diff --git a/package/etc/conf.d/conflib/net_source/app-nix_syslog.conf b/package/etc/conf.d/conflib/net_source/app-nix_syslog.conf
index dc57987d70..076395400b 100644
--- a/package/etc/conf.d/conflib/net_source/app-nix_syslog.conf
+++ b/package/etc/conf.d/conflib/net_source/app-nix_syslog.conf
@@ -13,6 +13,12 @@ block parser nix_syslog-parser() {
         };       
 
 
+        rewrite {
+            r_set_splunk_dest_update(
+                        meta_key('${.netsource.sc4s_vendor_product}_nix_syslog')
+                        
+            );
+        };
    };
 };
 application nix_syslog[sc4s-network-source] {