diff --git a/example_sage.yaml b/example_sage.yaml
index f55c6732..555247f6 100644
--- a/example_sage.yaml
+++ b/example_sage.yaml
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ logging: "debug" # panic,fatal,warn,info,debug,trace
 metricsAddr: ":9095"
 pprofAddr: ":6065" # optional. if supplied it enables pprof server
 
+name: example-instance
+
 armiarmaUrl: http://localhost:9099/events
 
 # workers is the number of workers to use for processing events.
diff --git a/pkg/sage/config.go b/pkg/sage/config.go
index c0a0f293..876e3a2e 100644
--- a/pkg/sage/config.go
+++ b/pkg/sage/config.go
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	PProfAddr *string `yaml:"pprofAddr"`
 	// MetricsAddr is the address to server prometheus metrics on.
 	MetricsAddr string `yaml:"metricsAddr" default:":9093"`
+	// Name is the name of the service.
+	Name string `yaml:"name" default:"xatu-sage"`
 	// Outputs configuration
 	Outputs []output.Config `yaml:"outputs"`
 	// ArmiarmaURL configuration
diff --git a/pkg/sage/sage.go b/pkg/sage/sage.go
index 738260ab..38337ad3 100644
--- a/pkg/sage/sage.go
+++ b/pkg/sage/sage.go
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ func (a *Sage) createNewClientMeta(ctx context.Context) (*xatu.ClientMeta, error
 	}
 
 	return &xatu.ClientMeta{
-		Name:           "sage",
+		Name:           a.config.Name,
 		Version:        xatu.Short(),
 		Id:             a.id.String(),
 		Implementation: xatu.Implementation,