diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 638029d..6761f60 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -229,6 +229,14 @@ That's all you need to do. When storage is enabled, events are written to the da
 
 To enable storage selectively by channel, implement a channel manager and override `is_channel_reliable`.
 
+## Listener manager
+
+To customize listener management (add, remove, kick, queue event), set a listener manager class in `settings.py`:
+
+```py
+EVENTSTREAM_LISTENERMANAGER_CLASS = 'django_eventstream.views.ListenerManager'
+```
+
 ## Receiving in the browser
 
 Include client libraries on the frontend:
diff --git a/django_eventstream/views.py b/django_eventstream/views.py
index 4a4263e..83363c2 100644
--- a/django_eventstream/views.py
+++ b/django_eventstream/views.py
@@ -140,11 +140,12 @@ def kick(self, user_id, channel):
                 listener.wake_threadsafe()
 
 
-listener_manager = ListenerManager()
-
-
 def get_listener_manager():
-    return listener_manager
+    from .utils import get_class_from_setting
+    return get_class_from_setting(
+            "EVENTSTREAM_LISTENERMANAGER_CLASS",
+            "django_eventstream.views.ListenerManager",
+        )
 
 
 async def stream(event_request, listener):