diff --git a/collector.py b/collector.py
index 4f5eef6..1ca36d3 100644
--- a/collector.py
+++ b/collector.py
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
+import logging
+import signal
+from datetime import datetime, timedelta
+from threading import Event
+
+from apscheduler.schedulers.blocking import BlockingScheduler
+
 import config
 import database
-import signal
-from apscheduler.schedulers.blocking import BlockingScheduler
-from threading import Event
-from plugins.system.cpu_plugin import CpuPlugin
-from plugins.system.memory_plugin import MemoryPlugin
-from plugins.system.disk_plugin import DiskIOPlugin, DiskUsagePlugin
-from plugins.system.network_plugin import NetworkPlugin
-from plugins.system.temperatures_plugin import TemperaturesPlugin
-from plugins.system.ping_plugin import PingPlugin
-from plugins.finance.stocks_plugin import StocksPlugin
 from plugins.finance.robor_plugin import RoborPlugin
-import logging
+from plugins.finance.stocks_plugin import StocksPlugin
+from plugins.system.cpu_plugin import CpuPlugin
+from plugins.system.disk_plugin import DiskIOPlugin, DiskUsagePlugin
+from plugins.system.memory_plugin import MemoryPlugin
+from plugins.system.network_plugin import NetworkPlugin
+from plugins.system.ping_plugin import PingPlugin
+from plugins.system.temperatures_plugin import TemperaturesPlugin
 
 
 class Collector(object):
@@ -41,8 +44,11 @@ class Collector(object):
         return models
 
     def schedule_plugins(self):
+        start_date = datetime.now() + timedelta(seconds=10)
         for plugin in self.plugins:
-            self.scheduler.add_job(plugin.execute, 'interval', seconds=plugin.get_interval())
+            self.scheduler.add_job(plugin.execute, 'interval', 
+                                   seconds=plugin.get_interval(),
+                                   start_date=start_date)
 
     def run(self):
         logging.basicConfig()
@@ -53,22 +59,18 @@ class Collector(object):
         database.DB.create_tables(models)
 
         self.schedule_plugins()
-        # signal.signal(signal.SIGHUP, self.abort)
-        # signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, self.abort)
-        # signal.signal(signal.SIGINT, self.abort)
-        print(f'Started.')
+        logging.info('Started.')
 
         try:
             self.scheduler.start()
         except (KeyboardInterrupt, SystemExit):
             pass
 
-        print(f'Stopped.')
-
-    def abort(self, signum, frame):
-        print(f'Received signal {signum}, aborting...')
-        self.event.set()
+        logging.info(f'Stopped.')
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    Collector().run()
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+    try:
+        Collector().run()
+    except BaseException as ex:
+        logging.critical("Unhandled exception.", exc_info=ex)
diff --git a/config.py b/config.py
index 6e107ed..39cad52 100644
--- a/config.py
+++ b/config.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ DEFAULT_INTERVAL = 30
 #   will create a PooledMySQLDatabase instance for the local MySQL database my_db with max_connections set to 20 and a
 #   stale_timeout setting of 300 seconds.
 
-DATABASE_URL = 'sqlite:///data.db'
+DATABASE_URL = 'postgresql://system_metrics_collector:theMetrixWriteer2123@localhost:5432/system_metrics'
 
 
 # Plugin configuration
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ PING_HOSTS = [
     '192.168.0.1',
     '1.1.1.1',
     'google.com',
-    'bing.com'
+    'bing.com',
+    'tibich.com'
 ]
 
 ### Stocks
diff --git a/plugins/finance/robor_plugin.py b/plugins/finance/robor_plugin.py
index 0441426..acbbedc 100644
--- a/plugins/finance/robor_plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/finance/robor_plugin.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from plugins.plugin import Plugin
 
 
 class Robor(BaseModel):
-    date = DateField(index=True, default=datetime.date.today(), null=False)
+    date = DateField(index=True, default=datetime.date.today, null=False)
     field = TextField(null=False)
     value = FloatField(null=False)
 
diff --git a/plugins/finance/stocks_plugin.py b/plugins/finance/stocks_plugin.py
index 09c3242..9df8d43 100644
--- a/plugins/finance/stocks_plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/finance/stocks_plugin.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import yfinance as yf
 
 
 class Stocks(BaseModel):
-    date = DateTimeField(index=True, default=datetime.datetime.now(), null=False)
+    date = DateTimeField(index=True, default=datetime.datetime.utcnow, null=False)
     ticker = TextField(null=False)
     label = TextField(null=False)
     value_open = FloatField(null=False)
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ class StocksPlugin(Plugin):
         for ticker, label in config.STOCKS_TICKERS.items():
             # Get last existing date
             latest_date = Stocks.select(Stocks.date) \
+                            .where(Stocks.ticker == ticker) \
                             .order_by(Stocks.date.desc()) \
                             .limit(1) \
                             .scalar()
@@ -51,6 +52,6 @@ class StocksPlugin(Plugin):
                     entry.value_high = row.High
                     entry.value_low = row.Low
                     entry.save()
-                    print(model_to_dict(entry))
+                    
             except BaseException as e:
                 print(e)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/plugins/system/cpu_plugin.py b/plugins/system/cpu_plugin.py
index 8616740..0e33481 100644
--- a/plugins/system/cpu_plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/system/cpu_plugin.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ from plugins.plugin import Plugin
 
