diff --git a/bitlogger_async/async_logger_native.mbt b/bitlogger_async/async_logger_native.mbt
index eac2a87..630e087 100644
--- a/bitlogger_async/async_logger_native.mbt
+++ b/bitlogger_async/async_logger_native.mbt
@@ -20,6 +20,68 @@ pub fn AsyncLoggerConfig::new(
   { max_pending, overflow }
 }
 
+fn parse_async_overflow(name : String) -> AsyncOverflowPolicy raise {
+  match name.to_upper() {
+    "BLOCKING" => AsyncOverflowPolicy::Blocking
+    "DROPOLDEST" => AsyncOverflowPolicy::DropOldest
+    "DROPLATEST" => AsyncOverflowPolicy::DropNewest
+    "DROPNEWEST" => AsyncOverflowPolicy::DropNewest
+    _ => raise Failure::Failure("Unsupported async overflow policy: " + name)
+  }
+}
+
+fn parse_async_logger_config_text(input : String) -> AsyncLoggerConfig raise {
+  let root = @json_parser.parse(input)
+  let obj = match root.as_object() {
+    Some(obj) => obj
+    None => raise Failure::Failure("Expected object for async logger config")
+  }
+  let max_pending = match obj.get("max_pending") {
+    Some(value) => match value.as_number() {
+      Some(number) => number.to_int()
+      None => raise Failure::Failure("Expected number at async_config.max_pending")
+    }
+    None => 0
+  }
+  let overflow = match obj.get("overflow") {
+    Some(value) => match value.as_string() {
+      Some(text) => parse_async_overflow(text)
+      None => raise Failure::Failure("Expected string at async_config.overflow")
+    }
+    None => AsyncOverflowPolicy::Blocking
+  }
+  AsyncLoggerConfig::new(max_pending=max_pending, overflow=overflow)
+}
+
+pub struct AsyncLoggerBuildConfig {
+  logger : @bitlogger.LoggerConfig
+  async_config : AsyncLoggerConfig
+}
+
+pub fn AsyncLoggerBuildConfig::new(
+  logger~ : @bitlogger.LoggerConfig = @bitlogger.default_logger_config(),
+  async_config~ : AsyncLoggerConfig = AsyncLoggerConfig::new(),
+) -> AsyncLoggerBuildConfig {
+  { logger, async_config }
+}
+
+pub fn parse_async_logger_build_config_text(input : String) -> AsyncLoggerBuildConfig raise {
+  let root = @json_parser.parse(input)
+  let obj = match root.as_object() {
+    Some(obj) => obj
+    None => raise Failure::Failure("Expected object at async logger build config root")
+  }
+  let logger = match obj.get("logger") {
+    Some(value) => @bitlogger.parse_logger_config_text(@json_parser.stringify(value))
+    None => @bitlogger.default_logger_config()
+  }
+  let async_config = match obj.get("async_config") {
+    Some(value) => parse_async_logger_config_text(@json_parser.stringify(value))
+    None => AsyncLoggerConfig::new()
+  }
+  AsyncLoggerBuildConfig::new(logger=logger, async_config=async_config)
+}
+
 pub struct AsyncLogger[S] {
   min_level : @bitlogger.Level
   target : String
@@ -258,3 +320,24 @@ pub async fn[S : @bitlogger.Sink] AsyncLogger::run(self : AsyncLogger[S]) -> Uni
     }
   }
 }
+
+pub fn build_async_logger(
+  config : AsyncLoggerBuildConfig,
+) -> AsyncLogger[@bitlogger.RuntimeSink] {
+  let logger = @bitlogger.build_logger(config.logger)
+  async_logger(
+    logger.sink,
+    config=config.async_config,
+    min_level=logger.min_level,
+    target=logger.target,
+  ).with_timestamp(enabled=logger.timestamp)
+}
+
+pub fn build_async_text_logger(config : AsyncLoggerBuildConfig) -> AsyncLogger[@bitlogger.FormattedConsoleSink] {
+  async_logger(
+    @bitlogger.text_console_sink(config.logger.sink.text_formatter.to_formatter()),
+    config=config.async_config,
+    min_level=config.logger.min_level,
+    target=config.logger.target,
+  ).with_timestamp(enabled=config.logger.timestamp)
+}
diff --git a/bitlogger_async/moon.pkg b/bitlogger_async/moon.pkg
index daafd9f..aecfd5c 100644
--- a/bitlogger_async/moon.pkg
+++ b/bitlogger_async/moon.pkg
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {
   "Nanaloveyuki/BitLogger/bitlogger" @bitlogger,
+  "maria/json_parser" @json_parser,
   "moonbitlang/async" @async,
   "moonbitlang/async/aqueue" @aqueue,
   "moonbitlang/core/env" @env,
diff --git a/examples/async_basic/main.mbt b/examples/async_basic/main.mbt
index 23a1942..038451d 100644
--- a/examples/async_basic/main.mbt
+++ b/examples/async_basic/main.mbt
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 async fn main {
-  let logger = @lib_async.async_logger(
-    @lib.text_console_sink(@lib.text_formatter(show_timestamp=false, separator=" | ")),
-    config=@lib_async.AsyncLoggerConfig::new(
-      max_pending=2,
-      overflow=@lib_async.AsyncOverflowPolicy::DropOldest,
-    ),
-    min_level=@lib.Level::Info,
-    target="async.demo",
-  )
-    .with_timestamp()
+  let config = @lib_async.parse_async_logger_build_config_text(
+    "{\"logger\":{\"min_level\":\"info\",\"target\":\"async.demo\",\"timestamp\":true,\"sink\":{\"kind\":\"text_console\",\"text_formatter\":{\"show_timestamp\":false,\"separator\":\" | \"}}},\"async_config\":{\"max_pending\":2,\"overflow\":\"DropOldest\"}}",
+  ) catch {
+    err => {
+      ignore(err)
+      return
+    }
+  }
+
+  let logger = @lib_async.build_async_logger(config)
     .with_context_fields([@lib.field("service", "bitlogger")])
     .with_filter(@lib.target_has_prefix("async"))
     .with_patch(@lib.compose_patches([