diff --git a/src/main/java/org/warp/commonutils/type/ShortNamedThreadFactory.java b/src/main/java/org/warp/commonutils/type/ShortNamedThreadFactory.java
index 7261ad3..fb42d20 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/warp/commonutils/type/ShortNamedThreadFactory.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/warp/commonutils/type/ShortNamedThreadFactory.java
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ public class ShortNamedThreadFactory implements ThreadFactory {
 			threadPoolNumber[i] = new AtomicInteger(1);
 		}
 	}
-	private final ThreadGroup group;
+	private ThreadGroup group;
 	private final AtomicInteger threadNumber = new AtomicInteger(1);
 	private static final String NAME_PATTERN = "%s-%d";
 	private final String threadNamePrefix;
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ public class ShortNamedThreadFactory implements ThreadFactory {
 				checkPrefix(threadNamePrefix), threadPoolNumber[(threadNamePrefix.hashCode() % POOL_NUMBERS_COUNT / 2) + POOL_NUMBERS_COUNT / 2].getAndIncrement());
 	}
 
+	public ShortNamedThreadFactory withGroup(ThreadGroup threadGroup) {
+		this.group = threadGroup;
+		return this;
+	}
+
 	private static String checkPrefix(String prefix) {
 		return prefix == null || prefix.length() == 0 ? "Unnamed" : prefix;
 	}