diff --git a/src/KDSpdSetup/kdspdsetup.cpp b/src/KDSpdSetup/kdspdsetup.cpp
index c0fa19e..bf5f5bb 100644
--- a/src/KDSpdSetup/kdspdsetup.cpp
+++ b/src/KDSpdSetup/kdspdsetup.cpp
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ void setupFrom(std::string const &file)
 {
     auto const data = toml::parse(file);
 
-    setup::setupSinks(data);
     setup::setupPatterns(data);
+    setup::setupSinks(data);
     setup::setupThreadPools(data);
     setup::setupLoggers(data);
 }
diff --git a/src/KDSpdSetup/setup.cpp b/src/KDSpdSetup/setup.cpp
index 605c2b2..dff33a1 100644
--- a/src/KDSpdSetup/setup.cpp
+++ b/src/KDSpdSetup/setup.cpp
@@ -59,10 +59,16 @@ void setupSink(toml::table &&sinkTable)
         throw std::out_of_range("KDSPDSetup: sink type "s + typeStr.str + " is not valid"s);
 
     toml::string level = "";
+    toml::string pattern = "";
+
     if (sinkTable.contains("level")) {
         level = sinkTable.at("level").as_string();
     }
 
+    if (sinkTable.contains("pattern")) {
+        pattern = sinkTable.at("pattern").as_string();
+    }
+
     if (details::inTypelist(typeStr, details::fileStrs) || details::inTypelist(typeStr, details::rotateStrs) ||
         details::inTypelist(typeStr, details::dailyStrs)) {
         handleTruncatableSink(std::move(typeStr), std::move(sinkTable), sinkPtr);
@@ -93,6 +99,14 @@ void setupSink(toml::table &&sinkTable)
         sinkPtr->set_level(details::levelMap.at(level));
     }
 
+    if (pattern != "") {
+        if (details::SPDMaps::patternMap().contains(pattern)) {
+            sinkPtr->set_pattern(details::SPDMaps::patternMap().at(pattern));
+        } else {
+            sinkPtr->set_pattern(pattern);
+        }
+    }
+
     details::SPDMaps::emplaceSinkMap(std::make_pair(name, sinkPtr));
 }