diff --git a/examples/BasicLogger.cpp b/examples/BasicLogger.cpp
index ad6d5ec..4e407c0 100644
--- a/examples/BasicLogger.cpp
+++ b/examples/BasicLogger.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ int main(int argc, const char* argv[])
 {
     // Set the global logger level to Debug
     logpp::setLevel(logpp::LogLevel::Debug);
+    auto formatter = std::make_shared<logpp::LogFmtFormatter>();
+    auto consoleOut = std::make_shared<logpp::sink::ColoredOutputConsole>(formatter);
+    logpp::defaultLogger()->setSink(consoleOut);
 
     // Uncomment this line to log lines in logfmt format
     // logpp::setFormatter<logpp::LogFmtFormatter>();
diff --git a/src/LoggerRegistry.cpp b/src/LoggerRegistry.cpp
index 21f247a..23d2b20 100644
--- a/src/LoggerRegistry.cpp
+++ b/src/LoggerRegistry.cpp
@@ -127,6 +127,9 @@ namespace logpp
     std::shared_ptr<Logger> LoggerRegistry::defaultLogger()
     {
         std::lock_guard guard(m_mutex);
+        if (m_defaultLogger == nullptr) {
+          m_defaultLogger = m_defaultLoggerFactory("logpp");
+        }
         return m_defaultLogger;
     }