diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/CatchRuleset.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/CatchRuleset.cs
index 1d5fc0545e..cb46c75583 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/CatchRuleset.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch/CatchRuleset.cs
@@ -93,6 +93,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Catch
 
         public override string Description => "osu!catch";
 
+        public override string ShortName => "fruits";
+
         public override Drawable CreateIcon() => new SpriteIcon { Icon = FontAwesome.fa_osu_fruits_o };
 
         public override DifficultyCalculator CreateDifficultyCalculator(Beatmap beatmap, Mod[] mods = null) => new CatchDifficultyCalculator(beatmap);
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/ManiaRuleset.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/ManiaRuleset.cs
index 4eea884891..070c7b09d1 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/ManiaRuleset.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania/ManiaRuleset.cs
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Mania
 
         public override string Description => "osu!mania";
 
+        public override string ShortName => "mania";
+
         public override Drawable CreateIcon() => new SpriteIcon { Icon = FontAwesome.fa_osu_mania_o };
 
         public override DifficultyCalculator CreateDifficultyCalculator(Beatmap beatmap, Mod[] mods = null) => new ManiaDifficultyCalculator(beatmap);
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/OsuRuleset.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/OsuRuleset.cs
index 0d2343a33e..bb5700976d 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/OsuRuleset.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/OsuRuleset.cs
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu
 
         public override string Description => "osu!";
 
+        public override string ShortName => "osu";
+
         public override SettingsSubsection CreateSettings() => new OsuSettings();
 
         public override int LegacyID => 0;
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/TaikoRuleset.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/TaikoRuleset.cs
index 99ae36967a..4de9ba0ce7 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/TaikoRuleset.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko/TaikoRuleset.cs
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Taiko
 
         public override string Description => "osu!taiko";
 
+        public override string ShortName => "taiko";
+
         public override Drawable CreateIcon() => new SpriteIcon { Icon = FontAwesome.fa_osu_taiko_o };
 
         public override DifficultyCalculator CreateDifficultyCalculator(Beatmap beatmap, Mod[] mods = null) => new TaikoDifficultyCalculator(beatmap);
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/DummyWorkingBeatmap.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/DummyWorkingBeatmap.cs
index c187aa592a..1434943da0 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/DummyWorkingBeatmap.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/DummyWorkingBeatmap.cs
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps
 
                 public override string Description => "dummy";
 
+                public override string ShortName => "dummy";
+
                 public DummyRuleset(RulesetInfo rulesetInfo)
                     : base(rulesetInfo)
                 {
diff --git a/osu.Game/Database/OsuDbContext.cs b/osu.Game/Database/OsuDbContext.cs
index 9c1413b93b..d6fb9c8c24 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Database/OsuDbContext.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Database/OsuDbContext.cs
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Database
             modelBuilder.Entity<FileInfo>().HasIndex(b => b.ReferenceCount);
 
             modelBuilder.Entity<RulesetInfo>().HasIndex(b => b.Available);
+            modelBuilder.Entity<RulesetInfo>().HasIndex(b => b.ShortName).IsUnique();
 
