diff --git a/metric-collector.go b/metric-collector.go
index 47fddfd..381b17a 100644
--- a/metric-collector.go
+++ b/metric-collector.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-metric-collector/collectors"
+	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-metric-collector/receivers"
 	"github.com/ClusterCockpit/cc-metric-collector/sinks"
 	"log"
 	"os"
@@ -34,19 +35,17 @@ var Sinks = map[string]sinks.SinkFuncs{
 	"nats":     &sinks.NatsSink{},
 }
 
+var Receivers = map[string]receivers.ReceiverFuncs{
+	"nats": &receivers.NatsReceiver{},
+}
+
 // Structure of the configuration file
 type GlobalConfig struct {
-	Sink struct {
-		User     string `json:"user"`
-		Password string `json:"password"`
-		Host     string `json:"host"`
-		Port     string `json:"port"`
-		Database string `json:"database"`
-		Type     string `json:"type"`
-	} `json:"sink"`
-	Interval   int      `json:"interval"`
-	Duration   int      `json:"duration"`
-	Collectors []string `json:"collectors"`
+	Sink       sinks.SinkConfig         `json:"sink"`
+	Interval   int                      `json:"interval"`
+	Duration   int                      `json:"duration"`
+	Collectors []string                 `json:"collectors"`
+	Receiver   receivers.ReceiverConfig `json:"receiver"`
 }
 
 // Load JSON configuration file
@@ -91,7 +90,7 @@ func SetLogging(logfile string) error {
 
 // Register an interrupt handler for Ctrl+C and similar. At signal,
 // all collectors are closed
-func shutdown(wg *sync.WaitGroup, config *GlobalConfig, sink sinks.SinkFuncs) {
+func shutdown(wg *sync.WaitGroup, config *GlobalConfig, sink sinks.SinkFuncs, recv receivers.ReceiverFuncs) {
 	sigs := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
 	signal.Notify(sigs, os.Interrupt)
 
@@ -104,6 +103,9 @@ func shutdown(wg *sync.WaitGroup, config *GlobalConfig, sink sinks.SinkFuncs) {
 			col.Close()
 		}
 		time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
+		if recv != nil {
+			recv.Close()
+		}
 		sink.Close()
 		wg.Done()
 	}(wg)
@@ -112,6 +114,9 @@ func shutdown(wg *sync.WaitGroup, config *GlobalConfig, sink sinks.SinkFuncs) {
 func main() {
 	var config GlobalConfig
 	var wg sync.WaitGroup
+	var recv receivers.ReceiverFuncs = nil
+	var use_recv bool
+	use_recv = false
 	wg.Add(1)
 	host, err := os.Hostname()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -159,13 +164,29 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	// Setup sink
 	sink := Sinks[config.Sink.Type]
-	err = sink.Init(config.Sink.Host, config.Sink.Port, config.Sink.User, config.Sink.Password, config.Sink.Database)
+	err = sink.Init(config.Sink)
 	if err != nil {
+		log.Print(err)
 		return
 	}
+	// Setup receiver
+	if config.Receiver.Type != "none" {
+		if _, found := Receivers[config.Receiver.Type]; !found {
+			log.Print("Invalid receiver type '", config.Receiver.Type, "' in configuration")
+			return
+		} else {
+			recv = Receivers[config.Receiver.Type]
+			err = recv.Init(config.Receiver, sink)
+			if err == nil {
+				use_recv = true
+			} else {
+				log.Print(err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
 
 	// Register interrupt handler
-	shutdown(&wg, &config, sink)
+	shutdown(&wg, &config, sink, recv)
 
 	// Initialize all collectors
 	tmp := make([]string, 0)
@@ -203,6 +224,11 @@ func main() {
 		cpuFields[s] = make(map[string]interface{})
 	}
 
+	// Start receiver
+	if use_recv {
+		recv.Start()
+	}
+
 	go func() {
 		for {
 			select {
diff --git a/sinks/influxSink.go b/sinks/influxSink.go
index 628a403..c5d23d4 100644
--- a/sinks/influxSink.go
+++ b/sinks/influxSink.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package sinks
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	influxdb2 "github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-go/v2"
 	influxdb2Api "github.com/influxdata/influxdb-client-go/v2/api"
@@ -11,27 +12,42 @@ import (
 
 type InfluxSink struct {
 	Sink
-	client       influxdb2.Client
-	writeApi     influxdb2Api.WriteAPIBlocking
-	retPolicy    string
-	organization string
+	client    influxdb2.Client
+	writeApi  influxdb2Api.WriteAPIBlocking
+	retPolicy string
 }
 
-func (s *InfluxSink) Init(host string, port string, user string, password string, database string) error {
-	s.host = host
-	s.port = port
-	s.user = user
-	s.password = password
-	s.database = database
-	s.organization = ""
-	uri := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%s", host, port)
-	auth := fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", user, password)
-	log.Print("Using URI ", uri, " for connection")
+func (s *InfluxSink) connect() error {
+	var auth string
+	uri := fmt.Sprintf("http://%s:%s", s.host, s.port)
+	if len(s.user) == 0 {
+		auth = s.password
+	} else {
+		auth = fmt.Sprintf("%s:%s", s.user, s.password)
+	}
+	log.Print("Using URI ", uri, " Org ", s.organization, " Bucket ", s.database)
 	s.client = influxdb2.NewClient(uri, auth)
 	s.writeApi = s.client.WriteAPIBlocking(s.organization, s.database)
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (s *InfluxSink) Init(config SinkConfig) error {
+	if len(config.Host) == 0 ||
+		len(config.Port) == 0 ||
+		len(config.Database) == 0 ||
+		len(config.Organization) == 0 ||
+		len(config.Password) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("Not all configuration variables set required by InfluxSink")
+	}
+	s.host = config.Host
+	s.port = config.Port
+	s.database = config.Database
+	s.organization = config.Organization
+	s.user = config.User
+	s.password = config.Password
+	return s.connect()
+}
+
 func (s *InfluxSink) Write(measurement string, tags map[string]string, fields map[string]interface{}, t time.Time) error {
 	p := influxdb2.NewPoint(measurement, tags, fields, t)
 	err := s.writeApi.WritePoint(context.Background(), p)
diff --git a/sinks/natsSink.go b/sinks/natsSink.go
index 1e3bd99..6a938b8 100644
--- a/sinks/natsSink.go
+++ b/sinks/natsSink.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package sinks
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	protocol "github.com/influxdata/line-protocol"
 	nats "github.com/nats-io/nats.go"
@@ -16,21 +17,11 @@ type NatsSink struct {
 	buffer  *bytes.Buffer
 }
 
-func (s *NatsSink) Init(host string, port string, user string, password string, database string) error {
-	s.host = host
-	s.port = port
-	s.user = user
-	s.password = password
-	s.database = database
-	// Setup Influx line protocol
-	s.buffer = &bytes.Buffer{}
-	s.buffer.Grow(1025)
-	s.encoder = protocol.NewEncoder(s.buffer)
-	s.encoder.SetPrecision(time.Second)
-	s.encoder.SetMaxLineBytes(1024)
-	// Setup infos for connection
+func (s *NatsSink) connect() error {
 	uinfo := nats.UserInfo(s.user, s.password)
 	uri := fmt.Sprintf("nats://%s:%s", s.host, s.port)
+	log.Print("Using URI ", uri)
+	s.client = nil
 	nc, err := nats.Connect(uri, uinfo)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
@@ -40,21 +31,49 @@ func (s *NatsSink) Init(host string, port string, user string, password string,
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (s *NatsSink) Init(config SinkConfig) error {
+	if len(config.Host) == 0 ||
+		len(config.Port) == 0 ||
+		len(config.Database) == 0 {
+		return errors.New("Not all configuration variables set required by NatsSink")
+	}
+	s.host = config.Host
+	s.port = config.Port
+	s.database = config.Database
+	s.organization = config.Organization
+	s.user = config.User
+	s.password = config.Password
+	// Setup Influx line protocol
+	s.buffer = &bytes.Buffer{}
+	s.buffer.Grow(1025)
+	s.encoder = protocol.NewEncoder(s.buffer)
+	s.encoder.SetPrecision(time.Second)
+	s.encoder.SetMaxLineBytes(1024)
+	// Setup infos for connection
+	return s.connect()
+}
+
 func (s *NatsSink) Write(measurement string, tags map[string]string, fields map[string]interface{}, t time.Time) error {
-	m, err := protocol.New(measurement, tags, fields, t)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Print(err)
-		return err
+	if s.client != nil {
+		m, err := protocol.New(measurement, tags, fields, t)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Print(err)
+			return err
+		}
+		_, err = s.encoder.Encode(m)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Print(err)
+			return err
+		}
+		s.client.Publish(s.database, s.buffer.Bytes())
+
 	}
-	_, err = s.encoder.Encode(m)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Print(err)
-		return err
-	}
-	s.client.Publish(s.database, s.buffer.Bytes())
 	return nil
 }
 
 func (s *NatsSink) Close() {
-	s.client.Close()
+	log.Print("Closing Nats connection")
+	if s.client != nil {
+		s.client.Close()
+	}
 }
diff --git a/sinks/sink.go b/sinks/sink.go
index 1efdc81..5c84d8c 100644
--- a/sinks/sink.go
+++ b/sinks/sink.go
@@ -4,16 +4,27 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
+type SinkConfig struct {
+	Host         string `json:"host"`
+	Port         string `json:"port"`
+	Database     string `json:"database"`
+	User         string `json:"user"`
+	Password     string `json:"password"`
+	Organization string `json:"organization"`
+	Type         string `json:"type"`
+}
+
 type Sink struct {
-	host     string
-	port     string
-	user     string
-	password string
-	database string
+	host         string
+	port         string
+	user         string
+	password     string
+	database     string
+	organization string
 }
 
 type SinkFuncs interface {
-	Init(host string, port string, user string, password string, database string) error
+	Init(config SinkConfig) error
 	Write(measurement string, tags map[string]string, fields map[string]interface{}, t time.Time) error
 	Close()
 }
diff --git a/sinks/stdoutSink.go b/sinks/stdoutSink.go
index b255dca..20ec628 100644
--- a/sinks/stdoutSink.go
+++ b/sinks/stdoutSink.go
@@ -11,12 +11,7 @@ type StdoutSink struct {
 	Sink
 }
 
-func (s *StdoutSink) Init(host string, port string, user string, password string, database string) error {
-	s.host = host
-	s.port = port
-	s.user = user
-	s.password = password
-	s.database = database
+func (s *StdoutSink) Init(config SinkConfig) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -27,13 +22,13 @@ func (s *StdoutSink) Write(measurement string, tags map[string]string, fields ma
 		tagsstr = append(tagsstr, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", k, v))
 	}
 	for k, v := range fields {
-	    switch v.(type) {
-	    case float64:
-		    if !math.IsNaN(v.(float64)) {
-			    fieldstr = append(fieldstr, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%v", k, v.(float64)))
-		    }
+		switch v.(type) {
+		case float64:
+			if !math.IsNaN(v.(float64)) {
+				fieldstr = append(fieldstr, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%v", k, v.(float64)))
+			}
 		case string:
-		    fieldstr = append(fieldstr, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%q", k, v.(string)))
+			fieldstr = append(fieldstr, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%q", k, v.(string)))
 		}
 	}
 	if len(tagsstr) > 0 {