diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3e9c4a329..04221a070 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ plugins/notifications/http/notification-http
 plugins/notifications/slack/notification-slack
 plugins/notifications/splunk/notification-splunk
 plugins/notifications/email/notification-email
+plugins/notifications/dummy/notification-dummy
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 04568e7ea..46f63ae8e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,11 +13,13 @@ HTTP_PLUGIN_FOLDER = "./plugins/notifications/http"
 SLACK_PLUGIN_FOLDER = "./plugins/notifications/slack"
 SPLUNK_PLUGIN_FOLDER = "./plugins/notifications/splunk"
 EMAIL_PLUGIN_FOLDER = "./plugins/notifications/email"
+DUMMY_PLUGIN_FOLDER = "./plugins/notifications/dummy"
 
 HTTP_PLUGIN_BIN = "notification-http"
 SLACK_PLUGIN_BIN = "notification-slack"
 SPLUNK_PLUGIN_BIN = "notification-splunk"
 EMAIL_PLUGIN_BIN = "notification-email"
+DUMMY_PLUGIN_BIN= "notification-dummy"
 
 HTTP_PLUGIN_CONFIG = "http.yaml"
 SLACK_PLUGIN_CONFIG = "slack.yaml"
@@ -73,9 +75,9 @@ all: clean test build
 static: crowdsec_static cscli_static plugins_static
 
 .PHONY: plugins
-plugins: http-plugin slack-plugin splunk-plugin email-plugin
+plugins: http-plugin slack-plugin splunk-plugin email-plugin dummy-plugin
 
-plugins_static: http-plugin_static slack-plugin_static splunk-plugin_static email-plugin_static
+plugins_static: http-plugin_static slack-plugin_static splunk-plugin_static email-plugin_static dummy-plugin_static
 
 goversion:
 	@if [ $(GO_MAJOR_VERSION) -gt $(MINIMUM_SUPPORTED_GO_MAJOR_VERSION) ]; then \
@@ -101,6 +103,7 @@ clean: testclean
 	@$(RM) $(SLACK_PLUGIN_FOLDER)/$(SLACK_PLUGIN_BIN)
 	@$(RM) $(SPLUNK_PLUGIN_FOLDER)/$(SPLUNK_PLUGIN_BIN)
 	@$(RM) $(EMAIL_PLUGIN_FOLDER)/$(EMAIL_PLUGIN_BIN)
+	@$(RM) $(DUMMY_PLUGIN_FOLDER)/$(DUMMY_PLUGIN_BIN)
 
 
 cscli: goversion
@@ -121,6 +124,9 @@ splunk-plugin: goversion
 email-plugin: goversion
 	@GOARCH=$(GOARCH) GOOS=$(GOOS) $(MAKE) -C $(EMAIL_PLUGIN_FOLDER) build --no-print-directory
 
+dummy-plugin: goversion
+	@GOARCH=$(GOARCH) GOOS=$(GOOS) $(MAKE) -C $(DUMMY_PLUGIN_FOLDER) build --no-print-directory
+
 cscli_static: goversion
 	@GOARCH=$(GOARCH) GOOS=$(GOOS) $(MAKE) -C $(CSCLI_FOLDER) static --no-print-directory
 
@@ -139,6 +145,9 @@ splunk-plugin_static:goversion
 email-plugin_static:goversion
 	@GOARCH=$(GOARCH) GOOS=$(GOOS) $(MAKE) -C $(EMAIL_PLUGIN_FOLDER) static --no-print-directory
 