             modelBuilder.Entity<BeatmapInfo>().HasOne(b => b.BaseDifficulty);
         }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Migrations/20171209034410_AddRulesetInfoShortName.Designer.cs b/osu.Game/Migrations/20171209034410_AddRulesetInfoShortName.Designer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6023e88994
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game/Migrations/20171209034410_AddRulesetInfoShortName.Designer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,307 @@
+// <auto-generated />
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Infrastructure;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Metadata;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Storage;
+using osu.Game.Database;
+using System;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Migrations
+{
+    [DbContext(typeof(OsuDbContext))]
+    [Migration("20171209034410_AddRulesetInfoShortName")]
+    partial class AddRulesetInfoShortName
+    {
+        protected override void BuildTargetModel(ModelBuilder modelBuilder)
+        {
+#pragma warning disable 612, 618
+            modelBuilder
+                .HasAnnotation("ProductVersion", "2.0.0-rtm-26452");
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("osu.Game.Beatmaps.BeatmapDifficulty", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("ID")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd();
+
+                    b.Property<float>("ApproachRate");
+
+                    b.Property<float>("CircleSize");
+
+                    b.Property<float>("DrainRate");
+
+                    b.Property<float>("OverallDifficulty");
+
+                    b.Property<float>("SliderMultiplier");
+
+                    b.Property<float>("SliderTickRate");
+
+                    b.HasKey("ID");
+
+                    b.ToTable("BeatmapDifficulty");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("osu.Game.Beatmaps.BeatmapInfo", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("ID")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd();
+
+                    b.Property<int>("AudioLeadIn");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("BaseDifficultyID");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("BeatDivisor");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("BeatmapSetInfoID");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("Countdown");
+
+                    b.Property<double>("DistanceSpacing");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("GridSize");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Hash");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("Hidden");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("LetterboxInBreaks");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("MD5Hash");
+
+                    b.Property<int?>("MetadataID");
+
+                    b.Property<int?>("OnlineBeatmapID");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Path");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("RulesetID");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("SpecialStyle");
+
+                    b.Property<float>("StackLeniency");
+
+                    b.Property<double>("StarDifficulty");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("StoredBookmarks");
+
+                    b.Property<double>("TimelineZoom");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Version");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("WidescreenStoryboard");
+
+                    b.HasKey("ID");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("BaseDifficultyID");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("BeatmapSetInfoID");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("Hash")
+                        .IsUnique();
+
+                    b.HasIndex("MD5Hash")
+                        .IsUnique();
+
+                    b.HasIndex("MetadataID");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("OnlineBeatmapID")
+                        .IsUnique();
+
+                    b.HasIndex("RulesetID");
+
+                    b.ToTable("BeatmapInfo");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("osu.Game.Beatmaps.BeatmapMetadata", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("ID")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd();
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Artist");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ArtistUnicode");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("AudioFile");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("AuthorString")
+                        .HasColumnName("Author");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("BackgroundFile");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("PreviewTime");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Source");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Tags");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Title");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("TitleUnicode");
+
+                    b.HasKey("ID");
+
+                    b.ToTable("BeatmapMetadata");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("osu.Game.Beatmaps.BeatmapSetFileInfo", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("ID")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd();
+
+                    b.Property<int>("BeatmapSetInfoID");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("FileInfoID");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Filename")
+                        .IsRequired();
+
+                    b.HasKey("ID");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("BeatmapSetInfoID");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("FileInfoID");
+
+                    b.ToTable("BeatmapSetFileInfo");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("osu.Game.Beatmaps.BeatmapSetInfo", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("ID")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd();
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("DeletePending");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Hash");
+
