diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 13725c8..b08c903 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -458,14 +458,15 @@ The idea behind this is three-fold:
 
 ### Using Environment Variables to configure logging handlers
 
-NOTE: This is WIP, so things may break / be broken. To truly be able to use this feature, Wryte will have to support logger-name-based env vars (e.g. `WRYTE_HANDLERS_logger_name_*`).
-
-NOTE: DO NOT use this feature if you have multiple loggers in the same service unless you explicitly intend to have all loggers log to all handlers configured.
+NOTE: This is WIP, so things may break / be broken.
 
 One of Wryte's goals is to provide a simple way to configure loggers. Much like Grafana and Fabio, Wryte aims to be completely env-var configurable.
 
 On top of having two default `console` and `json` handlers which indicate the formatting and both log to stdout, you can utilize built-in and 3rd party handlers quite easily.
 
+Below are the global env vars used to configure all loggers instantiated by Wryte.
+If you want to apply a handler to a specific logger, use the `WRYTE_$LOGGER_NAME_HANDLERS_*` pattern instead (e.g. `WRYTE_WEBLOGGER_HANDLERS_FILE_ENABLED` - all uppercase).
+
 #### File Handler
 
 Wryte supports both the rotating and watching file handlers (on Windows, FileHandler replaces WatchingFileHandler if not rotating).
diff --git a/wryte.py b/wryte.py
index b74a374..4007246 100644
--- a/wryte.py
+++ b/wryte.py
@@ -138,14 +138,14 @@ def __init__(self,
 
         If `hostname` isn't provided, it will be retrieved via socket.
         """
-        logger_name = name or __name__
+        self.logger_name = name or __name__
 
         self.pretty = pretty
         self.color = color
         self.simple = simple
 
-        self._log = self._get_base(logger_name, hostname)
-        self.logger = self._logger(logger_name)
+        self._log = self._get_base(self.logger_name, hostname)
+        self.logger = self._logger(self.logger_name)
 
         if not bare:
             self._configure_handlers(level, jsonify)
@@ -250,12 +250,11 @@ def _enrich(self, message, level, objects, kwargs=None):
 
         return log
 
-    @staticmethod
-    def _env(variable, logger=None, default=None):
-        if logger:
-            return os.getenv('WRYTE_{0}_{1}'.format(logger, variable), default)
-        else:
-            return os.getenv('WRYTE_{0}'.format(variable), default)
+    def _env(self, variable, default=None):
+        logger_env = os.getenv('WRYTE_{0}_{1}'.format(
+            self.logger_name.upper(), variable), default)
+        global_env = os.getenv('WRYTE_{0}'.format(variable), default)
+        return logger_env or global_env or None
 
     def _configure_handlers(self, level, jsonify=False):
         if not jsonify: