diff --git a/include/journal.hpp b/include/journal.hpp
index d169a66..ca78a62 100644
--- a/include/journal.hpp
+++ b/include/journal.hpp
@@ -70,10 +70,10 @@ auto init_std_out_err(const LogVerbosity &min = LogVerbosity::Info) -> void;
 auto init() -> void;
 auto add_file(std::string_view file_path,
               std::ios_base::openmode = std::ios_base::ate,
-              const LogVerbosity &min = LogVerbosity::Info,
+              const LogVerbosity &min = LogVerbosity::Trace,
               const LogVerbosity &max = LogVerbosity::Error) -> void;
 auto add_sink(std::shared_ptr<std::ostream> stream,
-              const LogVerbosity &min = LogVerbosity::Info,
+              const LogVerbosity &min = LogVerbosity::Trace,
               const LogVerbosity &max = LogVerbosity::Error) -> void;
 
 #ifdef JOURNAL_ALL
diff --git a/src/journal.cc b/src/journal.cc
index 793206f..aded530 100644
--- a/src/journal.cc
+++ b/src/journal.cc
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <concepts>
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <fstream>
+#include <iostream>
 #include <memory>
 #include <mutex>
 #include <optional>
@@ -176,10 +177,16 @@ struct Verbosity {
 };
 
 namespace sinks {
+
+using namespace std::chrono_literals;
+
 struct BaseSink {
   Verbosity min_verbosity;
   Verbosity max_verbosity;
 
+  std::optional<std::chrono::system_clock::time_point> last_flushed;
+  static constexpr auto TIME_BETWEEN_FLUSH = 2s;
+
   BaseSink()
       : min_verbosity(LogVerbosity::Trace), max_verbosity(LogVerbosity::Error) {
   }
@@ -199,8 +206,18 @@ struct BaseSink {
     return std::exchange(min_verbosity, new_min);
   }
 
-  virtual auto flush() -> void;
-  virtual auto operator<<(std::string_view str) -> void;
+  auto should_flush() -> bool {
+    const auto now = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
+    if (!last_flushed || (now - last_flushed.value()) >= TIME_BETWEEN_FLUSH) {
+      last_flushed = now;
+      return true;
+    } else {
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
+
+  virtual auto flush() -> void {}
+  virtual auto operator<<(std::string_view str) -> void {}
 };
 
 struct StdOutSink : public BaseSink {
@@ -235,48 +252,24 @@ struct FileSink : public OStreamSink {
            std::ios::ios_base::openmode open_mode = std::ios::ios_base::app,
            const Verbosity &min = LogVerbosity::Trace,
            const Verbosity &max = LogVerbosity::Error)
-      : OStreamSink(std::make_shared<std::ostream>(
-            std::ofstream(file_path, std::ios::ios_base::out | open_mode))) {}
+      : OStreamSink(std::make_shared<std::ofstream>(file_path, open_mode), min,
+                    max) {}
 };
 } // namespace sinks
 
-struct Sink {
-  std::shared_ptr<std::ostream> stream;
-  Verbosity min_verbosity;
-  Verbosity max_verbosity;
-
-  Sink(std::shared_ptr<std::ostream> &&stream)
-      : stream(std::move(stream)),
-        min_verbosity(journal::detail::LogVerbosity::Trace),
-        max_verbosity(journal::detail::LogVerbosity::Error) {}
-  Sink(std::shared_ptr<std::ostream>&& stream, const Verbosity &min,
-       const Verbosity &max)
-      : stream(std::move(stream)),min_verbosity(min), max_verbosity(max) {}
-  Sink(std::shared_ptr<std::ostream> &&stream, const Verbosity &min)
-      : stream(std::move(stream)), min_verbosity(min),
-        max_verbosity(journal::detail::Error) {}
-
-  ~Sink() { flush(); }
-
-  auto flush() -> void { stream->flush(); }
-  auto operator<<(std::string_view msg) { (*stream) << msg; }
-};
-
 class Journal {
   std::vector<std::unique_ptr<sinks::BaseSink>> sinks;
-  std::chrono::system_clock::time_point last_flushed;
 
 public:
 Journal() {}
 auto log(const Verbosity &verbosity, source_location source,
          std::string_view msg) {
   const auto now = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
-  const auto do_flush = ((now - last_flushed).count() <= 5);
   for (auto &&sink : sinks) {
     if (sink->should_sink_verbosity(verbosity)) {
       (*sink) << format(msg, verbosity, source);
     }
-    if (do_flush) {
+    if (sink->should_flush()) {
       sink->flush();
     }
   }
diff --git a/test.log b/test.log
index 62e4165..5f84d18 100644
--- a/test.log
+++ b/test.log
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
-[2022-06-20 00:49:18 UTC] [INFO ] [main.cc::8] some info!
-[2022-06-20 00:49:18 UTC] [ERROR] [main.cc::9] something went wrong!
+[2022-06-20 19:45:53 UTC] [INFO ] [main.cc::8] some info!
+[2022-06-20 19:45:53 UTC] [ERROR] [main.cc::9] something went wrong!
+[2022-06-20 19:45:59 UTC] [TRACE] [main.cc::11] just some very verbose stuff here