diff --git a/sources/awesome-widget/CMakeLists.txt b/sources/awesome-widget/CMakeLists.txt
index 43a3256..52254eb 100644
--- a/sources/awesome-widget/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sources/awesome-widget/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,13 +15,15 @@ include_directories (${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}
                      ${KDE4_INCLUDES}
                      ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
                      ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../
-                     ${PROJECT_TRDPARTY_DIR})
+                     ${PROJECT_TRDPARTY_DIR}
+                     ../ext-sysmon)
 
 # set sources
 file (GLOB SUBPROJECT_DESKTOP_IN *.desktop)
 file (RELATIVE_PATH SUBPROJECT_DESKTOP ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} ${SUBPROJECT_DESKTOP_IN})
 file (GLOB_RECURSE SUBPROJECT_SOURCE *.cpp ${PROJECT_TRDPARTY_DIR}/task/*.cpp
-                                           ${PROJECT_TRDPARTY_DIR}/fontdialog/*.cpp)
+                                           ${PROJECT_TRDPARTY_DIR}/fontdialog/*.cpp
+                                           ../ext-sysmon/extscript.cpp)
 set (TASK_HEADER ${PROJECT_TRDPARTY_DIR}/task/task.h)
 file (GLOB SUBPROJECT_UI *.ui ${PROJECT_TRDPARTY_DIR}/about/*.ui)
 file (GLOB SUBPROJECT_NOTIFY *.notifyrc)
diff --git a/sources/awesome-widget/awesome-widget.h b/sources/awesome-widget/awesome-widget.h
index a0d3d97..caa1dc2 100644
--- a/sources/awesome-widget/awesome-widget.h
+++ b/sources/awesome-widget/awesome-widget.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 
 class CustomLabel;
+class ExtScript;
 class QGraphicsGridLayout;
 class QGraphicsScene;
 class QNetworkReply;
@@ -77,9 +78,7 @@ private slots:
     void reinit();
     void replyRecieved(QNetworkReply *reply);
     // configuration interface
-    void addNewCustomCommand(QTableWidgetItem *item);
     void addNewPkgCommand(QTableWidgetItem *item);
-    void contextMenuCustomCommand(const QPoint pos);
     void contextMenuPkgCommand(const QPoint pos);
     void editFanItem(QListWidgetItem *item);
     void editHddItem(QListWidgetItem *item);
@@ -101,6 +100,7 @@ private:
     void createActions();
     QStringList findKeys();
     QStringList getKeys();
+    QList<ExtScript *> initScripts();
     // ui
     QGraphicsGridLayout *mainLayout = nullptr;
     CustomLabel *textLabel = nullptr;
diff --git a/sources/awesome-widget/configuration.cpp b/sources/awesome-widget/configuration.cpp
index 4b4292f..86efa9c 100644
--- a/sources/awesome-widget/configuration.cpp
+++ b/sources/awesome-widget/configuration.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <QNetworkInterface>
 #include <QTextCodec>
 
+#include <extscript.h>
 #include <fontdialog/fontdialog.h>
 #include <pdebug/pdebug.h>
 #include <task/taskadds.h>
@@ -37,7 +38,6 @@ QMap<QString, QString> AwesomeWidget::readDataEngineConfiguration()
 
