diff --git a/trains/logger.py b/trains/logger.py
index 629e5943..7bfa881c 100644
--- a/trains/logger.py
+++ b/trains/logger.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from .debugging.log import LoggerRoot
 from .backend_interface.task.development.worker import DevWorker
 from .backend_interface.task.log import TaskHandler
 from .storage import StorageHelper
-from .utilities.plotly import SeriesInfo
+from .utilities.plotly_reporter import SeriesInfo
 from .backend_interface import TaskStatusEnum
 from .backend_interface.task import Task as _Task
 from .config import running_remotely, get_cache_dir
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class Logger(object):
             # noinspection PyBroadException
             try:
                 Logger._stdout_original_write = sys.stdout.write
-                # this will only work in python 3, but we still better guard it with try/catch
+                # this will only work in python 3, guard it with try/catch
                 sys.stdout._original_write = sys.stdout.write
                 sys.stdout.write = stdout__patched__write__
                 sys.stderr._original_write = sys.stderr.write
@@ -549,7 +549,8 @@ class Logger(object):
         :param period: The period to flush the logger in seconds. If None or 0,
             There will be no periodic flush.
         """
-        if self._task.is_main_task() and DevWorker.report_stdout and DevWorker.report_period and not running_remotely():
+        if self._task.is_main_task() and DevWorker.report_stdout and DevWorker.report_period and \
+                not running_remotely() and period is not None:
             period = min(period or DevWorker.report_period, DevWorker.report_period)
 
         if not period:
@@ -562,6 +563,19 @@ class Logger(object):
             self._flusher = _Flusher(self, period)
             self._flusher.start()
 
+    @classmethod
+    def _remove_std_logger(self):
+        if isinstance(sys.stdout, PrintPatchLogger):
+            try:
+                sys.stdout.connect(None)
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+        if isinstance(sys.stderr, PrintPatchLogger):
+            try:
+                sys.stderr.connect(None)
+            except Exception:
+                pass
+
     def _start_task_if_needed(self):
         if self._task._status == TaskStatusEnum.created:
             self._task.mark_started()
@@ -634,6 +648,8 @@ class PrintPatchLogger(object):
                 self._terminal.write(message)
 
     def connect(self, logger):
+        if self._log:
+            self._log._flush_stdout_handler()
         self._log = logger
 
     def __getattr__(self, attr):
diff --git a/trains/task.py b/trains/task.py
index 5c121b38..f460f329 100644
--- a/trains/task.py
+++ b/trains/task.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import os
 import sys
 import threading
 import time
-import warnings
+import signal
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
 from collections import OrderedDict, Callable
 
@@ -951,10 +951,15 @@ class Task(_Task):
                 self.signal = None
                 self._exit_callback = callback
                 self._org_handlers = {}
+                self._signal_recursion_protection_flag = False
+                self._except_recursion_protection_flag = False
 
             def update_callback(self, callback):
-                if self._exit_callback:
-                    atexit.unregister(self._exit_callback)
+                if self._exit_callback and not six.PY2:
+                    try:
+                        atexit.unregister(self._exit_callback)
+                    except Exception:
+                        pass
                 self._exit_callback = callback
                 atexit.register(self._exit_callback)
 
@@ -966,7 +971,6 @@ class Task(_Task):
                     self._orig_exc_handler = sys.excepthook
                 sys.excepthook = self.exc_handler
                 atexit.register(self._exit_callback)
-                import signal
                 catch_signals = [signal.SIGINT, signal.SIGTERM, signal.SIGSEGV, signal.SIGABRT,
                                  signal.SIGILL, signal.SIGFPE, signal.SIGQUIT]
                 for s in catch_signals:
@@ -982,16 +986,52 @@ class Task(_Task):
                 self._orig_exit(code)
 
             def exc_handler(self, exctype, value, traceback, *args, **kwargs):
+                if self._except_recursion_protection_flag:
+                    return sys.__excepthook__(exctype, value, traceback, *args, **kwargs)
+
+                self._except_recursion_protection_flag = True
                 self.exception = value
-                return self._orig_exc_handler(exctype, value, traceback, *args, **kwargs)
+                if self._orig_exc_handler:
+                    ret = self._orig_exc_handler(exctype, value, traceback, *args, **kwargs)
+                else:
+                    ret = sys.__excepthook__(exctype, value, traceback, *args, **kwargs)
+                self._except_recursion_protection_flag = False
+
+                return ret
 
             def signal_handler(self, sig, frame):
+                if self._signal_recursion_protection_flag:
+                    # call original
+                    org_handler = self._org_handlers.get(sig)
+                    if isinstance(org_handler, Callable):
+                        org_handler = org_handler(sig, frame)
+                    return org_handler
+
+                self._signal_recursion_protection_flag = True
+                # call exit callback
                 self.signal = sig
                 if self._exit_callback:
-                    self._exit_callback()
-                org_handler = self._org_handlers[sig]
+                    # noinspection PyBroadException
+                    try:
+                        self._exit_callback()
+                    except Exception:
+                        pass
+                # call original signal handler
+                org_handler = self._org_handlers.get(sig)
                 if isinstance(org_handler, Callable):
-                    return org_handler(sig, frame)
+                    # noinspection PyBroadException
+                    try:
+                        org_handler = org_handler(sig, frame)
+                    except Exception:
+                        org_handler = signal.SIG_DFL
+                # remove stdout logger, just in case
+                # noinspection PyBroadException
+                try:
+                    Logger._remove_std_logger()
+                except Exception:
+                    pass
+                self._signal_recursion_protection_flag = False
+                # return handler result
                 return org_handler
 
         if cls.__exit_hook is None: