diff --git a/routes/appConfig.js b/routes/appConfig.js
index a6420fe..e9cb64d 100644
--- a/routes/appConfig.js
+++ b/routes/appConfig.js
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ const appConfig = {
       walletUnlockTimeout: 3600,
     },
     cliStopTimeout: 1000,
+    disableKomododDownModal: false,
+    failedRPCAttemptsThreshold: 10,
+    stopNativeDaemonsOnQuit: true,
   },
   schema: {
     host: {
@@ -95,6 +98,19 @@ const appConfig = {
     cliStopTimeout: {
       display: true,
       displayName: 'CLI stop timeout',
+      info: 'Timeout between consequent CLI stop commands',
+      type: 'number',
+    },
+    stopNativeDaemonsOnQuit: {
+      display: true,
+      displayName: 'Stop native daemons on app quit',
+      info: 'If set to false agama will run in detached coin daemon mode',
+      type: 'boolean',
+    },
+    failedRPCAttemptsThreshold: {
+      display: true,
+      displayName: 'Failed RPC connect attempts threshold',
+      info: 'Number of allowed consequent RPC connect failures before the app marks native coin daemon as not running properly',
       type: 'number',
     },
   },
diff --git a/routes/shepherd/daemonControl.js b/routes/shepherd/daemonControl.js
index 29cf545..6565845 100644
--- a/routes/shepherd/daemonControl.js
+++ b/routes/shepherd/daemonControl.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+const spawn = require('child_process').spawn;
+
 module.exports = (shepherd) => {
   const getConf = (flock, coind) => {
     let DaemonConfPath = '';
@@ -135,7 +137,8 @@ module.exports = (shepherd) => {
         // check if komodod instance is already running
         shepherd.portscanner.checkPortStatus(_port, '127.0.0.1', (error, status) => {
           // Status is 'open' if currently in use or 'closed' if available
-          if (status === 'closed') {
+          if (status === 'closed' ||
+              !shepherd.appConfig.stopNativeDaemonsOnQuit) {
             // start komodod via exec
             const _customParamDict = {
               silent: '&',
@@ -169,25 +172,33 @@ module.exports = (shepherd) => {
             if (!shepherd.kmdMainPassiveMode) {
               let _arg = `${coindACParam}${data.ac_options.join(' ')}${_customParam}`;
               _arg = _arg.trim().split(' ');
-              shepherd.execFile(`${shepherd.komododBin}`, _arg, {
-                maxBuffer: 1024 * 1000000 // 1000 mb
-              }, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
-                shepherd.writeLog(`stdout: ${stdout}`);
-                shepherd.writeLog(`stderr: ${stderr}`);
 
-                if (error !== null) {
-                  shepherd.log(`exec error: ${error}`);
-                  shepherd.writeLog(`exec error: ${error}`);
-
-                  if (error.toString().indexOf('using -reindex') > -1) {
-                    shepherd.io.emit('service', {
-                      komodod: {
-                        error: 'run -reindex',
-                      },
-                    });
+              if (!shepherd.appConfig.stopNativeDaemonsOnQuit) {
+                spawn(shepherd.komododBin, _arg, {
+                  stdio: 'ignore', // piping all stdio to /dev/null
+                  detached: true,
+                }).unref();
+              } else {
+                shepherd.execFile(`${shepherd.komododBin}`, _arg, {
+                  maxBuffer: 1024 * 1000000 // 1000 mb
+                }, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
+                  shepherd.writeLog(`stdout: ${stdout}`);
+                  shepherd.writeLog(`stderr: ${stderr}`);
+
+                  if (error !== null) {
+                    shepherd.log(`exec error: ${error}`);
+                    shepherd.writeLog(`exec error: ${error}`);
+
+                    if (error.toString().indexOf('using -reindex') > -1) {
+                      shepherd.io.emit('service', {
+                        komodod: {
+                          error: 'run -reindex',
+                        },
+                      });
+                    }
                   }
-                }
-              });
+                });
+              }
             }
           } else {
             if (shepherd.kmdMainPassiveMode) {
@@ -731,7 +742,8 @@ module.exports = (shepherd) => {
 
           shepherd.portscanner.checkPortStatus(_port, '127.0.0.1', (error, status) => {
             // Status is 'open' if currently in use or 'closed' if available
-            if (status === 'open') {
+            if (status === 'open' &&
+                shepherd.appConfig.stopNativeDaemonsOnQuit) {
               if (!skipError) {
                 shepherd.log(`komodod service start error at port ${_port}, reason: port is closed`);
                 shepherd.writeLog(`komodod service start error at port ${_port}, reason: port is closed`);
diff --git a/routes/shepherd/dashboardUpdate.js b/routes/shepherd/dashboardUpdate.js
index c40d6e4..e89553a 100644
--- a/routes/shepherd/dashboardUpdate.js
+++ b/routes/shepherd/dashboardUpdate.js
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ module.exports = (shepherd) => {
           0
         ];
       }
+
       return new shepherd.Promise((resolve, reject) => {
         _bitcoinRPC(
           _coin,
diff --git a/routes/shepherd/quitDaemon.js b/routes/shepherd/quitDaemon.js
index c0ca981..dd0feb5 100644
--- a/routes/shepherd/quitDaemon.js
+++ b/routes/shepherd/quitDaemon.js
@@ -6,70 +6,74 @@ module.exports = (shepherd) => {
     shepherd.lockDownAddCoin = true;
 
     for (let key in shepherd.coindInstanceRegistry) {
-      const chain = key !== 'komodod' ? key : null;
-      let _coindQuitCmd = shepherd.komodocliBin;
+      if (shepherd.appConfig.stopNativeDaemonsOnQuit) {
+        const chain = key !== 'komodod' ? key : null;
+        let _coindQuitCmd = shepherd.komodocliBin;
 
