diff --git a/include/spdlog/details/registry-inl.h b/include/spdlog/details/registry-inl.h
index 987113c1..0baf99f0 100644
--- a/include/spdlog/details/registry-inl.h
+++ b/include/spdlog/details/registry-inl.h
@@ -269,28 +269,11 @@ SPDLOG_INLINE void registry::set_configs(logger_cfgs configs)
         auto cfg_it = configs.loggers.find(logger->name());
 
         // use default config if not found for this logger name
-
-        logger_cfg *cfg;
-        if(cfg_it != configs.loggers.end())
-        {
-            cfg = &cfg_it->second;
-            if(cfg->level_name.empty())
-            {
-                cfg->level_name = configs.default_cfg.level_name;
-            }
-            if(cfg->level_name.empty())
-            {
-                cfg->level_name = configs.default_cfg.level_name;
-            }
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            cfg = &configs.default_cfg;
-        }
-
-
-        logger->set_level(level::from_str(cfg->level_name));
-        logger->set_formatter(details::make_unique<pattern_formatter>(cfg->pattern));
+        logger_cfg *cfg =  cfg_it != configs.loggers.end() ? &cfg_it->second : &configs.default_cfg;
+        auto &level_name = cfg->level_name.empty() ? cfg->level_name: configs.default_cfg.level_name;
+        auto &pattern = cfg->pattern.empty() ? cfg->pattern: configs.default_cfg.pattern;
+        logger->set_level(level::from_str(level_name));
+        logger->set_formatter(details::make_unique<pattern_formatter>(pattern));
     }
     logger_cfgs_ = std::move(configs);
 }