diff --git a/roles/collect_logs/defaults/main.yml b/roles/collect_logs/defaults/main.yml
index 55c79ea..05c46d3 100644
--- a/roles/collect_logs/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/collect_logs/defaults/main.yml
@@ -438,6 +438,11 @@ collect_log_types:
   - openstack
   - container
 
+# This set sova to use the specified json file instead of downloading from
+# internet. Right now it is used by molecule, only set this if you do not want
+# to use the official sova-config file.
+# sova_config_file: "/path/to/sova/json/file
+
 # InfluxDB module settings
 influxdb_only_successful_tasks: true
 influxdb_measurement: test
diff --git a/roles/collect_logs/molecule/sova/converge.yml b/roles/collect_logs/molecule/sova/converge.yml
index 205677b..e3eac2d 100644
--- a/roles/collect_logs/molecule/sova/converge.yml
+++ b/roles/collect_logs/molecule/sova/converge.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
   hosts: all
   tasks:
     - name: Include collect_logs
+      vars:
+        sova_config_file: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/workspace/logs/sova_config.json"
       include_role:
         name: collect_logs
         tasks_from: sova.yml
diff --git a/roles/collect_logs/molecule/sova/prepare.yml b/roles/collect_logs/molecule/sova/prepare.yml
index af71df8..cd572cb 100644
--- a/roles/collect_logs/molecule/sova/prepare.yml
+++ b/roles/collect_logs/molecule/sova/prepare.yml
@@ -15,3 +15,91 @@
           No valid host was found. There are not enough hosts
         dest: '{{ ansible_user_dir }}/workspace/logs/quickstart_install.log'
         mode: 0644
+
+    - name: Create a sample sova config file
+      copy:
+        content: |
+          {
+            "patterns": {
+               "bmc": [
+                  {
+                    "id": "Introspection_failed_cannot_get_IP_address",
+                     "logstash": "",
+                      "msg": "Introspection failed, cannot get IP address",
+                      "pattern": "Introspection_failed_cannot_get_IP_address",
+                      "tag": "infra"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "console": [
+                  {
+                      "id": "Not_enough_hosts",
+                      "logstash": "",
+                      "msg": "No valid host was found.",
+                      "pattern": "Not_enough_hosts",
+                      "tag": "info"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "errors": [
+                  {
+                      "id": "Buildah_pull_image_failed",
+                      "logstash": "",
+                      "msg": "Buildah pull image failed",
+                      "pattern": "Buildah_pull_image_failed",
+                      "tag": "info"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "ironic-conductor": [
+                  {
+                      "id": "Ironic_deployment_timeout",
+                      "logstash": "",
+                      "msg": "Ironic deployment timeout.",
+                      "pattern": "Ironic_deployment_timeout",
+                      "tag": "info"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "logstash": [
+                  {
+                    "id": "Ping_timeout_when_deploying_OC",
+                    "logstash": "",
+                    "msg": "Ping timeout when deploying OC.",
+                    "pattern": "Ping_timeout_when_deploying_OC",
+                    "tag": "infra"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "registry_log": [
+                  {
+                    "id": "Invalid_checksum_format",
+                    "logstash": "",
+                    "msg": "Invalid checksum format.",
+                    "pattern": "Invalid_checksum_format",
+                    "tag": "infra"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "selinux": [
+                  {
+                    "id": "selinux_denials_found",
+                    "logstash": "",
+                    "msg": "selinux denials found",
+                    "pattern": "selinux_denials_found",
+                    "tag": "code"
+                  }
+                ],
+                "syslog": [
+                  {
+                    "id": "service_FAIL",
+                    "logstash": "",
+                    "msg": "service FAIL",
+                    "pattern": "service_FAIL",
+                    "tag": "command_exe"
+                  }
+                ]
+              },
+            "regexes": [
+              {
+                "name": "Not_enough_hosts",
+                "regex": "No\\ valid\\ host\\ was\\ found\\.\\ There\\ are\\ not\\ enough\\ hosts"
+              }
+            ]
+          }
+        dest: '{{ ansible_user_dir }}/workspace/logs/sova_config.json'
+        mode: 0644
diff --git a/roles/collect_logs/tasks/sova.yml b/roles/collect_logs/tasks/sova.yml
index fa40e79..bb66110 100644
--- a/roles/collect_logs/tasks/sova.yml
+++ b/roles/collect_logs/tasks/sova.yml
@@ -9,10 +9,20 @@
   retries: 3  # to avoid accidental failures due to networking or rate limiting
   delay: 60
   register: pattern_config
+  when: sova_config_file is not defined
+
+- name: Load sova patterns from local file
+  command: cat "{{ sova_config_file }}"
+  register: sova_config_file_output
+  when: sova_config_file is defined
+
+- name: Set sova_config json content
+  set_fact:
+    sova_config: "{{ (sova_config_file is defined) | ternary((sova_config_file_output.stdout | from_json), pattern_config.json) }}"
 
 - name: Run sova task
   sova:
-    config: "{{ pattern_config.json }}"
+    config: "{{ sova_config }}"
     files:
       console: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/workspace/logs/quickstart_install.log"
       errors: "/var/log/errors.txt"
@@ -25,7 +35,7 @@
 
 - name: Run sova task (denials)
   sova:
-    config: "{{ pattern_config.json }}"
+    config: "{{ sova_config }}"
     files:
       selinux: "/var/log/extra/denials.txt"
     result: "{{ ansible_user_dir }}/workspace/logs/selinux_denials.log"