diff --git a/src/vpoller/worker.py b/src/vpoller/worker.py
index a1c625e..2eecf8a 100644
--- a/src/vpoller/worker.py
+++ b/src/vpoller/worker.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@
 
 from vpoller import __version__
 from vpoller.log import logger
+from vpoller.client import validate_message
 from vpoller.exceptions import VPollerException
 from vpoller.task.registry import registry
 from vconnector.core import VConnector
@@ -83,6 +84,7 @@ def __init__(self, config_file, num_workers=0):
             'mgmt': 'tcp://*:10000',
             'proxy': 'tcp://localhost:10123',
             'helpers': None,
+            'tasks': None,
         }
 
     def start(self):
@@ -138,9 +140,13 @@ def load_config(self):
         self.config['db'] = parser.get('worker', 'db')
         self.config['proxy'] = parser.get('worker', 'proxy')
         self.config['helpers'] = parser.get('worker', 'helpers')
+        self.config['tasks'] = parser.get('worker', 'tasks')
         
         if self.config['helpers']:
             self.config['helpers'] = self.config['helpers'].split(',')
+
+        if self.config['tasks']:
+            self.config['tasks'] = self.config['tasks'].split(',')
         
         logger.debug(
             'Worker Manager configuration: %s',
@@ -166,7 +172,8 @@ def start_workers(self):
             worker = VPollerWorker(
                 db=self.config.get('db'),
                 proxy=self.config.get('proxy'),
-                helpers=self.config.get('helpers')
+                helpers=self.config.get('helpers'),
+                tasks=self.config.get('tasks')
             )
             worker.daemon = True
             self.workers.append(worker)
@@ -271,6 +278,7 @@ def status(self):
                 'db': self.config.get('db'),
                 'concurrency': self.num_workers,
                 'helpers': self.config.get('helpers'),
+                'tasks': self.config.get('tasks'),
             }
         }
 
@@ -293,7 +301,7 @@ class VPollerWorker(multiprocessing.Process):
         run() method
 
     """
-    def __init__(self, db, proxy, helpers):
+    def __init__(self, db, proxy, helpers, tasks):
         """
         Initialize a new VPollerWorker object
 
@@ -302,6 +310,7 @@ def __init__(self, db, proxy, helpers):
             proxy    (str): Endpoint to which vPoller Workers connect
                             and receive new tasks for processing
             helpers (list): A list of helper modules to be loaded
+            task    (list): A list of task modules to be loaded
 
         """
         super(VPollerWorker, self).__init__()
@@ -309,8 +318,10 @@ def __init__(self, db, proxy, helpers):
             'db': db,
             'proxy': proxy,
             'helpers': helpers,
+            'tasks': tasks,
         }
-        self.helpers = {} 
+        self.task_modules = {}
+        self.helper_modules = {}
         self.time_to_die = multiprocessing.Event()
         self.agents = {}
         self.zcontext = None
@@ -327,7 +338,8 @@ def run(self):
         """
         logger.info('Worker process is starting')
 
-        self.load_helpers()
+        self.load_task_modules()
+        self.load_helper_modules()
         self.create_sockets()
         self.create_agents()
 
@@ -356,7 +368,31 @@ def signal_stop(self):
         """
         self.time_to_die.set()
 
-    def load_helpers(self):
+    def load_task_modules(self):
+        """
+        Loads the task modules
+
+        """
+        if not self.config.get('tasks'):
+            raise VPollerException('No task modules provided')
+
+        for task in self.config.get('tasks'):
+            task = task.strip()
+            logger.info('Loading task module %s', task)
+            try:
+                module = importlib.import_module(task)
+            except ImportError as e:
+                logger.warning(
+                    'Cannot import task module: %s',
+                    e.message
+                )
+                continue
+                self.task_modules[task] = module
+
+        if not self.task_modules:
+            raise VPollerException('No task modules loaded')
+
+    def load_helper_modules(self):
         """
         Loads helper modules for post-processing of results
 
@@ -394,7 +430,7 @@ def load_helpers(self):
                 'Helper module %s successfully loaded',
                 helper
             )
-            self.helpers[helper] = module
+            self.helper_modules[helper] = module
 
     def run_helper(self, helper, msg, data):
         """
@@ -411,7 +447,7 @@ def run_helper(self, helper, msg, data):
             helper
         )
 
-        module = self.helpers[helper]
+        module = self.helper_modules[helper]
         h = module.HelperAgent(msg=msg, data=data)
 
         try:
@@ -421,7 +457,7 @@ def run_helper(self, helper, msg, data):
             return data
 
         return result
-    
+
     def wait_for_tasks(self):
         """
         Poll the worker socket for new tasks
@@ -456,7 +492,7 @@ def wait_for_tasks(self):
             result = self.process_client_msg(msg)
             
             # Process data using a helper before sending it to client?
-            if 'helper' in msg and msg['helper'] in self.helpers:
+            if 'helper' in msg and msg['helper'] in self.helper_modules:
                 data = self.run_helper(
                     helper=msg['helper'],
                     msg=msg,
@@ -592,11 +628,9 @@ def process_client_msg(self, msg):
         if not agent:
             return {'success': 1, 'msg': 'Unknown or missing agent name'}
 
-        #
-        #if not _validate_client_msg(msg, task.required):
-        #    return {'success': 1, 'msg': 'Incorrect task request received'}
-        #
+        if not validate_message(msg=msg, required=task.required):
+            return {'success': 1, 'msg': 'Invalid task request'}
 
         result = task.function(agent, msg)
-        
+
         return result