diff --git a/config/config.exs b/config/config.exs
index 9176cd0..c9c59bb 100644
--- a/config/config.exs
+++ b/config/config.exs
@@ -1,30 +1,3 @@
-# This file is responsible for configuring your application
-# and its dependencies with the aid of the Mix.Config module.
 use Mix.Config
 
-# This configuration is loaded before any dependency and is restricted
-# to this project. If another project depends on this project, this
-# file won't be loaded nor affect the parent project. For this reason,
-# if you want to provide default values for your application for
-# 3rd-party users, it should be done in your "mix.exs" file.
-
-# You can configure your application as:
-#
-#     config :poa_backend, key: :value
-#
-# and access this configuration in your application as:
-#
-#     Application.get_env(:poa_backend, :key)
-#
-# You can also configure a 3rd-party app:
-#
-#     config :logger, level: :info
-#
-
-# It is also possible to import configuration files, relative to this
-# directory. For example, you can emulate configuration per environment
-# by uncommenting the line below and defining dev.exs, test.exs and such.
-# Configuration from the imported file will override the ones defined
-# here (which is why it is important to import them last).
-#
-#     import_config "#{Mix.env}.exs"
+import_config "#{Mix.env}.exs"
diff --git a/config/dev.exs b/config/dev.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a60f82e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/dev.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+use Mix.Config
+
+# configuration for custom handlers. The format is {custom_handler_name, module, args}
+config :poa_backend, 
+       :custom_handlers,
+       [
+       ]
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diff --git a/config/prod.exs b/config/prod.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a60f82e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/prod.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+use Mix.Config
+
+# configuration for custom handlers. The format is {custom_handler_name, module, args}
+config :poa_backend, 
+       :custom_handlers,
+       [
+       ]
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diff --git a/config/test.exs b/config/test.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a60f82e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/test.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+use Mix.Config
+
+# configuration for custom handlers. The format is {custom_handler_name, module, args}
+config :poa_backend, 
+       :custom_handlers,
+       [
+       ]
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diff --git a/lib/poa_backend/application.ex b/lib/poa_backend/application.ex
index 5ddc372..b6eb587 100644
--- a/lib/poa_backend/application.ex
+++ b/lib/poa_backend/application.ex
@@ -1,17 +1,16 @@
 defmodule POABackend.Application do
-  # See https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Application.html
-  # for more information on OTP Applications
   @moduledoc false
 
   use Application
 
   def start(_type, _args) do
-    # List all child processes to be supervised
-    children = [
+    import Supervisor.Spec
 
+    children = [
+      supervisor(POABackend.CustomHandler.Supervisor, [])
     ]
 