-       // any coind
-      if (shepherd.nativeCoindList[key.toLowerCase()]) {
-        _coindQuitCmd = `${shepherd.coindRootDir}/${key.toLowerCase()}/${shepherd.nativeCoindList[key.toLowerCase()].bin.toLowerCase()}-cli`;
-      }
-      if (key === 'CHIPS') {
-        _coindQuitCmd = shepherd.chipscliBin;
-      }
+         // any coind
+        if (shepherd.nativeCoindList[key.toLowerCase()]) {
+          _coindQuitCmd = `${shepherd.coindRootDir}/${key.toLowerCase()}/${shepherd.nativeCoindList[key.toLowerCase()].bin.toLowerCase()}-cli`;
+        }
+        if (key === 'CHIPS') {
+          _coindQuitCmd = shepherd.chipscliBin;
+        }
 
-      const execCliStop = () => {
-        let _arg = [];
-        if (chain &&
-            !shepherd.nativeCoindList[key.toLowerCase()] && key !== 'CHIPS') {
-          _arg.push(`-ac_name=${chain}`);
+        const execCliStop = () => {
+          let _arg = [];
+          if (chain &&
+              !shepherd.nativeCoindList[key.toLowerCase()] && key !== 'CHIPS') {
+            _arg.push(`-ac_name=${chain}`);
 
-          if (shepherd.appConfig.dataDir.length) {
-            _arg.push(`-datadir=${shepherd.appConfig.dataDir + (key !== 'komodod' ? '/' + key : '')}`);
+            if (shepherd.appConfig.dataDir.length) {
+              _arg.push(`-datadir=${shepherd.appConfig.dataDir + (key !== 'komodod' ? '/' + key : '')}`);
+            }
+          } else if (key === 'komodod' && shepherd.appConfig.dataDir.length) {
+            _arg.push(`-datadir=${shepherd.appConfig.dataDir}`);
           }
-        } else if (key === 'komodod' && shepherd.appConfig.dataDir.length) {
-          _arg.push(`-datadir=${shepherd.appConfig.dataDir}`);
-        }
 
-        _arg.push('stop');
-        shepherd.execFile(`${_coindQuitCmd}`, _arg, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
-          shepherd.log(`stdout: ${stdout}`);
-          shepherd.log(`stderr: ${stderr}`);
+          _arg.push('stop');
+          shepherd.execFile(`${_coindQuitCmd}`, _arg, (error, stdout, stderr) => {
+            shepherd.log(`stdout: ${stdout}`);
+            shepherd.log(`stderr: ${stderr}`);
 
-          if (stdout.indexOf('EOF reached') > -1 ||
-              stderr.indexOf('EOF reached') > -1 ||
-              (error && error.toString().indexOf('Command failed') > -1 && !stderr) || // win "special snowflake" case
-              stdout.indexOf('connect to server: unknown (code -1)') > -1 ||
-              stderr.indexOf('connect to server: unknown (code -1)') > -1) {
-            delete shepherd.coindInstanceRegistry[key];
-            clearInterval(coindExitInterval[key]);
-          }
+            if (stdout.indexOf('EOF reached') > -1 ||
+                stderr.indexOf('EOF reached') > -1 ||
+                (error && error.toString().indexOf('Command failed') > -1 && !stderr) || // win "special snowflake" case
+                stdout.indexOf('connect to server: unknown (code -1)') > -1 ||
+                stderr.indexOf('connect to server: unknown (code -1)') > -1) {
+              delete shepherd.coindInstanceRegistry[key];
+              clearInterval(coindExitInterval[key]);
+            }
 
-          // workaround for AGT-65
-          const _port = shepherd.assetChainPorts[key];
-          setTimeout(() => {
-            shepherd.portscanner.checkPortStatus(_port, '127.0.0.1', (error, status) => {
-              // Status is 'open' if currently in use or 'closed' if available
-              if (status === 'closed') {
-                delete shepherd.coindInstanceRegistry[key];
-                clearInterval(coindExitInterval[key]);
-              }
-            });
-          }, 100);
+            // workaround for AGT-65
+            const _port = shepherd.assetChainPorts[key];
+            setTimeout(() => {
+              shepherd.portscanner.checkPortStatus(_port, '127.0.0.1', (error, status) => {
+                // Status is 'open' if currently in use or 'closed' if available
+                if (status === 'closed') {
+                  delete shepherd.coindInstanceRegistry[key];
+                  clearInterval(coindExitInterval[key]);
+                }
+              });
+            }, 100);
 
-          if (error !== null) {
-            shepherd.log(`exec error: ${error}`);
-          }
+            if (error !== null) {
+              shepherd.log(`exec error: ${error}`);
+            }
 
-          setTimeout(() => {
-            shepherd.killRogueProcess(key === 'CHIPS' ? 'chips-cli' : 'komodo-cli');
-          }, 100);
-        });
-      }
+            setTimeout(() => {
+              shepherd.killRogueProcess(key === 'CHIPS' ? 'chips-cli' : 'komodo-cli');
+            }, 100);
+          });
+        }
 
-      execCliStop();
-      coindExitInterval[key] = setInterval(() => {
         execCliStop();
-      }, timeout);
+        coindExitInterval[key] = setInterval(() => {
+          execCliStop();
+        }, timeout);
+      } else {
+        delete shepherd.coindInstanceRegistry[key];
+      }
     }
   }