diff --git a/v2/cmd/nuclei/issue-tracker-config.yaml b/v2/cmd/nuclei/issue-tracker-config.yaml
index fd3cab27..acc991df 100644
--- a/v2/cmd/nuclei/issue-tracker-config.yaml
+++ b/v2/cmd/nuclei/issue-tracker-config.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 #  project-name: ""
 #  # issue-label is the label of the created issue type
 #  issue-label: ""
+#  # severity-as-label set the sevetiry as the label of the created issue type
+#  severity-as-label: false
 
 # gitlab contains configuration options for gitlab issue tracker
 #gitlab: 
@@ -32,6 +34,8 @@
 #  project-id: ""
 #  # issue-label is the label of the created issue type
 #  issue-label: ""
+#  # severity-as-label set the sevetiry as the label of the created issue type
+#  severity-as-label: false
 
 # jira contains configuration options for jira issue tracker
 #jira:
@@ -67,4 +71,4 @@
 #  # Username for the elasticsearch instance
 #  username: test
 #  # Password is the password for elasticsearch instance
-#  password: test
\ No newline at end of file
+#  password: test
diff --git a/v2/pkg/reporting/exporters/es/elasticsearch.go b/v2/pkg/reporting/exporters/es/elasticsearch.go
index cf625eb6..6753b0cf 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/reporting/exporters/es/elasticsearch.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/reporting/exporters/es/elasticsearch.go
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ type Exporter struct {
 // New creates and returns a new exporter for elasticsearch
 func New(option *Options) (*Exporter, error) {
 	var ei *Exporter
+	err := validateOptions(options)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("could not parse config")
+	}
 
 	client := &http.Client{
 		Timeout: 5 * time.Second,
@@ -81,6 +85,25 @@ func New(option *Options) (*Exporter, error) {
 	return ei, nil
 }
 
+func validateOptions(options *Options) error {
+	if options.IP == "" {
+		return errors.New("IP name is mandatory")
+	}
+	if options.Port == 0 {
+		return errors.New("Port name is mandatory")
+	}
+	if options.Username == "" {
+		return errors.New("Username name is mandatory")
+	}
+	if options.Password == "" {
+		return errors.New("Password name is mandatory")
+	}
+	if options.IndexName == "" {
+		return errors.New("IndexName name is mandatory")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // Export exports a passed result event to elasticsearch
 func (i *Exporter) Export(event *output.ResultEvent) error {
 	// creating a request
@@ -105,9 +128,9 @@ func (i *Exporter) Export(event *output.ResultEvent) error {
 
 	res, err := i.elasticsearch.Do(req)
 	if err != nil {
-		return err	
+		return err
 	}
-	
+
 	b, err = ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
 	if err != nil {
 		return errors.New(err.Error() + "error thrown by elasticsearch " + string(b))
diff --git a/v2/pkg/reporting/trackers/github/github.go b/v2/pkg/reporting/trackers/github/github.go
index c794fc1e..bf9ed076 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/reporting/trackers/github/github.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/reporting/trackers/github/github.go
@@ -22,18 +22,21 @@ type Integration struct {
 
 // Options contains the configuration options for github issue tracker client
 type Options struct {
-	// BaseURL is the optional self-hosted github application url
+	// BaseURL (optional) is the self-hosted github application url
 	BaseURL string `yaml:"base-url"`
-	// Username is the mandatory username of the github user
+	// Username (mandatory) is the username of the github user
 	Username string `yaml:"username"`
-	// Owner is the mandatory owner name of the repository for issues.
+	// Owner (manadatory)is the owner name of the repository for issues.
 	Owner string `yaml:"owner"`
-	// Token is the mandatory token for github account.
+	// Token (mandatory) is the token for github account.
 	Token string `yaml:"token"`
-	// ProjectName is the mandatory name of the repository.
+	// ProjectName (mandatory) name of the repository.
 	ProjectName string `yaml:"project-name"`
-	// IssueLabel is the mandatory label of the created issue type
+	// IssueLabel (optional) it the label of the created issue type
 	IssueLabel string `yaml:"issue-label"`
+	// SeverityAsLabel (optional) send the severity as the label of the created
+	// issue.
+	SeverityAsLabel bool `yaml:"severity-as-label"`
 }
 
 // New creates a new issue tracker integration client based on options.
@@ -72,9 +75,6 @@ func validateOptions(options *Options) error {
 	if options.ProjectName == "" {
 		return errors.New("ProjectName name is mandatory")
 	}
-	if options.IssueLabel == "" {
-		return errors.New("IssueLabel name is mandatory")
-	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -82,12 +82,19 @@ func validateOptions(options *Options) error {
 func (i *Integration) CreateIssue(event *output.ResultEvent) error {
 	summary := format.Summary(event)
 	description := format.MarkdownDescription(event)
+	labels := []string{}
 	severityLabel := fmt.Sprintf("Severity: %s", event.Info.SeverityHolder.Severity.String())
+	if i.options.SeverityAsLabel && severityLabel != "" {
+		labels = append(labels, severityLabel)
+	}
+	if label := i.options.IssueLabel; label != "" {
+		labels = append(labels, label)
+	}
 
 	req := &github.IssueRequest{
 		Title:     &summary,
 		Body:      &description,
-		Labels:    &[]string{i.options.IssueLabel, severityLabel},
+		Labels:    &labels,
 		Assignees: &[]string{i.options.Username},
 	}
 	_, _, err := i.client.Issues.Create(context.Background(), i.options.Owner, i.options.ProjectName, req)
diff --git a/v2/pkg/reporting/trackers/gitlab/gitlab.go b/v2/pkg/reporting/trackers/gitlab/gitlab.go
index cc1c8bcc..a12fe07c 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/reporting/trackers/gitlab/gitlab.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/reporting/trackers/gitlab/gitlab.go
@@ -19,16 +19,19 @@ type Integration struct {
 