     opts = [strategy: :one_for_one, name: POABackend.Supervisor]
     Supervisor.start_link(children, opts)
   end
-end
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+end
diff --git a/lib/poa_backend/custom_handler.ex b/lib/poa_backend/custom_handler.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2204677
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/poa_backend/custom_handler.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+defmodule POABackend.CustomHandler do
+  alias POABackend.Protocol.Message
+  @moduledoc """
+  A Custom Handler is responsible of handling data sent from Agents (i.e. REST over HTTP, WebSockets...) "speaking" the POA Protocol.
+
+  The main responsability is getting calls from Agents, transform the data into a [POABackend.Protocol.Message](POABackend.Protocol.Message.html#content) 
+  Struct and sending it to the receivers.
+
+  ### Writing your custom Handler
+
+  You must to _use_ the POABackend.CustomHandler module. That will requires you to implement the function `child_spec/1` which will be
+  called from the `POABackend.CustomHandler.Supervisor` and it must returns the child spec for the process you are going to spawn.
+
+      defmodule MyHandler do
+        use POABackend.CustomHandler
+
+        def child_spec(options) do
+          Plug.Adapters.Cowboy.child_spec(scheme: options[:scheme], plug: POABackend.CustomHandler.Rest.Router, options: [port: options[:port]])
+        end
+
+      end
+
+  In this example we are initializing our CustomHandler for REST requests using the Cowboy Plug and defining the endpoints in the `POABackend.CustomHandler.Rest.Router`
+  module.
+
+  ### Configuring the handlers in the config file
+
+  So far we have created a Custom Handler but we didn't tell `poa_backend` to start it. In order to do it we have to define the new Handler in
+  the config file.
+
+      config :poa_backend, 
+       :custom_handlers,
+       [
+         {:rest_custom_handler, POABackend.CustomHandler.Rest, [port: 4002]}
+       ]
+  
+  Inside the `:custom_handlers` list we define the handlers we want to start. Each Handler is defined in a triple tuple where the first argument
+  is the id for that handler, the second one is the Elixir module which implements the CustomHandler behaviour and the third one is a list for arguments
+  which will be passed to the `child_spec/1` function as a parameter
+
+  """
+
+  @doc """
+  This function will be called from the `POABackend.CustomHandler.Supervisor` in order
+  to get the child specification for start the custom handler process.
+  """
+  @callback child_spec(options :: list()) :: :supervisor.child_spec()
+
+  defmacro __using__(_opts) do
+    quote do
+      @behaviour POABackend.CustomHandler
+    end
+  end
+
+  @doc """
+  This function dispatches the given Message to the appropiate receivers based on the Data Type.
+
+  The mapping between Data Types and Receivers is done in the config file.
+  """
+  @spec send_to_receivers(Message.t) :: :ok
+  def send_to_receivers(%Message{} = _message) do
+    require Logger
+    # this will be implemented when working with the receivers
+    Logger.warn("To be implemented")
+    :ok
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/lib/poa_backend/custom_handler/supervisor.ex b/lib/poa_backend/custom_handler/supervisor.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..699ac59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/poa_backend/custom_handler/supervisor.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+defmodule POABackend.CustomHandler.Supervisor do
+  @moduledoc false
+
+  def start_link do
+    Supervisor.start_link(__MODULE__, :ok, name: __MODULE__)
+  end
+
+  def init(:ok) do
+    require Logger
+    # create the children from the config file
+    custom_handlers = Application.get_env(:poa_backend, :custom_handlers)
+
+    children = for {name, module, options} <- custom_handlers do
+      spec = apply(module, :child_spec, [options])
+      
+      Logger.info("Custom handler #{name} started.")
+
+      spec
+    end
+
+    opts = [strategy: :one_for_one]
+    Supervisor.init(children, opts)
+  end
+end
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diff --git a/lib/poa_backend/protocol/message.ex b/lib/poa_backend/protocol/message.ex
index 15f7bbc..ec69129 100644
--- a/lib/poa_backend/protocol/message.ex
+++ b/lib/poa_backend/protocol/message.ex
@@ -35,13 +35,13 @@ defmodule POABackend.Protocol.Message do
   That keeps all the message data and metadata
   """
   @type t :: %__MODULE__{
-    agent_id: String.t(),
+    agent_id: String.t() | nil,
     receivers: [atom()],
-    data_type: POABackend.CustomProtocol.DataType.t(),
-    message_type: POABackend.CustomProtocol.MessageType.t(),
+    data_type: POABackend.CustomProtocol.DataType.t() | nil,
+    message_type: POABackend.CustomProtocol.MessageType.t() | nil,
     assigns: %{atom() => any()},
-    peer: {:inet.ip_address(), :inet.port_number()},
-    data: Map.t()
+    peer: {:inet.ip_address(), :inet.port_number()} | nil,
+    data: Map.t() | nil
   }
 