     QMap<QString, QString> rawConfig;
     rawConfig[QString("ACPIPATH")] = QString("/sys/class/power_supply/");
-    rawConfig[QString("CUSTOM")] = QString("wget -qO- http://ifconfig.me/ip");
     rawConfig[QString("DESKTOPCMD")] = QString("qdbus org.kde.kwin /KWin currentDesktop");
     rawConfig[QString("GPUDEV")] = QString("auto");
     rawConfig[QString("HDDDEV")] = QString("all");
@@ -103,10 +103,9 @@ QMap<QString, QString> AwesomeWidget::updateDataEngineConfiguration(const QMap<Q
         key = rawConfig.keys()[i];
         value = rawConfig[key];
         key.remove(QChar(' '));
-        if ((key != QString("CUSTOM")) &&
-                (key != QString("DESKTOPCMD")) &&
-                (key != QString("HDDTEMPCMD")) &&
-                (key != QString("PKGCMD")))
+        if ((key != QString("DESKTOPCMD")) &&
+            (key != QString("HDDTEMPCMD")) &&
+            (key != QString("PKGCMD")))
             value.remove(QChar(' '));
         config[key] = value;
     }
@@ -364,13 +363,35 @@ void AwesomeWidget::createConfigurationInterface(KConfigDialog *parent)
     QMap<QString, QString> deSettings = readDataEngineConfiguration();
     uiDEConfig.lineEdit_acpi->setText(deSettings[QString("ACPIPATH")]);
     uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand->clear();
-    uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand->setRowCount(deSettings[QString("CUSTOM")].split(QString("@@")).count() + 1);
+    QList<ExtScript *> externalScripts = initScripts();
+    uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand->setRowCount(externalScripts.count());
     headerList.clear();
-    headerList.append(i18n("Custom command"));
+    headerList.append(i18n("Name"));
+    headerList.append(i18n("Interval"));
+    headerList.append(i18n("Output"));
+    headerList.append(i18n("Prefix"));
+    headerList.append(i18n("Redirect"));
     uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand->setHorizontalHeaderLabels(headerList);
     uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand->horizontalHeader()->setResizeMode(QHeaderView::Stretch);
-    for (int i=0; i<deSettings[QString("CUSTOM")].split(QString("@@")).count(); i++)
-        uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand->setItem(i, 0, new QTableWidgetItem(deSettings[QString("CUSTOM")].split(QString("@@"))[i]));
+    for (int i=0; i<externalScripts.count(); i++) {
+        QTableWidgetItem *name = new QTableWidgetItem(externalScripts[i]->getName());
+        name->setFlags(Qt::ItemIsSelectable | Qt::ItemIsUserCheckable | Qt::ItemIsDragEnabled | Qt::ItemIsDropEnabled | Qt::ItemIsEnabled);
+        if (externalScripts[i]->isActive())
+            name->setCheckState(Qt::Checked);
+        else
+            name->setCheckState(Qt::Unchecked);
+        uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand->setItem(i, 0, name);
+        uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand->setItem(i, 1, new QTableWidgetItem(QString::number(externalScripts[i]->getInterval())));
+        QTableWidgetItem *output = new QTableWidgetItem();
+        if (externalScripts[i]->hasOutput())
+            output->setCheckState(Qt::Checked);
+        else
+            output->setCheckState(Qt::Unchecked);
+        uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand->setItem(i, 2, output);
+        uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand->setItem(i, 3, new QTableWidgetItem(externalScripts[i]->getPrefix()));
+        uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand->setItem(i, 4, new QTableWidgetItem(QString::number(externalScripts[i]->getRedirect())));
+    }
+    externalScripts.clear();
     uiDEConfig.lineEdit_desktopCmd->setText(deSettings[QString("DESKTOPCMD")]);
     uiDEConfig.comboBox_gpudev->setCurrentIndex(
                 uiDEConfig.comboBox_gpudev->findText(deSettings[QString("GPUDEV")], Qt::MatchFixedString));
@@ -448,10 +469,6 @@ void AwesomeWidget::createConfigurationInterface(KConfigDialog *parent)
             this, SLOT(editMountItem(QListWidgetItem *)));
     connect(uiAdvancedConfig.listWidget_tempDevice, SIGNAL(itemActivated(QListWidgetItem *)),
             this, SLOT(editTempItem(QListWidgetItem *)));
-    connect(uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand, SIGNAL(itemChanged(QTableWidgetItem *)),
-            this, SLOT(addNewCustomCommand(QTableWidgetItem *)));
-    connect(uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand, SIGNAL(customContextMenuRequested(QPoint)),
-            this, SLOT(contextMenuCustomCommand(QPoint)));
     connect(uiDEConfig.tableWidget_pkgCommand, SIGNAL(itemChanged(QTableWidgetItem *)),
             this, SLOT(addNewPkgCommand(QTableWidgetItem *)));
     connect(uiDEConfig.tableWidget_pkgCommand, SIGNAL(customContextMenuRequested(QPoint)),
@@ -551,11 +568,23 @@ void AwesomeWidget::configAccepted()
     // dataengine
     QMap<QString, QString> deSettings;
     deSettings[QString("ACPIPATH")] = uiDEConfig.lineEdit_acpi->text();
-    items.clear();
-    for (int i=0; i<uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand->rowCount(); i++)
-        if (uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand->item(i, 0) != 0)
-            items.append(uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand->item(i, 0)->text());
-    deSettings[QString("CUSTOM")] = items.join(QString("@@"));
+    QStringList dirs = KGlobal::dirs()->findDirs("data", "plasma_engine_extsysmon/scripts");
+    for (int i=0; i<uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand->rowCount(); i++) {
+        ExtScript *script = new ExtScript(uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand->item(i, 0)->text(), dirs);
+        if (uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand->item(i, 0)->checkState() == Qt::Checked)
+            script->setActive(true);
+        else
+            script->setActive(false);
+        script->setInterval(uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand->item(i, 1)->text().toInt());
+        if (uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand->item(i, 2)->checkState() == Qt::Checked)
+            script->setHasOutput(true);
+        else
+            script->setHasOutput(false);
+        script->setPrefix(uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand->item(i, 3)->text());
+        script->setRedirect((ExtScript::Redirect)uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand->item(i, 4)->text().toInt());
+        script->writeConfiguration();
+        delete script;
+    }
     deSettings[QString("DESKTOPCMD")] = uiDEConfig.lineEdit_desktopCmd->text();
     deSettings[QString("GPUDEV")] = uiDEConfig.comboBox_gpudev->currentText();
     deSettings[QString("HDDDEV")] = uiDEConfig.comboBox_hdddev->currentText();
@@ -680,7 +709,7 @@ void AwesomeWidget::configChanged()
         if (acpiDevices[i].contains(batRegexp))
             counts[QString("bat")]++;
     counts[QString("cpu")] = getNumberCpus();
-    counts[QString("custom")] = deSettings[QString("CUSTOM")].split(QString("@@")).count();
+    counts[QString("custom")] = initScripts().count();
     counts[QString("disk")] = configuration[QString("disk")].split(QString("@@")).count();
     counts[QString("fan")] = configuration[QString("fanDevice")].split(QString("@@")).count();
     counts[QString("hddtemp")] = configuration[QString("hdd")].split(QString("@@")).count();
@@ -700,16 +729,6 @@ void AwesomeWidget::configChanged()
 }
 
