diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 62f7830..4b599d1 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ func NsqConsumerSettings() instance.Settings {
 	runFlags.String("etcd-path", "/config/nsq_consumer/default", "etcd path")
 	runFlags.String("etcd-username", "root", "etcd username")
 	runFlags.String("etcd-password", "root", "etcd password")
+	runFlags.String("channel", "NsqConsumer", "channel name of this nsqd consumer")
 	return instance.Settings{
 		RunFlags: runFlags,
 		Name:     Name,
diff --git a/consumer/consumer.go b/consumer/consumer.go
index b33f144..af66a7e 100644
--- a/consumer/consumer.go
+++ b/consumer/consumer.go
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ type etcdConfig struct {
 // New creates a new Consumer pointer instance.
 func New(settings instance.Settings) consumer.Creator {
 	return func(c *consumer.ConsumerEntity, rawConfig *common.Config) (consumer.Consumer, error) {
-		return newConsumer(c, rawConfig)
+		return newConsumer(c, settings, rawConfig)
 	}
 }
 
-func newConsumer(c *consumer.ConsumerEntity, rawConfig *common.Config) (consumer.Consumer, error) {
+func newConsumer(c *consumer.ConsumerEntity, settings instance.Settings, rawConfig *common.Config) (consumer.Consumer, error) {
 	consumerType, err := rawConfig.String("consumer-type", -1)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
@@ -56,21 +56,26 @@ func newConsumer(c *consumer.ConsumerEntity, rawConfig *common.Config) (consumer
 
 	switch consumerType {
 	case "nsq":
-		return newNSQConsumer(c, rawConfig)
+		return newNSQConsumer(c, settings, rawConfig)
 	default:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("consumer name [%s] is invalid", consumerType)
 	}
 }
 
-func newNSQConsumer(c *consumer.ConsumerEntity, rawConfig *common.Config) (consumer.Consumer, error) {
+func newNSQConsumer(c *consumer.ConsumerEntity, settings instance.Settings, rawConfig *common.Config) (consumer.Consumer, error) {
 	opts := newOptions()
 	cfg := nsq.NewConfig()
 	cfg.UserAgent = fmt.Sprintf("nsq-consumer/%s go-nsq/%s", version.GetDefaultVersion(), nsq.VERSION)
 	cfg.MaxInFlight = opts.MaxInFlight
 	cfg.DialTimeout = 10 * time.Second
 
-	queue := make(chan *Message)
+	channel, _ := settings.RunFlags.GetString("channel")
+	if rawConfig.HasField(("channel")) {
+		channel, _ = rawConfig.String("channel", -1)
+	}
+	opts.Channel = channel
 
+	queue := make(chan *Message)
 	consumer := &NSQConsumer{
 		done:   make(chan struct{}),
 		opts:   opts,
diff --git a/consumer/options.go b/consumer/options.go
index bb223bb..271c327 100644
--- a/consumer/options.go
+++ b/consumer/options.go
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 package consumer
 
-import "time"
+import (
+	"time"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
+)
+
+var (
+	channel = pflag.String("channel", "NsqConsumer", "channel name of this nsq consumer")
+)
 
 // Options options for config
 type Options struct {
@@ -24,7 +32,7 @@ func newOptions() *Options {
 	return &Options{
 		LogPrefix:                "[NsqConsumer] ",
 		LogLevel:                 "INFO",
-		Channel:                  "NsqConsumer",
+		Channel:                  *channel,
 		MaxInFlight:              200,
 		OutputDir:                "/tmp",
 		SyncInterval:             30 * time.Second,
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 706360d..03003b0 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/elastic/go-ucfg v0.8.3
 	github.com/google/uuid v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.0.0
-	github.com/jehiah/go-strftime v0.0.0-20171201141054-1d33003b3869 // indirect
+	github.com/jehiah/go-strftime v0.0.0-20171201141054-1d33003b3869
 	github.com/nsqio/go-nsq v1.0.8
 	github.com/olivere/elastic/v7 v7.0.27
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.9.1
diff --git a/libconsumer/cmd/instance/consumer.go b/libconsumer/cmd/instance/consumer.go
index ea3374e..f5d237e 100644
--- a/libconsumer/cmd/instance/consumer.go
+++ b/libconsumer/cmd/instance/consumer.go
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func (c *Consumer) createConsumer(ct consumer.Creator) (consumer.Consumer, error
 
 // handleFlags parses the command line flags
 func (c *Consumer) handleFlags() error {
-	// flag.Parse()
+	// pflag.Parse()
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/libconsumer/logp/configure/logging.go b/libconsumer/logp/configure/logging.go
index d37fcac..06e7baa 100644
--- a/libconsumer/logp/configure/logging.go
+++ b/libconsumer/logp/configure/logging.go
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 package configure
 
 import (
-	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/JieTrancender/nsq_consumer/libconsumer/common"
 	"github.com/JieTrancender/nsq_consumer/libconsumer/logp"
+	"github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ var (
 type environmentVar logp.Environment
 
 func init() {
-	flag.BoolVar(&verbose, "v", false, "Log at INFO level")
-	flag.BoolVar(&toStderr, "e", false, "Log to stderr and disable syslog/file output")
-	flag.Var((*environmentVar)(&environment), "environment", "set environment being ran in")
+	pflag.BoolVar(&verbose, "verbose", false, "Log at INFO level")
+	pflag.BoolVar(&toStderr, "toStderr", false, "Log to stderr and disable syslog/file output")
+	pflag.Var((*environmentVar)(&environment), "environment", "set environment being ran in")
 }
 
 // Logging builds a logp.Config based on the given common.Config and the specified CLI flags.
@@ -59,3 +59,7 @@ func (v *environmentVar) Set(in string) error {
 func (v *environmentVar) String() string {
 	return (*logp.Environment)(v).String()
 }
+
+func (v *environmentVar) Type() string {
+	return (*logp.Environment)(v).Type()
+}
diff --git a/libconsumer/logp/environment.go b/libconsumer/logp/environment.go
index ae74ba7..6e783af 100644
--- a/libconsumer/logp/environment.go
+++ b/libconsumer/logp/environment.go
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ func (v Environment) String() string {
 	}
 }
 
+func (v Environment) Type() string {
+	return "Environment"
+}
+
 // ParseEnvironment returns the environment type by name.
 // The parse is case insensitive.
 // InvalidEnvironment is returned if the environment type is unknown.