 
 class Cpu(BaseModel):
-    time = DateTimeField(index=True, default=datetime.now)
+    time = DateTimeField(index=True, default=datetime.utcnow)
     cpu = SmallIntegerField(null=True)
     idle_pct = FloatField(null=False)
     user_pct = FloatField(null=False)
diff --git a/plugins/system/disk_plugin.py b/plugins/system/disk_plugin.py
index 398c435..8a7f19e 100644
--- a/plugins/system/disk_plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/system/disk_plugin.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from plugins.plugin import Plugin
 
 
 class DiskUsage(BaseModel):
-    time = DateTimeField(index=True, default=datetime.now)
+    time = DateTimeField(index=True, default=datetime.utcnow)
     partition = TextField(null=False)
     mountpoint = TextField(null=False)
     total = BigIntegerField(null=False)
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ class DiskUsage(BaseModel):
 
 
 class DiskIO(BaseModel):
-    time = DateTimeField(index=True, default=datetime.now)
+    time = DateTimeField(index=True, default=datetime.utcnow)
     disk = TextField(null=True)
     read_count = FloatField(null=False)     # all values are per second
     write_count = FloatField(null=False)
diff --git a/plugins/system/memory_plugin.py b/plugins/system/memory_plugin.py
index 48b0b25..935656e 100644
--- a/plugins/system/memory_plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/system/memory_plugin.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ from plugins.plugin import Plugin
 
 
 class Memory(BaseModel):
-    time = DateTimeField(index=True, default=datetime.now)
+    time = DateTimeField(index=True, default=datetime.utcnow)
     total = BigIntegerField(null=False)
     available = BigIntegerField(null=False)
     used = BigIntegerField(null=False)
diff --git a/plugins/system/network_plugin.py b/plugins/system/network_plugin.py
index ab3ba2d..f3b6c14 100644
--- a/plugins/system/network_plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/system/network_plugin.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from plugins.plugin import Plugin
 
 
 class NetworkIO(BaseModel):
-    time = DateTimeField(index=True, default=datetime.now)
+    time = DateTimeField(index=True, default=datetime.utcnow)
     nic = TextField(null=True)
     packets_sent = FloatField(null=False)     # all values are per second
     packets_recv = FloatField(null=False)
diff --git a/plugins/system/ping_plugin.py b/plugins/system/ping_plugin.py
index 8d1ea0c..75fd404 100644
--- a/plugins/system/ping_plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/system/ping_plugin.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import asyncio
+import subprocess
 import re
 import subprocess
 from datetime import datetime
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from plugins.plugin import Plugin
 
 
 class Ping(BaseModel):
-    time = DateTimeField(index=True, default=datetime.now)
+    time = DateTimeField(index=True, default=datetime.utcnow)
     host = TextField(null=False)
     ping = FloatField(null=True) # null = timeout or error
 
@@ -22,18 +22,15 @@ class PingPlugin(Plugin):
     models = [Ping]
 
     def __init__(self):
-        self.__timeout = config.PING_INTERVAL // 3
+        self.__timeout = 20
 
     def get_interval(self):
         return config.PING_INTERVAL
 
-    async def do_ping(self, host):
+    def do_ping(self, host):
         command = ['ping', '-c', '1', '-W', str(self.__timeout), host]
-        proc = await asyncio.create_subprocess_shell(' '.join(command), 
-                                                     stdout=asyncio.subprocess.PIPE)
-
-        stdout,_ = await proc.communicate()
-        stdout = stdout.decode()
+        proc = subprocess.run(command, stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
+        stdout = proc.stdout.decode()
 
         entry = Ping()
         entry.host = host
@@ -45,16 +42,6 @@ class PingPlugin(Plugin):
 
         entry.save()
 
-    async def execute_internal(self):
-        await asyncio.gather(*[self.do_ping(host) for host in config.PING_HOSTS])
-
     def execute(self):
-        if getattr(asyncio, 'run', None) is not None:
-            # Python 3.7+
-            asyncio.run(self.execute_internal())
-        else:
-            loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
-            loop.run_until_complete(self.execute_internal())
-            loop.close()
-    
-    
+        for host in config.PING_HOSTS:
+            self.do_ping(host)
diff --git a/plugins/system/temperatures_plugin.py b/plugins/system/temperatures_plugin.py
index 0060380..eb4956c 100644
--- a/plugins/system/temperatures_plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/system/temperatures_plugin.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from plugins.plugin import Plugin
 
 
 class Temperatures(BaseModel):
-    time = DateTimeField(index=True, default=datetime.now)
+    time = DateTimeField(index=True, default=datetime.utcnow)
     sensor = TextField(null=False)
     sensor_label = TextField(null=False)
     current = FloatField(null=False)     # all values are per second
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 7f4161a..ccc9ec1 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 apscheduler
 peewee
 
+# used for databases
+psycopg2-binary
+
 # Used in most system plugins
 psutil