 
-void AwesomeWidget::addNewCustomCommand(QTableWidgetItem *item)
-{
-    if (debug) qDebug() << PDEBUG;
-
-    if (item->row() == (uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand->rowCount() - 1))
-        uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand->insertRow(
-                    uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand->rowCount());
-}
-
-
 void AwesomeWidget::addNewPkgCommand(QTableWidgetItem *item)
 {
     if (debug) qDebug() << PDEBUG;
@@ -725,20 +744,6 @@ void AwesomeWidget::addNewPkgCommand(QTableWidgetItem *item)
 }
 
 
-void AwesomeWidget::contextMenuCustomCommand(const QPoint pos)
-{
-    if (debug) qDebug() << PDEBUG;
-    if (uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand->currentItem() == 0) return;
-
-    QMenu menu(uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand);
-    QAction *remove = menu.addAction(QIcon::fromTheme("edit-delete"), i18n("Remove"));
-    QAction *action = menu.exec(uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand->viewport()->mapToGlobal(pos));
-    if (action == remove)
-        uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand->removeRow(
-                    uiDEConfig.tableWidget_customCommand->currentRow());
-}
-
-
 void AwesomeWidget::contextMenuPkgCommand(const QPoint pos)
 {
     if (debug) qDebug() << PDEBUG;
@@ -793,6 +798,33 @@ void AwesomeWidget::editTempItem(QListWidgetItem *item)
 }
 
