diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/chainsaw/zeroconf/ZeroConfPlugin.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/chainsaw/zeroconf/ZeroConfPlugin.java
index 9fedd69..89574d2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/chainsaw/zeroconf/ZeroConfPlugin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/log4j/chainsaw/zeroconf/ZeroConfPlugin.java
@@ -531,6 +531,7 @@
                 receiver.setLogFormat(LogFilePatternLayoutBuilder.getLogFormatFromPatternLayout(info.getPropertyString("format")));
                 receiver.setTimestampFormat(LogFilePatternLayoutBuilder.getTimeStampFormat(info.getPropertyString("format")));
                 receiver.setName(name + "-receiver");
+                receiver.setTailing(true);
                 return receiver;
             }
         }