diff --git a/support/log/logger.go b/support/log/logger.go
index ed92945b..942b25f0 100644
--- a/support/log/logger.go
+++ b/support/log/logger.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Level int
-type Format int
 
 const (
 	EnvKeyLogCtx         = "FLOGO_LOG_CTX"
@@ -14,17 +13,12 @@ const (
 	DefaultLogDateFormat = "2006-01-02 15:04:05.000"
 	EnvKeyLogLevel       = "FLOGO_LOG_LEVEL"
 	DefaultLogLevel      = InfoLevel
-	EnvKeyLogFormat      = "FLOGO_LOG_FORMAT"
-	DefaultLogFormat     = FormatConsole
 
 	TraceLevel Level = iota
 	DebugLevel
 	InfoLevel
 	WarnLevel
 	ErrorLevel
-
-	FormatConsole Format = iota
-	FormatJson
 )
 
 type Logger interface {
@@ -128,13 +122,7 @@ func configureLogging() {
 		rootLogLevel = DefaultLogLevel
 	}
 
-	logFormat := DefaultLogFormat
-	envLogFormat := strings.ToUpper(os.Getenv(EnvKeyLogFormat))
-	if envLogFormat == "JSON" {
-		logFormat = FormatJson
-	}
-
-	rootLogger = newZapRootLogger("flogo", logFormat)
+	rootLogger = newZapRootLogger("flogo")
 	SetLogLevel(rootLogger, rootLogLevel)
 }
 
diff --git a/support/log/zap.go b/support/log/zap.go
index 8b806b37..5998dc65 100644
--- a/support/log/zap.go
+++ b/support/log/zap.go
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ package log
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/project-flogo/core/support/log/zapconfig"
+	"github.com/project-flogo/core/support/log/zapcores"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
 )
@@ -135,9 +138,20 @@ func toZapLogLevel(level Level) zapcore.Level {
 	return zapcore.InfoLevel
 }
 
-func newZapRootLogger(name string, format Format) Logger {
+func newZapRootLogger(name string) Logger {
+
+	zl, lvl, _ := newZapLogger()
 
-	zl, lvl, _ := newZapLogger(format)
+	// appending all available cores together
+	if len(zapcores.RegisteredCores()) != 0 {
+		for _, value := range zapcores.RegisteredCores() {
+			zl = zl.WithOptions(
+				zap.WrapCore(
+					func(c zapcore.Core) zapcore.Core {
+						return zapcore.NewTee(value, zl.Core())
+					}))
+		}
+	}
 
 	var rootLogger Logger
 	if name == "" {
@@ -147,64 +161,37 @@ func newZapRootLogger(name string, format Format) Logger {
 	}
 
 	if traceEnabled {
-		tl, _, _ := newZapTraceLogger(format)
+		tl, _, _ := newZapTraceLogger()
+
+		// appending all available cores together for tracing logs
+		if len(zapcores.RegisteredTraceCores()) != 0 {
+			for _, value := range zapcores.RegisteredTraceCores() {
+				tl = tl.WithOptions(
+					zap.WrapCore(
+						func(c zapcore.Core) zapcore.Core {
+							return zapcore.NewTee(value, tl.Core())
+						}))
+			}
+		}
+
 		traceLogger = tl.Sugar()
 	}
 
 	return rootLogger
 }
 
-func newZapLogger(logFormat Format) (*zap.Logger, *zap.AtomicLevel, error) {
-	cfg := zap.NewProductionConfig()
-	cfg.DisableCaller = true
-
-	eCfg := cfg.EncoderConfig
-	eCfg.TimeKey = "timestamp"
-	eCfg.EncodeTime = zapcore.ISO8601TimeEncoder
-	//eCfg.EncodeTime = zapcore.EpochNanosTimeEncoder
-
-	if logFormat == FormatConsole {
-		eCfg.EncodeLevel = zapcore.CapitalLevelEncoder
-		cfg.Encoding = "console"
-		eCfg.EncodeName = nameEncoder
-	}
-
-	cfg.EncoderConfig = eCfg
+func newZapLogger() (*zap.Logger, *zap.AtomicLevel, error) {
 
-	lvl := cfg.Level
-	zl, err := cfg.Build(zap.AddCallerSkip(1))
+	zl, err := zapconfig.DefaultCfg().LogCfg().Build(zap.AddCallerSkip(1))
 
-	return zl, &lvl, err
+	return zl, zapconfig.DefaultCfg().LogLvl(), err
 }
 
-func newZapTraceLogger(logFormat Format) (*zap.Logger, *zap.AtomicLevel, error) {
-	cfg := zap.NewProductionConfig()
-	eCfg := cfg.EncoderConfig
-	eCfg.TimeKey = "timestamp"
-	eCfg.EncodeTime = zapcore.ISO8601TimeEncoder
+func newZapTraceLogger() (*zap.Logger, *zap.AtomicLevel, error) {
 
-	if logFormat == FormatConsole {
-		eCfg.EncodeLevel = zapcore.CapitalLevelEncoder
-		cfg.Encoding = "console"
-		eCfg.EncodeName = nameEncoder
-		eCfg.EncodeLevel = traceLevelEncoder
-	}
-
-	cfg.EncoderConfig = eCfg
-
-	lvl := cfg.Level
-	lvl.SetLevel(zapcore.DebugLevel)
-	zl, err := cfg.Build(zap.AddCallerSkip(1))
-
-	return zl, &lvl, err
-}
-
-func traceLevelEncoder(l zapcore.Level, enc zapcore.PrimitiveArrayEncoder) {
-	enc.AppendString("[TRACE]")
-}
+	zl, err := zapconfig.DefaultCfg().TraceLogCfg().Build(zap.AddCallerSkip(1))
 
