diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9e6b327..92f7083 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ BUG FIXES:
 FEATURES:
 
 * Support new Sprintf-like logging interface (#48)
+* DiscoveryTimeout by default is 1 minute (zero DiscoveryTimeout is not allowed #60)
+* All discovering logs has new prefix [DISCOVERY]
 
 REFACTOR:
 
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@ REFACTOR:
 * resolve issue #46: drastically simplify RouterMapCallRWImpl and added tests with real tnt
 * Use typed nil pointers instead of memory allocation for EmptyMetrics and emptyLogger structs
 * resolve issue #44: remove bucketCount field from struct Replicaset
+* rename startCronDiscovery to cronDiscovery and make it panic-tolerant
 
 TESTS:
 
diff --git a/discovery.go b/discovery.go
index 1adeeec..f08161d 100644
--- a/discovery.go
+++ b/discovery.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package vshard_router //nolint:revive
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"runtime/debug"
 	"sync"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
@@ -209,31 +210,49 @@ func (r *Router) DiscoveryAllBuckets(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// startCronDiscovery is discovery_service_f analog with goroutines instead fibers
-func (r *Router) startCronDiscovery(ctx context.Context) error {
+// cronDiscovery is discovery_service_f analog with goroutines instead fibers
+func (r *Router) cronDiscovery(ctx context.Context) {
+	var iterationCount uint64
+
 	for {
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			r.metrics().CronDiscoveryEvent(false, 0, "ctx-cancel")
-
-			return ctx.Err()
+			r.log().Infof(ctx, "[DISCOVERY] cron discovery has been stopped after %d iterations", iterationCount)
+			return
 		case <-time.After(r.cfg.DiscoveryTimeout):
-			r.log().Debugf(ctx, "started new cron discovery")
-
-			tStartDiscovery := time.Now()
+			iterationCount++
+		}
 
+		// Since the current for loop should not stop until ctx->Done() event fires,
+		// we should be able to continue execution even a panic occures.
+		// Therefore, we should wrap everyting into anonymous function that recovers after panic.
+		// (Similar to pcall in lua/tarantool)
+		func() {
 			defer func() {
-				r.log().Infof(ctx, "discovery done since %s", time.Since(tStartDiscovery))
+				if recovered := recover(); recovered != nil {
+					// Another one panic may happen due to log function below (e.g. bug in log().Errorf), in this case we have two options:
+					// 1. recover again and log nothing: panic will be muted and lost
+					// 2. don't try to recover, we hope that the second panic will be logged somehow by go runtime
+					// So, we choose the second behavior
+					r.log().Errorf(ctx, "[DISCOVERY] something unexpected has happened in cronDiscovery(%d): panic %v, stackstrace: %s",
+						iterationCount, recovered, string(debug.Stack()))
+				}
 			}()
 
-			err := r.DiscoveryAllBuckets(ctx)
-			if err != nil {
-				r.metrics().CronDiscoveryEvent(false, time.Since(tStartDiscovery), "discovery-error")
+			r.log().Infof(ctx, "[DISCOVERY] started cron discovery iteration %d", iterationCount)
+
+			tStartDiscovery := time.Now()
 
-				r.log().Errorf(ctx, "cant do cron discovery with error: %s", err)
+			if err := r.DiscoveryAllBuckets(ctx); err != nil {
+				r.metrics().CronDiscoveryEvent(false, time.Since(tStartDiscovery), "discovery-error")
+				r.log().Errorf(ctx, "[DISCOVERY] cant do cron discovery iteration %d with error: %s", iterationCount, err)
+				return
 			}
 
+			r.log().Infof(ctx, "[DISCOVERY] finished cron discovery iteration %d", iterationCount)
+
 			r.metrics().CronDiscoveryEvent(true, time.Since(tStartDiscovery), "ok")
-		}
+		}()
 	}
 }
diff --git a/vshard.go b/vshard.go
index f48462f..d12e2f5 100644
--- a/vshard.go
+++ b/vshard.go
@@ -162,12 +162,10 @@ func NewRouter(ctx context.Context, cfg Config) (*Router, error) {
 	if cfg.DiscoveryMode == DiscoveryModeOn {
 		discoveryCronCtx, cancelFunc := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
 
-		go func() {
-			discoveryErr := router.startCronDiscovery(discoveryCronCtx)
-			if discoveryErr != nil {
-				router.log().Errorf(ctx, "error when run cron discovery: %s", discoveryErr)
-			}
-		}()
+		// run background cron discovery loop
+		// suppress linter warning: Non-inherited new context, use function like `context.WithXXX` instead (contextcheck)
+		//nolint:contextcheck
+		go router.cronDiscovery(discoveryCronCtx)
 
 		router.cancelDiscovery = cancelFunc
 	}
@@ -214,11 +212,17 @@ func (r *Router) RouteMapClean() {
 }
 
 func prepareCfg(cfg Config) (Config, error) {
+	const discoveryTimeoutDefault = 1 * time.Minute
+
 	err := validateCfg(cfg)
 	if err != nil {
 		return Config{}, fmt.Errorf("%v: %v", ErrInvalidConfig, err)
 	}
 
+	if cfg.DiscoveryTimeout == 0 {
+		cfg.DiscoveryTimeout = discoveryTimeoutDefault
+	}
+
 	if cfg.Loggerf == nil {
 		if cfg.Logger != nil {
 			cfg.Loggerf = &legacyLoggerProxy{l: cfg.Logger}