diff --git a/ExtremelySimpleLogger/FileSink.cs b/ExtremelySimpleLogger/FileSink.cs
index 39f3b27..c66998f 100644
--- a/ExtremelySimpleLogger/FileSink.cs
+++ b/ExtremelySimpleLogger/FileSink.cs
@@ -6,15 +6,18 @@ namespace ExtremelySimpleLogger {
     /// </summary>
     public class FileSink : Sink {
 
+        private readonly FileInfo file;
         private readonly StreamWriter writer;
+        private readonly bool reopenOnWrite;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// Creates a new file sink with the given settings.
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="file">The full, or relative, path of the file to write to</param>
         /// <param name="append">Whether new output should be appended to the old log file</param>
-        public FileSink(string file, bool append) :
-            this(new FileInfo(file), append) {
+        /// <param name="reopenOnWrite">Whether this file sink should reopen the file every time it logs to it. If this is false, the file will be kept open by this sink.</param>
+        public FileSink(string file, bool append, bool reopenOnWrite = false) :
+            this(new FileInfo(file), append, reopenOnWrite) {
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -22,7 +25,11 @@ namespace ExtremelySimpleLogger {
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="file">The full, or relative, path of the file to write to</param>
         /// <param name="append">Whether new output should be appended to the old log file</param>
-        public FileSink(FileInfo file, bool append) {
+        /// <param name="reopenOnWrite">Whether this file sink should reopen the file every time it logs to it. If this is false, the file will be kept open by this sink.</param>
+        public FileSink(FileInfo file, bool append, bool reopenOnWrite = false) {
+            this.reopenOnWrite = reopenOnWrite;
+            this.file = file;
+
             var dir = file.Directory;
             if (dir != null && !dir.Exists)
                 dir.Create();
@@ -30,8 +37,10 @@ namespace ExtremelySimpleLogger {
             if (!append && file.Exists)
                 file.Delete();
 
-            this.writer = file.AppendText();
-            this.writer.AutoFlush = true;
+            if (!reopenOnWrite) {
+                this.writer = file.AppendText();
+                this.writer.AutoFlush = true;
+            }
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -39,7 +48,12 @@ namespace ExtremelySimpleLogger {
         /// </summary>
         /// <param name="s">The message to log</param>
         public override void Log(string s) {
-            this.writer.WriteLine(s);
+            if (this.reopenOnWrite) {
+                using (var w = this.file.AppendText())
+                    w.WriteLine(s);
+            } else {
+                this.writer.WriteLine(s);
+            }
         }
 
     }