diff --git a/dexbot/controllers/main_controller.py b/dexbot/controllers/main_controller.py
index ebe422e5a..7995c6362 100644
--- a/dexbot/controllers/main_controller.py
+++ b/dexbot/controllers/main_controller.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ def __init__(self, bitshares_instance, config):
         self.config = config
         self.worker_manager = None
 
-        # Configure logging
+        # Configure per_worker logging
         data_dir = user_data_dir(APP_NAME, AUTHOR)
         filename = os.path.join(data_dir, 'dexbot.log')
         formatter = logging.Formatter(
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ def __init__(self, bitshares_instance, config):
         logger.info("DEXBot {} on python {} {}".format(VERSION, sys.version[:6], sys.platform), extra={
                     'worker_name': 'NONE', 'account': 'NONE', 'market': 'NONE'})
 
+        # Configure root logger
+        logger = logging.getLogger("dexbot")
+        formatter = logging.Formatter('%(asctime)s - %(name)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
+        fh = logging.FileHandler(filename)
+        fh.setFormatter(formatter)
+        logger.addHandler(fh)
+        logger.setLevel(logging.INFO)
+
         # Configure orders logging
         initialize_orders_log()
 
diff --git a/dexbot/helper.py b/dexbot/helper.py
index 4f778b4b7..9682f2f80 100644
--- a/dexbot/helper.py
+++ b/dexbot/helper.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import shutil
 import errno
 import logging
+import pkgutil
 from appdirs import user_data_dir
 
 from dexbot import APP_NAME, AUTHOR
@@ -77,6 +78,15 @@ def initialize_orders_log():
         logger.info("worker_name;ID;operation_type;base_asset;base_amount;quote_asset;quote_amount;timestamp")
 
 
+def iter_namespace(ns_pkg):
+    # https://packaging.python.org/guides/creating-and-discovering-plugins/
+    # Specifying the second argument (prefix) to iter_modules makes the
+    # returned name an absolute name instead of a relative one. This allows
+    # import_module to work without having to do additional modification to
+    # the name.
+    return pkgutil.iter_modules(ns_pkg.__path__, ns_pkg.__name__ + ".")
+
+
 try:
     # Unfortunately setuptools is only "kinda-sorta" a standard module
     # it's available on pretty much any modern Python system, but some embedded Pythons may not have it
diff --git a/dexbot/plugin.py b/dexbot/plugin.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85889f0a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dexbot/plugin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import asyncio
+import threading
+import importlib
+import logging
+
+import dexbot.plugins
+from dexbot.helper import iter_namespace
+
+from bitshares import BitShares
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+class PluginInfrastructure(threading.Thread):
+    """ Run plugins as asyncio tasks
+
+        :param dict config: dexbot config
+
+        PluginInfrastructure class is needed to be able to run asyncio plugins while having synchronous core. After
+        switching to asyncio-aware main thread we may continue to use all plugins without refactoring them.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, config):
+        super().__init__()
+
+        self.bitshares = BitShares(node=config['node'], num_retries=-1)
+        self.config = config
+        self.loop = None
+        self.need_stop = False
+        self.plugins = []
+
+    def run(self):
+        log.debug('Starting PluginInfrastructure thread')
+        self.init_plugins()
+        self.loop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
+        asyncio.set_event_loop(self.loop)
+        self.loop.create_task(self.run_plugins())
+        self.loop.create_task(self.stop_handler())
+        self.loop.run_forever()
+
+    def init_plugins(self):
+        """ Initialize plugin instances
+        """
+        plugins = {name: importlib.import_module(name) for finder, name, ispkg in iter_namespace(dexbot.plugins)}
+
+        for name, plugin in plugins.items():
+            self.plugins.append(plugin.Plugin(config=self.config, bitshares_instance=self.bitshares))
+
+    async def run_plugins(self):
+        """ Run each discovered plugin by calling Plugin.main()
+        """
+        # Schedule every plugin as asyncio Task; use ensure_future() for python3.6 compatibility
+        tasks = [asyncio.ensure_future(plugin.main()) for plugin in self.plugins]
+        try:
+            # Wait until all plugins are finished, but catch exceptions immediately as they occure
+            await asyncio.gather(*tasks, return_exceptions=False)
+        except asyncio.CancelledError:
+            # Note: task.cancel() will not propagate this exception here, so it will appear only on current task cancel
+            log.debug('Stopping run_plugins()')
+        except Exception:
+            log.exception('Task finished with exception:')
+
+    async def stop_handler(self):
+        """ Watch for self.need_stop flag to cancel tasks and stop the thread
+
+            With this solution it's easier to achieve correct tasks stopping. self.loop.call_soon_threadsafe() requires
+            additional wrapping to stop tasks or catch exceptions.
+        """
+        while True:
+            if self.need_stop:
+                log.debug('Stopping event loop')
+                tasks = [task for task in asyncio.Task.all_tasks() if task is not asyncio.tasks.Task.current_task()]
+                # Cancel all tasks
+                list(map(lambda task: task.cancel(), tasks))
+                # Wait for tasks finish
+                results = await asyncio.gather(*tasks, return_exceptions=True)
+                log.debug('Finished awaiting cancelled tasks, results: {0}'.format(results))
+                # Stop the event loop
+                self.loop.stop()
+                return
+            else:
+                await asyncio.sleep(1)
diff --git a/dexbot/plugins/__init__.py b/dexbot/plugins/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/dexbot/plugins/dummy.py.example b/dexbot/plugins/dummy.py.example
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..70a42285d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dexbot/plugins/dummy.py.example
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import asyncio
+import logging
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class Plugin:
+    """ Example plugin class
+
+        Plugin must have main() method to run. main() is expected to be an asyncio coroutine
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, config=None, bitshares_instance=None):
+        pass
+
+    async def do_stuff(self):
+        log.info('Doing some stuff')
+        await asyncio.sleep(10)
+        log.info('Stuff done')
+
+    async def boom(self):
+        raise Exception('Boom!')
+
+    async def main(self):
+        try:
+            while True:
+                await self.do_stuff()
+                await asyncio.sleep(5)
+                await self.boom()
+        except asyncio.CancelledError:
+            log.info('Stopping correctly')
diff --git a/dexbot/storage.py b/dexbot/storage.py
index 96203c9a8..a68a8ab5e 100644
--- a/dexbot/storage.py
+++ b/dexbot/storage.py
@@ -163,37 +163,59 @@ def __init__(self):
 