+dummy-plugin_static:goversion
+	@GOARCH=$(GOARCH) GOOS=$(GOOS) $(MAKE) -C $(DUMMY_PLUGIN_FOLDER) static --no-print-directory
+
 .PHONY: testclean
 testclean: bats-clean
 	@$(RM) pkg/apiserver/ent
diff --git a/config/profiles.yaml b/config/profiles.yaml
index ebbf44db7..f4945b7a0 100644
--- a/config/profiles.yaml
+++ b/config/profiles.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ decisions:
    duration: 4h
 # notifications:
 #   - slack_default  # Set the webhook in /etc/crowdsec/notifications/slack.yaml before enabling this.
-#   - splunk_default # Set the splunk url and token in /etc/crowdsec/notifications/splunk.yaml  before enabling this.
-#   - http_default # Set the required http parameters in  /etc/crowdsec/notifications/http.yaml before enabling this.
-#   - email_default # Set the required http parameters in  /etc/crowdsec/notifications/email.yaml before enabling this.
+#   - splunk_default # Set the splunk url and token in /etc/crowdsec/notifications/splunk.yaml before enabling this.
+#   - http_default   # Set the required http parameters in /etc/crowdsec/notifications/http.yaml before enabling this.
+#   - email_default  # Set the required email parameters in /etc/crowdsec/notifications/email.yaml before enabling this.
 on_success: break
diff --git a/plugins/notifications/dummy/LICENSE b/plugins/notifications/dummy/LICENSE
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..912563863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/notifications/dummy/LICENSE
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+MIT License
+
+Copyright (c) 2021 Crowdsec
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/plugins/notifications/dummy/Makefile b/plugins/notifications/dummy/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f45e4115e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/notifications/dummy/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Go parameters
+GOCMD=go
+GOBUILD=$(GOCMD) build
+GOCLEAN=$(GOCMD) clean
+GOTEST=$(GOCMD) test
+GOGET=$(GOCMD) get
+BINARY_NAME=notification-dummy
+
+clean:
+	@$(RM) "$(BINARY_NAME)"
+
+build: clean
+	@$(GOBUILD) $(LD_OPTS) -o $(BINARY_NAME) -v
+
+static: clean
+	$(GOBUILD) $(LD_OPTS_STATIC) -o $(BINARY_NAME) -v -a -tags netgo
diff --git a/plugins/notifications/dummy/dummy.yaml b/plugins/notifications/dummy/dummy.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8288a9c8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/notifications/dummy/dummy.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+type: dummy         # Don't change
+name: dummy_default # Must match the registered plugin in the profile
+
+# One of "trace", "debug", "info", "warn", "error", "off"
+log_level: info
+
+# group_wait:         # Time to wait collecting alerts before relaying a message to this plugin, eg "30s"
+# group_threshold:    # Amount of alerts that triggers a message before <group_wait> has expired, eg "10"
+# max_retry:          # Number of attempts to relay messages to plugins in case of error
+# timeout:            # Time to wait for response from the plugin before considering the attempt a failure, eg "10s"
+
+#-------------------------
+# plugin-specific options
+
+# The following template receives a list of models.Alert objects
+# The output goes in the logs and to a text file, if defined
+format: |
+  {{.|toJson}}
+
+#
+# output_file:        # notifications will be appended here. optional
+
diff --git a/plugins/notifications/dummy/main.go b/plugins/notifications/dummy/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ac35c0a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/notifications/dummy/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/crowdsecurity/crowdsec/pkg/protobufs"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/go-hclog"
+	plugin "github.com/hashicorp/go-plugin"
+	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
+)
+
+type PluginConfig struct {
+	Name       string  `yaml:"name"`
+	LogLevel   *string `yaml:"log_level"`
+	OutputFile *string `yaml:"output_file"`
+}
+
+type DummyPlugin struct {
+	PluginConfigByName map[string]PluginConfig
+}
+
+var logger hclog.Logger = hclog.New(&hclog.LoggerOptions{
+	Name:       "dummy-plugin",
+	Level:      hclog.LevelFromString("INFO"),
+	Output:     os.Stderr,
+	JSONFormat: true,
+})
+
+func (s *DummyPlugin) Notify(ctx context.Context, notification *protobufs.Notification) (*protobufs.Empty, error) {
+	if _, ok := s.PluginConfigByName[notification.Name]; !ok {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid plugin config name %s", notification.Name)
+	}
+	cfg := s.PluginConfigByName[notification.Name]
+
+	if cfg.LogLevel != nil && *cfg.LogLevel != "" {
+		logger.SetLevel(hclog.LevelFromString(*cfg.LogLevel))
+	}
+
+	logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("received signal for %s config", notification.Name))
+	logger.Debug(notification.Text)
+
+	if cfg.OutputFile != nil && *cfg.OutputFile != "" {
+		f, err := os.OpenFile(*cfg.OutputFile, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0644)
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Cannot open notification file: %s", err))
+		}
+		if _, err := f.WriteString(notification.Text); err != nil {
+			f.Close()
+			logger.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Cannot write notification to file: %s", err))
+		}
+		err = f.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			logger.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Cannot close notification file: %s", err))
+		}
+	}
+	fmt.Print(notification.Text)
+
+	return &protobufs.Empty{}, nil
+}
+
+func (s *DummyPlugin) Configure(ctx context.Context, config *protobufs.Config) (*protobufs.Empty, error) {
+	d := PluginConfig{}
+	err := yaml.Unmarshal(config.Config, &d)
+	s.PluginConfigByName[d.Name] = d
+	return &protobufs.Empty{}, err
+}
+
+func main() {
+	var handshake = plugin.HandshakeConfig{
+		ProtocolVersion:  1,
+		MagicCookieKey:   "CROWDSEC_PLUGIN_KEY",
+		MagicCookieValue: os.Getenv("CROWDSEC_PLUGIN_KEY"),
+	}
+
+	sp := &DummyPlugin{PluginConfigByName: make(map[string]PluginConfig)}
+	plugin.Serve(&plugin.ServeConfig{
+		HandshakeConfig: handshake,
+		Plugins: map[string]plugin.Plugin{
+			"dummy": &protobufs.NotifierPlugin{
+				Impl: sp,
+			},
+		},
+		GRPCServer: plugin.DefaultGRPCServer,
+		Logger:     logger,
+	})
+}
diff --git a/scripts/test_env.sh b/scripts/test_env.sh
index 5d545322c..b203e7f3e 100755
--- a/scripts/test_env.sh
+++ b/scripts/test_env.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ do
 		BASE=${2}
 		shift #past argument
 		shift
-		;;  
+		;;
 	-h|--help)
 		usage
 		exit 0
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ PARSER_S02="$PARSER_DIR/s02-enrich"
 SCENARIOS_DIR="$CONFIG_DIR/scenarios"
 POSTOVERFLOWS_DIR="$CONFIG_DIR/postoverflows"
 HUB_DIR="$CONFIG_DIR/hub"
-PLUGINS="http slack splunk"
+PLUGINS="http slack splunk email"
 PLUGINS_DIR="plugins"
 NOTIF_DIR="notifications"
 
