diff --git a/kippo.cfg.dist b/kippo.cfg.dist
index 34ee375..a0e5243 100644
--- a/kippo.cfg.dist
+++ b/kippo.cfg.dist
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ filesystem_file = fs.pickle
 public_key = public.key
 private_key = private.key
 password = 123456
+;sensor_name=myhostname
 
 ;[database]
 ;engine = mysql
diff --git a/kippo/core/dblog.py b/kippo/core/dblog.py
index a3fec4f..d35d32a 100644
--- a/kippo/core/dblog.py
+++ b/kippo/core/dblog.py
@@ -26,13 +26,14 @@ class DBLogger(object):
             )]
         self.start(cfg)
 
+        if cfg.has_option('honeypot', 'sensor_name'):
+            self.sensor = cfg.get('honeypot', 'sensor_name')
+        else:
+            self.sensor = socket.gethostbyaddr(socket.gethostname())[2][0]
+
     def start():
         pass
 
-    def sensorName(self):
-        # TODO: configurable sensor name
-        return socket.gethostbyaddr(socket.gethostname())[2][0]
-
     def nowUnix(self):
         """return the current UTC time as an UNIX timestamp"""
         return int(time.mktime(datetime.datetime.utcnow().utctimetuple()))
diff --git a/kippo/dblog/mysql.py b/kippo/dblog/mysql.py
index 0eb5e21..b5dae13 100644
--- a/kippo/dblog/mysql.py
+++ b/kippo/dblog/mysql.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class DBLogger(dblog.DBLogger):
     def createSession(self, ip):
         sql = 'INSERT INTO `session` (`starttime`, `sensor`, `ip`)' + \
             ' VALUES (FROM_UNIXTIME(%s), %s, %s)'
-        params = (self.nowUnix(), self.sensorName(), ip)
+        params = (self.nowUnix(), self.sensor, ip)
         cursor = self.db.cursor()
         cursor.execute(sql, params)
         return int(cursor.lastrowid)