+                    b.Property<int?>("MetadataID");
+
+                    b.Property<int?>("OnlineBeatmapSetID");
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("Protected");
+
+                    b.HasKey("ID");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("DeletePending");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("Hash")
+                        .IsUnique();
+
+                    b.HasIndex("MetadataID");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("OnlineBeatmapSetID")
+                        .IsUnique();
+
+                    b.ToTable("BeatmapSetInfo");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("osu.Game.Input.Bindings.DatabasedKeyBinding", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("ID")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd();
+
+                    b.Property<int>("IntAction")
+                        .HasColumnName("Action");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("KeysString")
+                        .HasColumnName("Keys");
+
+                    b.Property<int?>("RulesetID");
+
+                    b.Property<int?>("Variant");
+
+                    b.HasKey("ID");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("IntAction");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("Variant");
+
+                    b.ToTable("KeyBinding");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("osu.Game.IO.FileInfo", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int>("ID")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd();
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Hash");
+
+                    b.Property<int>("ReferenceCount");
+
+                    b.HasKey("ID");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("Hash")
+                        .IsUnique();
+
+                    b.HasIndex("ReferenceCount");
+
+                    b.ToTable("FileInfo");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("osu.Game.Rulesets.RulesetInfo", b =>
+                {
+                    b.Property<int?>("ID")
+                        .ValueGeneratedOnAdd();
+
+                    b.Property<bool>("Available");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("InstantiationInfo");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("Name");
+
+                    b.Property<string>("ShortName");
+
+                    b.HasKey("ID");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("Available");
+
+                    b.HasIndex("ShortName")
+                        .IsUnique();
+
+                    b.ToTable("RulesetInfo");
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("osu.Game.Beatmaps.BeatmapInfo", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("osu.Game.Beatmaps.BeatmapDifficulty", "BaseDifficulty")
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("BaseDifficultyID")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade);
+
+                    b.HasOne("osu.Game.Beatmaps.BeatmapSetInfo", "BeatmapSet")
+                        .WithMany("Beatmaps")
+                        .HasForeignKey("BeatmapSetInfoID")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade);
+
+                    b.HasOne("osu.Game.Beatmaps.BeatmapMetadata", "Metadata")
+                        .WithMany("Beatmaps")
+                        .HasForeignKey("MetadataID");
+
+                    b.HasOne("osu.Game.Rulesets.RulesetInfo", "Ruleset")
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("RulesetID")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("osu.Game.Beatmaps.BeatmapSetFileInfo", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("osu.Game.Beatmaps.BeatmapSetInfo")
+                        .WithMany("Files")
+                        .HasForeignKey("BeatmapSetInfoID")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade);
+
+                    b.HasOne("osu.Game.IO.FileInfo", "FileInfo")
+                        .WithMany()
+                        .HasForeignKey("FileInfoID")
+                        .OnDelete(DeleteBehavior.Cascade);
+                });
+
+            modelBuilder.Entity("osu.Game.Beatmaps.BeatmapSetInfo", b =>
+                {
+                    b.HasOne("osu.Game.Beatmaps.BeatmapMetadata", "Metadata")
+                        .WithMany("BeatmapSets")
+                        .HasForeignKey("MetadataID");
+                });
+#pragma warning restore 612, 618
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game/Migrations/20171209034410_AddRulesetInfoShortName.cs b/osu.Game/Migrations/20171209034410_AddRulesetInfoShortName.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94519c0b97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game/Migrations/20171209034410_AddRulesetInfoShortName.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Migrations;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Migrations
+{
+    public partial class AddRulesetInfoShortName : Migration
+    {
+        protected override void Up(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.AddColumn<string>(
+                name: "ShortName",
+                table: "RulesetInfo",
+                type: "TEXT",
+                nullable: true);
+
+            migrationBuilder.CreateIndex(
+                name: "IX_RulesetInfo_ShortName",
+                table: "RulesetInfo",
+                column: "ShortName",
+                unique: true);
+        }
+
+        protected override void Down(MigrationBuilder migrationBuilder)
+        {
+            migrationBuilder.DropIndex(
+                name: "IX_RulesetInfo_ShortName",
+                table: "RulesetInfo");
+
+            migrationBuilder.DropColumn(
+                name: "ShortName",
+                table: "RulesetInfo");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game/Migrations/OsuDbContextModelSnapshot.cs b/osu.Game/Migrations/OsuDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
index e3f1cf798b..cd4d3c2854 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Migrations/OsuDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Migrations/OsuDbContextModelSnapshot.cs
@@ -247,10 +247,15 @@ namespace osu.Game.Migrations
 
