diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index da01b43..711684d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,6 +31,15 @@ This plugin supports these configuration options.
 | ciphers                           |                              array, ciphers list                              |         No |
 | enable_token                      |                boolean, one of [true, false]. default is false                |         No |
 | auth_plugin_params_String         |                                    string                                     |         No |
+| enable_async                      |                boolean, one of [true, false]. default is false                |         No |
+
+
+## Sync vs Async
+
+Sync is slower because it requires verification that a message is received. Sync supports exactly/effectively once messaging. This means there is a big network latency increase here.
+
+Async is faster because it sends messages out and doesn't care if the message was received/processed or not. Async should only be used if you want "at most once" messaging and don't care if messages are lost.
+
 # Example
 pulsar without tls & token 
 ```
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/logstash/outputs/Pulsar.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/logstash/outputs/Pulsar.java
index bc978dc..48f2291 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/logstash/outputs/Pulsar.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/pulsar/logstash/outputs/Pulsar.java
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ public class Pulsar implements Output {
     private static final PluginConfigSpec<String> CONFIG_AUTH_PLUGIN_PARAMS_STRING =
             PluginConfigSpec.stringSetting("auth_plugin_params_String","");
 
+    private static final PluginConfigSpec<Boolean> CONFIG_ENABLE_ASYNC =
+            PluginConfigSpec.booleanSetting("enable_async",false);
+
     private final CountDownLatch done = new CountDownLatch(1);
 
     private final String producerName;
@@ -125,6 +128,9 @@ public class Pulsar implements Output {
     //Token
     private final boolean enableToken;
 
+    // Sends messages async if set, otherwise sync
+    private final boolean enableAsync;
+
     // TODO: batchingMaxPublishDelay milliseconds
 
     // TODO: sendTimeoutMs milliseconds 30000
@@ -148,6 +154,7 @@ public Pulsar(final String id, final Configuration configuration, final Context
 
         enableTls = configuration.get(CONFIG_ENABLE_TLS);
         enableToken = configuration.get(CONFIG_ENABLE_TOKEN);
+        enableAsync = configuration.get(CONFIG_ENABLE_ASYNC);
 
         try {
             if(enableTls && enableToken){
@@ -222,15 +229,25 @@ public void output(final Collection<Event> events) {
                 codec.encode(event, baos);
                 String s = baos.toString();
                 logger.debug("topic is {}, message is {}", eventTopic, s);
-                getProducer(eventTopic).newMessage()
-                        .value(s.getBytes())
-                        .sendAsync();
+                send(eventTopic, s);
             } catch (Exception e) {
                 logger.error("fail to send message", e);
             }
         }
     }
 
+    private void send(String topic, String s){
+        if (enableAsync){
+            getProducer(topic).newMessage()
+                .value(s.getBytes())
+                .sendAsync();
+        }else {
+            getProducer(topic).newMessage()
+                .value(s.getBytes())
+                .send();
+        }
+    }
+
     private org.apache.pulsar.client.api.Producer<byte[]> getProducer(String topic) throws PulsarClientException {
 
         if(producerMap.containsKey(topic)){