diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 95cca73..7cc9d44 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+## [3.10.0]
+
+### Added
+- The configurable logger may now be a channel name.
+
 ## [3.9.0]
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/docs/logging.md b/docs/logging.md
index 98a9bf5..70abc91 100644
--- a/docs/logging.md
+++ b/docs/logging.md
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ To enable the logger set `EXPLORER_ELASTIC_LOGGER_ENABLED=true` in your environm
 See also the [SDK](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-php/blob/main/docs/logger.asciidoc) docs.
 More information on loggers in Laravel can be found in [Laravel's docs](https://laravel.com/docs/logging).
 
+If you pass a string value as the logger it will be interpreted as the name of a log channel (see Laravel's docs for more information).
+
 Examples:
 ```php
 'logger' => new \Psr\Log\NullLogger(),
@@ -15,3 +17,7 @@ Examples:
 ```php
 'logger' => \Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log::channel('daily'),
 ```
+
+```php
+'logger' => 'daily',
+```
diff --git a/src/Infrastructure/Elastic/ElasticClientBuilder.php b/src/Infrastructure/Elastic/ElasticClientBuilder.php
index e824f4c..470ecfd 100644
--- a/src/Infrastructure/Elastic/ElasticClientBuilder.php
+++ b/src/Infrastructure/Elastic/ElasticClientBuilder.php
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 use Elasticsearch\ClientBuilder;
 use Illuminate\Contracts\Config\Repository;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 
 final class ElasticClientBuilder
 {
@@ -65,7 +66,13 @@ public static function fromConfig(Repository $config): ClientBuilder
         }
 
         if($config->get('explorer.logging', false) && $config->has('explorer.logger')) {
-            $builder->setLogger($config->get('explorer.logger'));
+            $logger = $config->get('explorer.logger');
+
+            if(is_string($logger)) {
+                $logger = Log::channel($logger);
+            }
+
+            $builder->setLogger($logger);
         }
 
         return $builder;