-func nameEncoder(loggerName string, enc zapcore.PrimitiveArrayEncoder) {
-	enc.AppendString("[" + loggerName + "] -")
+	return zl, zapconfig.DefaultCfg().TraceLogLvl(), err
 }
 
 func newZapChildLogger(logger Logger, name string) (Logger, error) {
diff --git a/support/log/zapconfig/zapconfig.go b/support/log/zapconfig/zapconfig.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0d4c1feb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/log/zapconfig/zapconfig.go
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+package zapconfig
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
+)
+
+type Format int
+
+const (
+	EnvKeyLogFormat         = "FLOGO_LOG_FORMAT"
+	DefaultLogFormat        = FormatConsole
+	FormatConsole    Format = iota
+	FormatJSON
+)
+
+type defaultCfgImpl struct {
+	logConfig      zap.Config
+	logLevel       *zap.AtomicLevel
+	traceLogConfig zap.Config
+	traceLogLevel  *zap.AtomicLevel
+}
+
+// DefaultConfig returns default configuration values
+type DefaultConfig interface {
+	LogCfg() zap.Config
+	LogLvl() *zap.AtomicLevel
+	TraceLogCfg() zap.Config
+	TraceLogLvl() *zap.AtomicLevel
+}
+
+var defaultCfg DefaultConfig
+
+func init() {
+	defaultCfg = createDefaultConfiguration()
+}
+
+// DefaultCfg returns default configuration
+func DefaultCfg() DefaultConfig {
+	return defaultCfg
+}
+
+func (d *defaultCfgImpl) LogCfg() zap.Config {
+	return d.logConfig
+}
+
+func (d *defaultCfgImpl) LogLvl() *zap.AtomicLevel {
+	return d.logLevel
+}
+
+func (d *defaultCfgImpl) TraceLogCfg() zap.Config {
+	return d.traceLogConfig
+}
+
+func (d *defaultCfgImpl) TraceLogLvl() *zap.AtomicLevel {
+	return d.traceLogLevel
+}
+
+func createDefaultConfiguration() DefaultConfig {
+
+	logFormat := DefaultLogFormat
+	envLogFormat := strings.ToUpper(os.Getenv(EnvKeyLogFormat))
+	if envLogFormat == "JSON" {
+		logFormat = FormatJSON
+	}
+
+	cfg := zap.NewProductionConfig()
+	cfg.DisableCaller = true
+
+	eCfg := cfg.EncoderConfig
+	eCfg.TimeKey = "timestamp"
+	eCfg.EncodeTime = zapcore.ISO8601TimeEncoder
+	//eCfg.EncodeTime = zapcore.EpochNanosTimeEncoder
+
+	if logFormat == FormatConsole {
+		eCfg.EncodeLevel = zapcore.CapitalLevelEncoder
+		cfg.Encoding = "console"
+		eCfg.EncodeName = nameEncoder
+	}
+
+	cfg.EncoderConfig = eCfg
+
+	lvl := cfg.Level
+
+	// trace log configuration
+	tcfg := cfg
+
+	if strings.Compare(tcfg.Encoding, "console") == 0 {
+		tcfg.EncoderConfig.EncodeLevel = traceLevelEncoder
+	}
+
+	tlvl := tcfg.Level
+	tlvl.SetLevel(zapcore.DebugLevel)
+
+	defaultCfg := &defaultCfgImpl{
+		logConfig:      cfg,
+		logLevel:       &lvl,
+		traceLogConfig: tcfg,
+		traceLogLevel:  &tlvl,
+	}
+
+	return defaultCfg
+}
+
+func nameEncoder(loggerName string, enc zapcore.PrimitiveArrayEncoder) {
+	enc.AppendString("[" + loggerName + "] -")
+}
+
+func traceLevelEncoder(l zapcore.Level, enc zapcore.PrimitiveArrayEncoder) {
+	enc.AppendString("[TRACE]")
+}
diff --git a/support/log/zapcores/zapcores.go b/support/log/zapcores/zapcores.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..59119001
--- /dev/null
+++ b/support/log/zapcores/zapcores.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+package zapcores
+
+import (
+	"go.uber.org/zap/zapcore"
+)
+
+// zapCores holds log cores
+var zapCores map[string]zapcore.Core
+
+// zapTraceCores holds trace log cores
+var zapTraceCores map[string]zapcore.Core
+
+func init() {
+	zapCores = make(map[string]zapcore.Core)
+	zapTraceCores = make(map[string]zapcore.Core)
+}
+
+// RegisterLogCore adds core to zapCores
+func RegisterLogCore(name string, core zapcore.Core) {
+	zapCores[name] = core
+}
+
+// RegisterTraceLogCore adds trace core to zapTraceCores
+func RegisterTraceLogCore(name string, core zapcore.Core) {
+	zapTraceCores[name] = core
+}
+
+// RegisteredCores returns complete log core map
+func RegisteredCores() map[string]zapcore.Core {
+	return zapCores
+}
+
+// RegisteredTraceCores returns complete trace log core map
+func RegisteredTraceCores() map[string]zapcore.Core {
+	return zapTraceCores
+}