diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 59cca88..ee57160 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ fn build_config_std() -> Config {
                Err(_) => None,
             },
             engine: Engine{
-               name: String::from("stdin"),
+               name: env::var("INPUT_NAME").unwrap_or(String::from("stdin")),
                kafka: None,
                device: None,
                udp: Some(UDP{