diff --git a/bench/async_bench.cpp b/bench/async_bench.cpp
index db066f70..eaa3a9ee 100644
--- a/bench/async_bench.cpp
+++ b/bench/async_bench.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ using namespace utils;
 
 void bench_mt(int howmany, std::shared_ptr<spdlog::logger> log, int thread_count);
 
+
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #pragma warning(push) 
 #pragma warning(disable : 4996) //disable fopen warning under msvc
@@ -45,11 +46,22 @@ int count_lines(const char *filename)
 
     return counter;
 }
+
+void verify_file(const char *filename, int expected_count)
+{
+    auto count = count_lines(filename);
+    if (count != expected_count)
+    {
+        spdlog::error("Test failed. {} has {:n} lines instead of {:n}", filename, count, expected_count);
+        exit(1);
+    }
+    spdlog::info("Line count OK ({:n})\n", count);
+}
+
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
 #pragma warning(pop) 
 #endif
 
-
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
 
@@ -60,9 +72,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
     try
     {
+        spdlog::set_pattern("[%^%l%$] %v");
         if (argc == 1)
         {
-            spdlog::set_pattern("%v");
             spdlog::info("Usage: {} <message_count> <threads> <q_size> <iterations>", argv[0]);
             return 0;
         }
@@ -94,24 +106,32 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         spdlog::info("-------------------------------------------------");
 
         const char *filename = "logs/basic_async.log";
-
+        spdlog::info("");
+        spdlog::info("*********************************");
+        spdlog::info("Queue Overflow Policy: block");
+        spdlog::info("*********************************");
         for (int i = 0; i < iters; i++)
         {
             auto tp = std::make_shared<details::thread_pool>(queue_size, 1);
             auto file_sink = std::make_shared<spdlog::sinks::basic_file_sink_mt>(filename, true);
             auto logger = std::make_shared<async_logger>("async_logger", std::move(file_sink), std::move(tp), async_overflow_policy::block);
             bench_mt(howmany, std::move(logger), threads);
-            auto count = count_lines(filename);
+#ifdef SPDLOG_ASYNC_BENCH_VERIFY
+            verify_file(filename, howmany);
+#endif // SPDLOG_ASYNC_BENCH_VERIFY
+        }
 
-            if (count != howmany)
-            {
-                spdlog::error("Test failed. {} has {:n} lines instead of {:n}", filename, count, howmany);
-                exit(1);
-            }
-            else
-            {
-                spdlog::info("Line count OK ({:n})\n", count);
-            }
+        spdlog::info("");
+        spdlog::info("*********************************");
+        spdlog::info("Queue Overflow Policy: overrun");
+        spdlog::info("*********************************");
+        // do same test but discard oldest if queue is full instead of blocking
+        for (int i = 0; i < iters; i++)
+        {
+            auto tp = std::make_shared<details::thread_pool>(queue_size, 1);
+            auto file_sink = std::make_shared<spdlog::sinks::basic_file_sink_mt>(filename, true);
+            auto logger = std::make_shared<async_logger>("async_logger", std::move(file_sink), std::move(tp), async_overflow_policy::overrun_oldest);
+            bench_mt(howmany, std::move(logger), threads);
         }
         spdlog::shutdown();
     }
diff --git a/bench/bench.cpp b/bench/bench.cpp
index d21dcdc1..5435e985 100644
--- a/bench/bench.cpp
+++ b/bench/bench.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 // bench.cpp : spdlog benchmarks
 //
 #include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
-#include "spdlog/async.h"
 #include "spdlog/sinks/basic_file_sink.h"
 #include "spdlog/sinks/daily_file_sink.h"
 #include "spdlog/sinks/null_sink.h"
@@ -95,22 +94,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         auto daily_mt = spdlog::daily_logger_mt("daily_mt", "logs/daily_mt.log");
         bench_mt(howmany, std::move(daily_mt), threads);
         bench_mt(howmany, spdlog::create<null_sink_mt>("null_mt"), threads);
-
-        int iters = 3;
-        spdlog::info("**************************************************************");
-        spdlog::info("Asyncronous bench {:n} threads sharing same logger", threads);
-        spdlog::info("Messages: {:n}", howmany);
-        spdlog::info("Queue size: {:n} slots", queue_size);
-        auto slot_size = sizeof(spdlog::details::async_msg);
-        spdlog::info("Total queue memory: {}x{} bytes per slot = {:n} Kb ", queue_size, slot_size, (queue_size * slot_size) / 1024);
-        spdlog::info("**************************************************************");
-
-        for (int i = 0; i < iters; ++i)
-        {
-            spdlog::init_thread_pool(static_cast<size_t>(queue_size), 1);
-            auto as = spdlog::basic_logger_mt<spdlog::async_factory>("async", "logs/basic_async.log", true);
-            bench_mt(howmany, std::move(as), threads);
-        }
     }
     catch (std::exception &ex)
     {
diff --git a/include/spdlog/logger-inl.h b/include/spdlog/logger-inl.h
index f3cdb6ab..8f2bfa0a 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/logger-inl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/logger-inl.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ SPDLOG_INLINE const std::string &logger::name() const
     return name_;
 }
 
-// set formatting for the sinks in this logger. redundant
+// set formatting for the sinks in this logger.
 // each sink will get a seperate instance of the formatter object.
 SPDLOG_INLINE void logger::set_formatter(std::unique_ptr<formatter> f)
 {