         self.lock = threading.Lock()
         self.event = threading.Event()
+        # Daemon thread means it will be abruptly killed on parent thread shutdown
         self.daemon = True
         self.start()
 
     def run(self):
+        # Continuously iterate over task queue and execute tasks
         for func, args, token in iter(self.task_queue.get, None):
             if token is not None:
                 args = args+(token,)
             func(*args)
 
     def _get_result(self, token):
+        """ Get task result from all results by token
+
+            This function is invoked from self.execute() when caller thread executes a method which needs to return some
+            result back to caller. On each loop iteration results are being examined for specified task token. If it is
+            not yet available, the loop execution suspended until DatabaseWorker thread will set self.event flag
+            indicating some task processing is completed. _get_result() is called from another thread while queue
+            processing is performed inside the current thread.
+        """
         while True:
             with self.lock:
                 if token in self.results:
+                    # Find and return task results by token
                     return_value = self.results[token]
                     del self.results[token]
                     return return_value
                 else:
+                    # Suspend loop execution and wait for flag
                     self.event.clear()
+            # Block loop execution waiting Event flag set() from DatabaseWorker thread
             self.event.wait()
 
     def _set_result(self, token, result):
+        """ Associate query results with task token
+        """
         with self.lock:
             self.results[token] = result
             self.event.set()
 
     def execute(self, func, *args):
+        """ Create queue task and return task result
+        """
+        # Token is an unique task identifier
         token = str(uuid.uuid4)
+        # Schedule query execution into DatabaseWorker thread queue
         self.task_queue.put((func, args, token))
+        # Return results when they will be available
         return self._get_result(token)
 
     def execute_noreturn(self, func, *args):
+        """ Create queue task without returning a result
+        """
         self.task_queue.put((func, args, None))
 
     def set_item(self, category, key, value):
diff --git a/dexbot/ui.py b/dexbot/ui.py
index 4408f1f0f..aa974fcf0 100644
--- a/dexbot/ui.py
+++ b/dexbot/ui.py
@@ -51,7 +51,13 @@ def new_func(ctx, *args, **kwargs):
         # Set the root logger with basic format
         ch = logging.StreamHandler()
         ch.setFormatter(formatter1)
+        fh = logging.FileHandler('dexbot.log')
+        fh.setFormatter(formatter1)
+
+        # Root logger also logs into stream and file with respect of cli-defined verbosity
         logging.getLogger("dexbot").addHandler(ch)
+        logging.getLogger("dexbot").addHandler(fh)
+        logging.getLogger("dexbot").setLevel(getattr(logging, verbosity.upper()))
         logging.getLogger("").handlers = []
 
         # GrapheneAPI logging
diff --git a/dexbot/worker.py b/dexbot/worker.py
index ccdaf126c..1bd138e49 100644
--- a/dexbot/worker.py
+++ b/dexbot/worker.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import copy
 
 import dexbot.errors as errors
+from dexbot.plugin import PluginInfrastructure
 from dexbot.strategies.base import StrategyBase
 
 from bitshares import BitShares
@@ -173,6 +174,8 @@ def add_worker(self, worker_name, config):
         self.update_notify()
 
     def run(self):
+        self.plugins_thread = PluginInfrastructure(self.config)
+        self.plugins_thread.start()
         self.init_workers(self.config)
         self.update_notify()
         self.notify.listen()
@@ -206,6 +209,9 @@ def stop(self, worker_name=None, pause=False):
                     self.workers[worker].pause()
                 self.workers = []
 
+            # Notify plugins to stop
+            self.plugins_thread.need_stop = True
+
         # Update other workers
         if len(self.workers) > 0:
             self.update_notify()