   @doc """
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index fdf7d58..68c2dc7 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ defmodule POABackend.MixProject do
   # Run "mix help compile.app" to learn about applications.
   def application do
     [
-      extra_applications: [:logger, :cowboy, :plug],
+      extra_applications: [:logger],
       mod: {POABackend.Application, []}
     ]
   end
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ defmodule POABackend.MixProject do
   # Run "mix help deps" to learn about dependencies.
   defp deps do
     [
-      {:cowboy, "~> 1.0.0"},
-      {:plug, "~> 1.0"},
-
       # Tests
       {:credo, "~> 0.9", only: [:dev, :test], runtime: false},
       {:dialyxir, "~> 0.5", only: [:dev], runtime: false},
@@ -51,6 +48,9 @@ defmodule POABackend.MixProject do
           POABackend.Protocol.Message,
           POABackend.Protocol.MessageType,
           POABackend.Protocol.DataType
+        ],
+        "Custom Handler": [
+          POABackend.CustomHandler
         ]
       ]
     ]
diff --git a/mix.lock b/mix.lock
index bfa614d..5c50b11 100644
--- a/mix.lock
+++ b/mix.lock
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 %{
   "bunt": {:hex, :bunt, "0.2.0", "951c6e801e8b1d2cbe58ebbd3e616a869061ddadcc4863d0a2182541acae9a38", [], [], "hexpm"},
   "certifi": {:hex, :certifi, "2.3.1", "d0f424232390bf47d82da8478022301c561cf6445b5b5fb6a84d49a9e76d2639", [], [{:parse_trans, "3.2.0", [hex: :parse_trans, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
-  "credo": {:hex, :credo, "0.9.2", "841d316612f568beb22ba310d816353dddf31c2d94aa488ae5a27bb53760d0bf", [], [{:bunt, "~> 0.2.0", [hex: :bunt, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:poison, ">= 0.0.0", [hex: :poison, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
+  "credo": {:hex, :credo, "0.9.3", "76fa3e9e497ab282e0cf64b98a624aa11da702854c52c82db1bf24e54ab7c97a", [], [{:bunt, "~> 0.2.0", [hex: :bunt, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:poison, ">= 0.0.0", [hex: :poison, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
   "dialyxir": {:hex, :dialyxir, "0.5.1", "b331b091720fd93e878137add264bac4f644e1ddae07a70bf7062c7862c4b952", [], [], "hexpm"},
+  "earmark": {:hex, :earmark, "1.2.5", "4d21980d5d2862a2e13ec3c49ad9ad783ffc7ca5769cf6ff891a4553fbaae761", [], [], "hexpm"},
+  "ex_doc": {:hex, :ex_doc, "0.18.3", "f4b0e4a2ec6f333dccf761838a4b253d75e11f714b85ae271c9ae361367897b7", [], [{:earmark, "~> 1.1", [hex: :earmark, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
   "excoveralls": {:hex, :excoveralls, "0.8.2", "b941a08a1842d7aa629e0bbc969186a4cefdd035bad9fe15d43aaaaaeb8fae36", [], [{:exjsx, ">= 3.0.0", [hex: :exjsx, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:hackney, ">= 0.12.0", [hex: :hackney, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
   "exjsx": {:hex, :exjsx, "4.0.0", "60548841e0212df401e38e63c0078ec57b33e7ea49b032c796ccad8cde794b5c", [], [{:jsx, "~> 2.8.0", [hex: :jsx, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
   "hackney": {:hex, :hackney, "1.12.1", "8bf2d0e11e722e533903fe126e14d6e7e94d9b7983ced595b75f532e04b7fdc7", [], [{:certifi, "2.3.1", [hex: :certifi, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:idna, "5.1.1", [hex: :idna, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:metrics, "1.0.1", [hex: :metrics, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:mimerl, "1.0.2", [hex: :mimerl, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:ssl_verify_fun, "1.1.1", [hex: :ssl_verify_fun, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm"},
diff --git a/test/custom_handler_test.exs b/test/custom_handler_test.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b460585
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/custom_handler_test.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+defmodule CustomHandlerTest do
+  use ExUnit.Case
+
+  defmodule MyCustomHandler do
+    use POABackend.CustomHandler
+    use GenServer
+
+    # CustomHandler Callbacks
+
+    def child_spec(options) do
+      import Supervisor.Spec
+
+      worker(__MODULE__, [options[:caller_pid]])
+    end
+
+    # GenServer Callbacks
+
+    def start_link(args) do
+      GenServer.start_link(__MODULE__, args, [name: __MODULE__])
+    end
+
+    def init(caller_pid) do
+      {:ok, caller_pid}
+    end
+
+    def handle_info(:hello, caller_pid) do
+
+      # simulate we send something to the receivers
+
+      POABackend.CustomHandler.send_to_receivers(POABackend.Protocol.Message.new())
+
+      send(caller_pid, :world)
+      {:noreply, caller_pid}
+    end
+  end
+
+  test "initialize a custom handler in the supervisor" do
+
+    Application.stop(:poa_backend)
+    Application.put_env(:poa_backend, :custom_handlers, [{:my_ch, MyCustomHandler, [caller_pid: self()]}])
+    Application.ensure_all_started(:poa_backend)
+
+    # sending a message and wait for the reply
+
+    CustomHandlerTest.MyCustomHandler
+    |> Process.whereis()
+    |> send(:hello)
+
+    assert_receive :world, 20_000
+
+    Application.stop(:poa_backend)
+  end
+end
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