 
+QList<ExtScript *> AwesomeWidget::initScripts()
+{
+    if (debug) qDebug() << PDEBUG;
+
+    QList<ExtScript *> externalScripts;
+    // create directory at $HOME
+    QString localDir = KStandardDirs::locateLocal("data", "plasma_engine_extsysmon/scripts");
+    if (KStandardDirs::makeDir(localDir))
+        if (debug) qDebug() << PDEBUG << ":" << "Created directory" << localDir;
+
+    QStringList dirs = KGlobal::dirs()->findDirs("data", "plasma_engine_extsysmon/scripts");
+    QStringList names;
+    for (int i=0; i<dirs.count(); i++) {
+        QStringList files = QDir(dirs[i]).entryList(QDir::Files, QDir::Name);
+        for (int j=0; j<files.count(); j++) {
+            if (files[j].endsWith(QString(".conf"))) continue;
+            if (names.contains(files[j])) continue;
+            if (debug) qDebug() << PDEBUG << ":" << "Found file" << files[j] << "in" << dirs[i];
+            names.append(files[j]);
+            externalScripts.append(new ExtScript(files[j], dirs, debug));
+        }
+    }
+
+    return externalScripts;
+}
+
+
 void AwesomeWidget::setFontFormating()
 {
     if (debug) qDebug() << PDEBUG;
diff --git a/sources/awesome-widget/deconfig.ui b/sources/awesome-widget/deconfig.ui
index b76cff6..ad3766d 100644
--- a/sources/awesome-widget/deconfig.ui
+++ b/sources/awesome-widget/deconfig.ui
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
     <width>700</width>
-    <height>592</height>
+    <height>590</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="sizePolicy">
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
         <x>0</x>
         <y>0</y>
         <width>684</width>
-        <height>576</height>
+        <height>574</height>
        </rect>
       </property>
       <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout">
@@ -442,9 +442,6 @@ del - remove item</string>
        </item>
        <item row="1" column="0">
         <widget class="QTableWidget" name="tableWidget_customCommand">
-         <property name="contextMenuPolicy">
-          <enum>Qt::CustomContextMenu</enum>
-         </property>
          <property name="toolTip">
           <string>Editable
 del - remove item</string>
@@ -457,7 +454,27 @@ del - remove item</string>
          </attribute>
          <column>
           <property name="text">
-           <string>Custom command</string>
+           <string>Name</string>
+          </property>
+         </column>
+         <column>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Active</string>
+          </property>
+         </column>
+         <column>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Interval</string>
+          </property>
+         </column>
+         <column>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Prefix</string>
+          </property>
+         </column>
+         <column>
+          <property name="text">
+           <string>Redirect</string>
           </property>
          </column>
         </widget>
diff --git a/sources/ext-sysmon/extscript.cpp b/sources/ext-sysmon/extscript.cpp
index 39604da..95dfd25 100644
--- a/sources/ext-sysmon/extscript.cpp
+++ b/sources/ext-sysmon/extscript.cpp
@@ -233,6 +233,23 @@ ExtScript::ScriptData ExtScript::run(const int time)
 }
 
 
+void ExtScript::writeConfiguration()
+{
+    if (debug) qDebug() << PDEBUG;
+
+    QString fileName = dirs[0] + QDir::separator() + name + QString(".conf");
+    if (debug) qDebug() << PDEBUG << ":" << "Configuration file" << fileName;
+    QFile configFile(fileName);
+    if (!configFile.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly)) return;
+    QMap<QString, QString> config = toExternalConfiguration();
+    for (int i=0; i<config.keys().count(); i++) {
+        QByteArray string = (config.keys()[i] + QString("=") + config[config.keys()[i]] + QString("\n")).toUtf8();
+        configFile.write(string);
+    }
+    configFile.close();
+}
+
+
 void ExtScript::fromExternalConfiguration(const QMap<QString, QString> settings)
 {
     if (settings.contains(QString("ACTIVE")))
diff --git a/sources/ext-sysmon/extscript.h b/sources/ext-sysmon/extscript.h
index 8c563f0..e0d03a5 100644
--- a/sources/ext-sysmon/extscript.h
+++ b/sources/ext-sysmon/extscript.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ public:
 public slots:
     void readConfiguration();
     ScriptData run(const int time);
+    void writeConfiguration();
 
 private:
     // configuration