@@ -70,13 +70,13 @@ create_arbo() {
 	mkdir -p "$POSTOVERFLOWS_DIR"
 	mkdir -p "$CSCLI_DIR"
 	mkdir -p "$HUB_DIR"
-	mkdir -p $CONFIG_DIR/$NOTIF_DIR/$plugin
-	mkdir -p $BASE/$PLUGINS_DIR
+	mkdir -p "$CONFIG_DIR/$NOTIF_DIR/$plugin"
+	mkdir -p "$BASE/$PLUGINS_DIR"
 }
 
 copy_files() {
 	cp "./config/profiles.yaml" "$CONFIG_DIR"
-	cp  "./config/simulation.yaml" "$CONFIG_DIR"
+	cp "./config/simulation.yaml" "$CONFIG_DIR"
 	cp "./cmd/crowdsec/crowdsec" "$BASE"
 	cp "./cmd/crowdsec-cli/cscli" "$BASE"
 	cp -r "./config/patterns" "$CONFIG_DIR"
diff --git a/tests/bats.mk b/tests/bats.mk
index 50afa98aa..b2383cdf2 100644
--- a/tests/bats.mk
+++ b/tests/bats.mk
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ bats-build: bats-environment bats-check-requirements
 	@install -m 0755 plugins/notifications/http/notification-http $(PLUGIN_DIR)/
 	@install -m 0755 plugins/notifications/slack/notification-slack $(PLUGIN_DIR)/
 	@install -m 0755 plugins/notifications/splunk/notification-splunk $(PLUGIN_DIR)/
+	@install -m 0755 plugins/notifications/dummy/notification-dummy $(PLUGIN_DIR)/
 	# Create a reusable package with initial configuration + data
 	@$(TEST_DIR)/instance-data make
 	# Generate dynamic tests
diff --git a/tests/bats/70_plugins.bats b/tests/bats/70_http_plugin.bats
similarity index 100%
rename from tests/bats/70_plugins.bats
rename to tests/bats/70_http_plugin.bats
diff --git a/tests/bats/71_dummy_plugin.bats b/tests/bats/71_dummy_plugin.bats
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b25592f44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/bats/71_dummy_plugin.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bats
+# vim: ft=bats:list:ts=8:sts=4:sw=4:et:ai:si:
+
+set -u
+
+setup_file() {
+    load "../lib/setup_file.sh" >&3 2>&1
+    ./instance-data load
+
+    tempfile=$(TMPDIR="${BATS_FILE_TMPDIR}" mktemp)
+    export tempfile
+
+    yq "
+        .group_wait=\"5s\" |
+        .group_threshold=2 |
+        .output_file=\"${tempfile}\"
+    " -i "${CONFIG_DIR}/notifications/dummy.yaml"
+
+    yq '
+        .notifications=["dummy_default"] |
+        .filters=["Alert.GetScope() == \"Ip\""]
+    ' -i "${CONFIG_DIR}/profiles.yaml"
+
+    yq '
+        .plugin_config.user="" |
+        .plugin_config.group=""
+    ' -i "${CONFIG_DIR}/config.yaml"
+
+    ./instance-crowdsec start
+}
+
+teardown_file() {
+    load "../lib/teardown_file.sh" >&3 2>&1
+}
+
+setup() {
+    load "../lib/setup.sh"
+}
+
+#----------
+
+@test "$FILE add two bans" {
+    run -0 cscli decisions add --ip 1.2.3.4 --duration 30s
+    assert_output --partial 'Decision successfully added'
+
+    run -0 cscli decisions add --ip 1.2.3.5 --duration 30s
+    assert_output --partial 'Decision successfully added'
+    sleep 2
+}
+
+@test "$FILE expected 1 notification" {
+    run -0 cat "${tempfile}"
+    assert_output --partial 1.2.3.4
+    assert_output --partial 1.2.3.5
+}
diff --git a/tests/config-templates/notifications/dummy.yaml b/tests/config-templates/notifications/dummy.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8288a9c8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/config-templates/notifications/dummy.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+type: dummy         # Don't change
+name: dummy_default # Must match the registered plugin in the profile
+
+# One of "trace", "debug", "info", "warn", "error", "off"
+log_level: info
+