 // Options contains the configuration options for gitlab issue tracker client
 type Options struct {
-	// BaseURL is the optional self-hosted gitlab application url
+	// BaseURL (optional) is the self-hosted gitlab application url
 	BaseURL string `yaml:"base-url"`
-	// Username is the mandatory username of the gitlab user
+	// Username (mandatory) is the username of the gitlab user
 	Username string `yaml:"username"`
-	// Token is the mandatory token for gitlab account.
+	// Token (mandatory) is the token for gitlab account.
 	Token string `yaml:"token"`
-	// ProjectName is the mandatory name of the repository.
+	// ProjectName (mandatory) is the name of the repository.
 	ProjectName string `yaml:"project-name"`
-	// IssueLabel is the mandatory label of the created issue type
+	// IssueLabel (mandatory) is the label of the created issue type
 	IssueLabel string `yaml:"issue-label"`
+	// SeverityAsLabel (optional) send the severity as the label of the created
+	// issue.
+	SeverityAsLabel bool `yaml:"severity-as-label"`
 }
 
 // New creates a new issue tracker integration client based on options.
@@ -62,9 +65,6 @@ func validateOptions(options *Options) error {
 	if options.ProjectName == "" {
 		return errors.New("ProjectName name is mandatory")
 	}
-	if options.IssueLabel == "" {
-		return errors.New("IssueLabel name is mandatory")
-	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -72,12 +72,19 @@ func validateOptions(options *Options) error {
 func (i *Integration) CreateIssue(event *output.ResultEvent) error {
 	summary := format.Summary(event)
 	description := format.MarkdownDescription(event)
+	labels := []string{}
 	severityLabel := fmt.Sprintf("Severity: %s", event.Info.SeverityHolder.Severity.String())
+	if i.options.SeverityAsLabel && severityLabel != "" {
+		labels = append(labels, severityLabel)
+	}
+	if label := i.options.IssueLabel; label != "" {
+		labels = append(labels, label)
+	}
 
 	_, _, err := i.client.Issues.CreateIssue(i.options.ProjectName, &gitlab.CreateIssueOptions{
 		Title:       &summary,
 		Description: &description,
-		Labels:      gitlab.Labels{i.options.IssueLabel, severityLabel},
+		Labels:      labels,
 		AssigneeIDs: []int{i.userID},
 	})
 
diff --git a/v2/pkg/reporting/trackers/jira/jira.go b/v2/pkg/reporting/trackers/jira/jira.go
index 8f56d71e..befcfb9d 100644
--- a/v2/pkg/reporting/trackers/jira/jira.go
+++ b/v2/pkg/reporting/trackers/jira/jira.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package jira
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"strings"
@@ -42,6 +43,10 @@ type Options struct {
 
 // New creates a new issue tracker integration client based on options.
 func New(options *Options) (*Integration, error) {
+	err := validateOptions(options)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("could not parse config")
+	}
 	username := options.Email
 	if !options.Cloud {
 		username = options.AccountID
@@ -57,10 +62,33 @@ func New(options *Options) (*Integration, error) {
 	return &Integration{jira: jiraClient, options: options}, nil
 }
 
+func validateOptions(options *Options) error {
+	if options.URL == "" {
+		return errors.New("URL name is mandatory")
+	}
+	if options.AccountID == "" {
+		return errors.New("AccountID name is mandatory")
+	}
+	if options.Email == "" {
+		return errors.New("Email name is mandatory")
+	}
+	if options.ProjectName == "" {
+		return errors.New("ProjectName name is mandatory")
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 // CreateNewIssue creates a new issue in the tracker
 func (i *Integration) CreateNewIssue(event *output.ResultEvent) error {
 	summary := format.Summary(event)
-	severityLabel := fmt.Sprintf("Severity:%s", event.Info.SeverityHolder.Severity.String())
+	labels := []string{}
+	severityLabel := fmt.Sprintf("Severity: %s", event.Info.SeverityHolder.Severity.String())
+	if severityLabel != "" {
+		labels = append(labels, severityLabel)
+	}
+	if label := i.options.IssueType; label != "" {
+		labels = append(labels, label)
+	}
 
 	fields := &jira.IssueFields{
 		Assignee:    &jira.User{AccountID: i.options.AccountID},
@@ -69,7 +97,7 @@ func (i *Integration) CreateNewIssue(event *output.ResultEvent) error {
 		Type:        jira.IssueType{Name: i.options.IssueType},
 		Project:     jira.Project{Key: i.options.ProjectName},
 		Summary:     summary,
-		Labels:      []string{severityLabel},
+		Labels:      labels,
 	}
 	// On-prem version of Jira server does not use AccountID
 	if !i.options.Cloud {