                     b.Property<string>("Name");
 
+                    b.Property<string>("ShortName");
+
                     b.HasKey("ID");
 
                     b.HasIndex("Available");
 
+                    b.HasIndex("ShortName")
+                        .IsUnique();
+
                     b.ToTable("RulesetInfo");
                 });
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Ruleset.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Ruleset.cs
index df5e12a24f..64a2157069 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/Ruleset.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/Ruleset.cs
@@ -23,13 +23,12 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets
         public virtual IEnumerable<BeatmapStatistic> GetBeatmapStatistics(WorkingBeatmap beatmap) => new BeatmapStatistic[] { };
 
         public IEnumerable<Mod> GetAllMods() => Enum.GetValues(typeof(ModType)).Cast<ModType>()
-                                                // Get all mod types as an IEnumerable<ModType>
-                                                .SelectMany(GetModsFor)
-                                                // Confine all mods of each mod type into a single IEnumerable<Mod>
-                                                .Where(mod => mod != null)
-                                                // Filter out all null mods
-                                                .SelectMany(mod => (mod as MultiMod)?.Mods ?? new[] { mod });
-                                                // Resolve MultiMods as their .Mods property
+                                                    // Confine all mods of each mod type into a single IEnumerable<Mod>
+                                                    .SelectMany(GetModsFor)
+                                                    // Filter out all null mods
+                                                    .Where(mod => mod != null)
+                                                    // Resolve MultiMods as their .Mods property
+                                                    .SelectMany(mod => (mod as MultiMod)?.Mods ?? new[] { mod });
 
         public abstract IEnumerable<Mod> GetModsFor(ModType type);
 
@@ -66,6 +65,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets
         /// </summary>
         public virtual int LegacyID => -1;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// A unique short name to reference this ruleset in online requests.
+        /// </summary>
+        public abstract string ShortName { get; }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// A list of available variant ids.
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetInfo.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetInfo.cs
index 17f07158df..7407ede0d0 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetInfo.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetInfo.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets
 
         public string Name { get; set; }
 
+        public string ShortName { get; set; }
+
         public string InstantiationInfo { get; set; }
 
         public bool Available { get; set; }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetStore.cs b/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetStore.cs
index 7aba62e4f1..5cdf46ee46 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetStore.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Rulesets/RulesetStore.cs
@@ -83,7 +83,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets
             {
                 try
                 {
-                    r.CreateInstance();
+                    var instance = r.CreateInstance();
+
+                    r.Name = instance.Description;
+                    r.ShortName = instance.ShortName;
+
                     r.Available = true;
                 }
                 catch
@@ -117,6 +121,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets
         private RulesetInfo createRulesetInfo(Ruleset ruleset) => new RulesetInfo
         {
             Name = ruleset.Description,
+            ShortName = ruleset.ShortName,
             InstantiationInfo = ruleset.GetType().AssemblyQualifiedName,
             ID = ruleset.LegacyID
         };
diff --git a/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj b/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
index f8041b8b5e..53ad323134 100644
--- a/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
@@ -285,6 +285,10 @@
     <Compile Include="Migrations\20171119065731_AddBeatmapOnlineIDUniqueConstraint.Designer.cs">
       <DependentUpon>20171119065731_AddBeatmapOnlineIDUniqueConstraint.cs</DependentUpon>
     </Compile>
+    <Compile Include="Migrations\20171209034410_AddRulesetInfoShortName.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Migrations\20171209034410_AddRulesetInfoShortName.Designer.cs">
+      <DependentUpon>20171209034410_AddRulesetInfoShortName.cs</DependentUpon>
+    </Compile>
     <Compile Include="Migrations\OsuDbContextModelSnapshot.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Online\API\Requests\GetBeatmapSetRequest.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Online\API\Requests\APIResponseBeatmapSet.cs" />
@@ -851,4 +855,4 @@
   <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\packages\SQLitePCLRaw.lib.e_sqlite3.osx.1.1.8\build\net35\SQLitePCLRaw.lib.e_sqlite3.osx.targets" Condition="Exists('$(SolutionDir)\packages\SQLitePCLRaw.lib.e_sqlite3.osx.1.1.8\build\net35\SQLitePCLRaw.lib.e_sqlite3.osx.targets')" />
   <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\packages\SQLitePCLRaw.lib.e_sqlite3.linux.1.1.8\build\net35\SQLitePCLRaw.lib.e_sqlite3.linux.targets" Condition="Exists('$(SolutionDir)\packages\SQLitePCLRaw.lib.e_sqlite3.linux.1.1.8\build\net35\SQLitePCLRaw.lib.e_sqlite3.linux.targets')" />
   <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\packages\SQLitePCLRaw.lib.e_sqlite3.v110_xp.1.1.8\build\net35\SQLitePCLRaw.lib.e_sqlite3.v110_xp.targets" Condition="Exists('$(SolutionDir)\packages\SQLitePCLRaw.lib.e_sqlite3.v110_xp.1.1.8\build\net35\SQLitePCLRaw.lib.e_sqlite3.v110_xp.targets')" />
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>