, add = ArgValueCompleter::new(complete_job_launcher_id))]
-    pub launcher: Ulid,
+    pub launcher: LauncherIdOrName,
 
     /// A submission id allows to deduplicate same job submissions. If
     /// missing, a random one is generated. It must be at least 4
@@ -49,6 +52,9 @@ pub enum Error {
 
     #[snafu(display("Http error: {}", source))]
     HttpClient { source: httpclient::Error },
+
+    #[snafu(display("Launcher id error: {}", source))]
+    LauncherId { source: LauncherIdError },
 }
 
 impl Input {
@@ -67,8 +73,13 @@ impl Input {
         } else {
             Some(self.passthrough.clone())
         };
+        let launcher_id = self
+            .launcher
+            .resolve(&ctx.client)
+            .await
+            .context(LauncherIdSnafu)?;
         let req = SessionStartRequest {
-            launcher_id: self.launcher.to_string(),
+            launcher_id: launcher_id.to_string(),
             session_type: "non-interactive".into(),
             submission_id: Some(submission_id),
             job_args_override: args,
diff --git a/src/cli/cmd/job/stop.rs b/src/cli/cmd/job/stop.rs
index 89a5214..8402297 100644
--- a/src/cli/cmd/job/stop.rs
+++ b/src/cli/cmd/job/stop.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ use snafu::{ResultExt, Snafu};
 /// Stop a running non-interactive session.
 #[derive(Parser, Debug)]
 pub struct Input {
-    /// The launcher to use for launching the job.
+    /// The id of the job to stop
     #[arg(value_hint=ValueHint::Other, add = ArgValueCompleter::new(complete_job_name))]
     pub job_id: String,
 }
diff --git a/src/cli/complete.rs b/src/cli/complete.rs
index 08e32a6..780d0ab 100644
--- a/src/cli/complete.rs
+++ b/src/cli/complete.rs
@@ -62,20 +62,22 @@ fn parse_common_opts() -> Result<CommonOpts, ClapError> {
 async fn make_launcher_completion_candidate(
     client: &Client,
     launcher: &SessionLauncher,
-) -> CompletionCandidate {
+) -> Vec<CompletionCandidate> {
     let mut help = StyledStr::new();
     help.push_str(&launcher.name);
-    let cc = CompletionCandidate::new(launcher.id.clone());
-
-    let Ok(Some(project)) = client.get_project_by_id(&launcher.project_id).await else {
+    let cc = vec![
+        CompletionCandidate::new(launcher.id.clone()),
+        CompletionCandidate::new(launcher.name.clone()),
+    ];
+
+    if let Ok(Some(project)) = client.get_project_by_id(&launcher.project_id).await {
+        help.push_str(" - ");
+        help.push_str(&project.name);
+    } else {
         eprintln!("Cannot get project details for: {}", launcher.project_id);
-        return cc.help(Some(help));
-    };
-
-    help.push_str(" - ");
-    help.push_str(&project.name);
+    }
 
-    cc.help(Some(help))
+    cc.into_iter().map(|c| c.help(Some(help.clone()))).collect()
 }
 
 async fn make_job_name_completion_candidate(
@@ -149,7 +151,7 @@ pub fn complete_job_launcher_id(current: &ffi::OsStr) -> Vec<CompletionCandidate
             })
         {
             let cc = make_launcher_completion_candidate(&client, launcher).await;
-            result.push(cc);
+            result.extend(cc);
         }
         if result.is_empty() {
             eprintln!("No job launchers found.");
diff --git a/src/data.rs b/src/data.rs
index d7cf8b1..c7d820c 100644
--- a/src/data.rs
+++ b/src/data.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Data types used across the cli
 
 */
 
+pub mod launcher_id;
 pub mod project_id;
 pub mod renku_url;
 pub mod simple_message;
diff --git a/src/data/launcher_id.rs b/src/data/launcher_id.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a4cea58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/data/launcher_id.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+use std::fmt::{self, Display};
+use std::str::FromStr;
+
+use crate::httpclient::{Client, Error};
+use ulid::Ulid;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq)]
+pub enum LauncherIdOrName {
+    Id(Ulid),
+    Name(String),
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub enum LauncherIdError {
+    InvalidInput(String),
+    RequestError(Error),
+    NotFound(String),
+}
+
+impl LauncherIdOrName {
+    pub fn parse(s: &str) -> Result<LauncherIdOrName, LauncherIdError> {
+        s.parse::<LauncherIdOrName>()
+    }
+    pub async fn resolve(&self, client: &Client) -> Result<Ulid, LauncherIdError> {
+        match self {
+            LauncherIdOrName::Id(ulid) => Ok(*ulid),
+            LauncherIdOrName::Name(name) => {
+                let launchers = client
+                    .list_launchers()
+                    .await
+                    .map_err(LauncherIdError::RequestError)?;
+                match launchers.iter().find(|l| l.name == *name) {
+                    Some(l) => {
+                        l.id.parse::<Ulid>()
+                            .map_err(|_| LauncherIdError::InvalidInput(l.id.clone()))
+                    }
+                    None => Err(LauncherIdError::NotFound(name.clone())),
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl FromStr for LauncherIdOrName {
+    type Err = LauncherIdError;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        Ok(s.parse::<Ulid>()
+            .map(LauncherIdOrName::Id)
+            .unwrap_or_else(|_| LauncherIdOrName::Name(s.to_string())))
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for LauncherIdOrName {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(
+            f,
+            "{}",
+            match self {
+                LauncherIdOrName::Name(name) => {
+                    name.to_string()
+                }
+                LauncherIdOrName::Id(id) => id.to_string(),
+            }
+        )
+    }
+}
+impl Display for LauncherIdError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            LauncherIdError::InvalidInput(msg) => write!(f, "Invalid launcher id: {}", msg),
+            LauncherIdError::NotFound(name) => write!(f, "Launcher not found: {}", name),
+            LauncherIdError::RequestError(error) => {
+                write!(f, "Couldn't resolve launcher name: {}", error)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+impl std::error::Error for LauncherIdError {}
+
+#[test]
+fn read_to_string() {
+    let id1 = LauncherIdOrName::Name("my-launcher".to_string());
+    let id2 = LauncherIdOrName::Id(Ulid::generate());
+
+    for id in [id1, id2] {
+        let id_str = format!("{}", id);
+        let id_parsed = LauncherIdOrName::parse(&id_str).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(id, id_parsed);
+    }
+}