diff --git a/src/BitLogger_test.mbt b/src/BitLogger_test.mbt
index b9371b1..eae7b4e 100644
--- a/src/BitLogger_test.mbt
+++ b/src/BitLogger_test.mbt
@@ -3171,6 +3171,80 @@ test "parsed configured logger keeps composition and runtime helper surface" {
   inspect(derived.pending_count(), content="0")
 }
 
+test "parsed configured logger log supports per-call target override" {
+  let captured_target : Ref[String] = Ref("")
+  let captured_message : Ref[String] = Ref("")
+  let captured_fields : Ref[Array[Field]] = Ref([])
+  let logger = parse_and_build_logger(
+    "{\"min_level\":\"warn\",\"target\":\"parsed.default\",\"sink\":{\"kind\":\"console\"}}",
+  )
+    .with_patch(fn(rec) {
+      captured_target.val = rec.target
+      captured_message.val = rec.message
+      captured_fields.val = rec.fields
+      rec
+    })
+    .with_context_fields([field("service", "bitlogger")])
+
+  logger.log(
+    Level::Error,
+    "override",
+    fields=[field("mode", "test")],
+    target="parsed.override",
+  )
+  inspect(captured_target.val, content="parsed.override")
+  inspect(captured_message.val, content="override")
+  inspect(captured_fields.val.length(), content="2")
+  inspect(captured_fields.val[0].key, content="service")
+  inspect(captured_fields.val[0].value, content="bitlogger")
+  inspect(captured_fields.val[1].key, content="mode")
+  inspect(captured_fields.val[1].value, content="test")
+
+  logger.log(Level::Error, "default")
+  inspect(captured_target.val, content="parsed.default")
+  inspect(captured_message.val, content="default")
+  inspect(captured_fields.val.length(), content="1")
+  inspect(captured_fields.val[0].key, content="service")
+}
+
+test "parsed configured logger severity helpers use stored target without override" {
+  let captured_levels : Ref[Array[String]] = Ref([])
+  let captured_targets : Ref[Array[String]] = Ref([])
+  let captured_fields : Ref[Array[Array[Field]]] = Ref([])
+  let logger = parse_and_build_logger(
+    "{\"min_level\":\"info\",\"target\":\"parsed.helpers\",\"sink\":{\"kind\":\"console\"}}",
+  )
+    .with_patch(fn(rec) {
+      captured_levels.val.push(rec.level.label())
+      captured_targets.val.push(rec.target)
+      captured_fields.val.push(rec.fields)
+      rec
+    })
+    .with_context_fields([field("service", "bitlogger")])
+
+  logger.info("info", fields=[field("mode", "info")])
+  logger.warn("warn", fields=[field("mode", "warn")])
+  logger.error("error", fields=[field("mode", "error")])
+
+  inspect(captured_levels.val.length(), content="3")
+  inspect(captured_levels.val[0], content="INFO")
+  inspect(captured_levels.val[1], content="WARN")
+  inspect(captured_levels.val[2], content="ERROR")
+  inspect(captured_targets.val.length(), content="3")
+  inspect(captured_targets.val[0], content="parsed.helpers")
+  inspect(captured_targets.val[1], content="parsed.helpers")
+  inspect(captured_targets.val[2], content="parsed.helpers")
+  inspect(captured_fields.val[0].length(), content="2")
+  inspect(captured_fields.val[1].length(), content="2")
+  inspect(captured_fields.val[2].length(), content="2")
+  inspect(captured_fields.val[0][0].key, content="service")
+  inspect(captured_fields.val[0][1].value, content="info")
+  inspect(captured_fields.val[1][0].key, content="service")
+  inspect(captured_fields.val[1][1].value, content="warn")
+  inspect(captured_fields.val[2][0].key, content="service")
+  inspect(captured_fields.val[2][1].value, content="error")
+}
+
 test "sync parse-build facades forward config errors" {
   let raw = "{\"sink\":{\"kind\":\"file\",\"path\":\"\"}}"
   let malformed = "{"