+# group_wait:         # Time to wait collecting alerts before relaying a message to this plugin, eg "30s"
+# group_threshold:    # Amount of alerts that triggers a message before <group_wait> has expired, eg "10"
+# max_retry:          # Number of attempts to relay messages to plugins in case of error
+# timeout:            # Time to wait for response from the plugin before considering the attempt a failure, eg "10s"
+
+#-------------------------
+# plugin-specific options
+
+# The following template receives a list of models.Alert objects
+# The output goes in the logs and to a text file, if defined
+format: |
+  {{.|toJson}}
+
+#
+# output_file:        # notifications will be appended here. optional
+
diff --git a/tests/config-templates/profiles.yaml b/tests/config-templates/profiles.yaml
index ebbf44db7..f4945b7a0 100644
--- a/tests/config-templates/profiles.yaml
+++ b/tests/config-templates/profiles.yaml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ decisions:
    duration: 4h
 # notifications:
 #   - slack_default  # Set the webhook in /etc/crowdsec/notifications/slack.yaml before enabling this.
-#   - splunk_default # Set the splunk url and token in /etc/crowdsec/notifications/splunk.yaml  before enabling this.
-#   - http_default # Set the required http parameters in  /etc/crowdsec/notifications/http.yaml before enabling this.
-#   - email_default # Set the required http parameters in  /etc/crowdsec/notifications/email.yaml before enabling this.
+#   - splunk_default # Set the splunk url and token in /etc/crowdsec/notifications/splunk.yaml before enabling this.
+#   - http_default   # Set the required http parameters in /etc/crowdsec/notifications/http.yaml before enabling this.
+#   - email_default  # Set the required email parameters in /etc/crowdsec/notifications/email.yaml before enabling this.
 on_success: break
diff --git a/tests/instance-data b/tests/instance-data
index 0b2b74cb3..91449db84 100755
--- a/tests/instance-data
+++ b/tests/instance-data
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ make_init_data() {
     envsubst < "./config-templates/notifications/email.yaml" > "${CONFIG_DIR}/notifications/email.yaml"
     envsubst < "./config-templates/notifications/slack.yaml" > "${CONFIG_DIR}/notifications/slack.yaml"
     envsubst < "./config-templates/notifications/splunk.yaml" > "${CONFIG_DIR}/notifications/splunk.yaml"
+    envsubst < "./config-templates/notifications/dummy.yaml" > "${CONFIG_DIR}/notifications/dummy.yaml"
 
     mkdir -p "${CONFIG_DIR}/hub"
     "${BIN_DIR}/cscli" machines add githubciXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX --auto
diff --git a/wizard.sh b/wizard.sh
index 7e2238009..baf4d3ef8 100755
--- a/wizard.sh
+++ b/wizard.sh
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ SPLUNK_PLUGIN_CONFIG="./plugins/notifications/splunk/splunk.yaml"
 EMAIL_PLUGIN_CONFIG="./plugins/notifications/email/email.yaml"
 
 BACKUP_DIR=$(mktemp -d)
-rm -rf $BACKUP_DIR
+rm -rf -- "$BACKUP_DIR"
 
 log_info() {
     msg=$1
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ install_plugins(){
         cp -n ${SLACK_PLUGIN_CONFIG} /etc/crowdsec/notifications/
         cp -n ${SPLUNK_PLUGIN_CONFIG} /etc/crowdsec/notifications/
         cp -n ${HTTP_PLUGIN_CONFIG} /etc/crowdsec/notifications/
-        cp -n ${EMAIL_PLUGIN_CONFIG} /etc/crowdsec/notifications
+        cp -n ${EMAIL_PLUGIN_CONFIG} /etc/crowdsec/notifications/
     fi
 }