diff --git a/package/etc/go_templates/source_network.t b/package/etc/go_templates/source_network.t
index 47bfab1..a2ef26f 100644
--- a/package/etc/go_templates/source_network.t
+++ b/package/etc/go_templates/source_network.t
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
-{{ define "T1" }}
-
-# The following is the source port declaration for {{ (print .port_id) }}
-
-source s_{{ .port_id }} {
-    channel {
-        source {
-{{- if or (getenv (print "SC4S_LISTEN_" .port_id "_UDP_PORT")) (eq .port_id "DEFAULT") }}
-            syslog (
+{{ define "UDP" }}
+        syslog (
                 transport("udp")
+                so-reuseport(1)
+                persist-name("udp{{.instance}}")
                 port({{ getenv (print "SC4S_LISTEN_" .port_id "_UDP_PORT") "514" }})
                 ip-protocol(4)
                 so-rcvbuf({{getenv "SC4S_SOURCE_UDP_SO_RCVBUFF" "1703936"}})
@@ -17,7 +12,21 @@ source s_{{ .port_id }} {
                 use-fqdn(no)
                 chain-hostnames(off)
                 flags(validate-utf8, no-parse {{- if (conv.ToBool (getenv "SC4S_SOURCE_STORE_RAWMSG" "no")) }} store-raw-message {{- end}})
-            );
+            );   
+{{- end}}
+
+{{ define "T1" }}
+
+# The following is the source port declaration for {{ (print .port_id) }}
+
+source s_{{ .port_id }} {
+    channel {
+        source {
+{{- if or (getenv (print "SC4S_LISTEN_" .port_id "_UDP_PORT")) (eq .port_id "DEFAULT") }}
+{{- range (math.Seq (getenv "SC4S_SOURCE_LISTEN_UDP_SOCKETS" "5"))}}
+{{- $context := dict "instance" . "port_id" "DEFAULT" }}
+{{- template "UDP"  $context }}
+{{- end}}
 {{- end}}
 {{- if or (getenv (print "SC4S_LISTEN_" .port_id "_TCP_PORT")) (eq .port_id "DEFAULT") }}
             network (
@@ -32,7 +41,7 @@ source s_{{ .port_id }} {
                 use-dns(no)
                 use-fqdn(no)
                 chain-hostnames(off)
-                flags(no-parse {{- if (conv.ToBool (getenv "SC4S_SOURCE_STORE_RAWMSG" "no")) }} store-raw-message {{- end}})
+                flags(validate-utf8, no-parse {{- if (conv.ToBool (getenv "SC4S_SOURCE_STORE_RAWMSG" "no")) }} store-raw-message {{- end}})
             );
 {{- end}}
 {{- if (conv.ToBool (getenv "SC4S_SOURCE_TLS_ENABLE" "no")) }}
@@ -48,7 +57,7 @@ source s_{{ .port_id }} {
                 use-dns(no)
                 use-fqdn(no)
                 chain-hostnames(off)
-                flags(no-parse {{- if (conv.ToBool (getenv "SC4S_SOURCE_STORE_RAWMSG" "no")) }} store-raw-message {{- end}})
+                flags(validate-utf8, no-parse {{- if (conv.ToBool (getenv "SC4S_SOURCE_STORE_RAWMSG" "no")) }} store-raw-message {{- end}})
                 tls(allow-compress(yes)
                     key-file("/opt/syslog-ng/tls/server.key")
                     cert-file("/opt/syslog-ng/tls/server.pem")
@@ -197,4 +206,4 @@ source s_{{ .port_id }} {
 {{- end -}}
 {{- if or (or (or (getenv  (print "SC4S_LISTEN_" .port_id "_TCP_PORT")) (getenv  (print "SC4S_LISTEN_" .port_id "_UDP_PORT"))) (getenv  (print "SC4S_LISTEN_" .port_id "_TLS_PORT"))) (eq .port_id "DEFAULT") -}}
 {{- template "T1" (.) -}}
-{{- end -}}
\ No newline at end of file
+{{- end -}}