diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e9bcf3f1..502c3418 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,9 +4,17 @@
   <groupId>eva2</groupId>
   <artifactId>EvA2</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>3.0-rc1</version>
   <name>EvA2</name>
   <url>http://www.ra.cs.uni-tuebingen.de/software/EvA2/</url>
+  <description>EvA2 (an Evolutionary Algorithms framework, revised version 2) is a comprehensive heuristic optimization framework with emphasis on Evolutionary Algorithms implemented in Java. It is a revised version of the JavaEvA optimization toolbox, which has been developed as a resumption of the former EvA software package.</description>
+
+  <scm>
+    <connection>scm:svn:https://rarepos.cs.uni-tuebingen.de/svn-path/JE2Base/trunk</connection>
+    <developerConnection>scm:svn:https://rarepos.cs.uni-tuebingen.de/svn-path/JE2Base/trunk</developerConnection>
+    <url>https://rarepos.cs.uni-tuebingen.de/svn-path/JE2Base/trunk</url>
+  </scm>  
+  
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -18,8 +26,15 @@
       <groupId>javax.help</groupId>
       <artifactId>javahelp</artifactId>
       <version>2.0.05</version>
-    </dependency>    
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-math3</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0</version>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
+  
+  
   <build>
     <directory>${project.basedir}/build</directory>
     <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/classes</outputDirectory>
@@ -32,6 +47,7 @@
       </resource>
     </resources>
     <plugins>
+      <!-- Adds archive plugin to set archiving settings including main class -->
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -47,6 +63,21 @@
           </archive>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.3.2</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.6</source>
+          <target>1.6</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
-  </build>
+  </build>  
+  
+  
+  <properties>
+    <!-- Default file encoding is UTF-8 -->
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+  </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/resources/META-INF/EvA2.props b/resources/META-INF/EvA2.props
index 0d9ae934..3ca2afd4 100644
--- a/resources/META-INF/EvA2.props
+++ b/resources/META-INF/EvA2.props
@@ -18,4 +18,4 @@ ModulePackage = eva2.server.modules
 ModuleFilterClass = eva2.server.modules.AbstractModuleAdapter
 
 # Full EvA2 version number
-EvA2Version = 2.050
\ No newline at end of file
+EvA2Version = 3.0-rc1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/eva2/EvAInfo.java b/src/eva2/EvAInfo.java
index bc8c1976..d830edf0 100644
--- a/src/eva2/EvAInfo.java
+++ b/src/eva2/EvAInfo.java
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import java.util.Properties;
 public class EvAInfo {
 	public static final String productName = "EvA2";
 	public static final String productLongName = "Evolutionary Algorithms Workbench 2";
-	// public static final String fullVersion = "2.043"; // moved to EvA2.props!
 	public static final String url = "http://www.cogsys.cs.uni-tuebingen.de/software/EvA2";
 
 	public static final String propertyFile = "META-INF/EvA2.props";
@@ -22,8 +21,8 @@ public class EvAInfo {
 	public static final String splashLocation = "images/EvASplashScreen.png";
 	public static final String infoTitle = productName+" Information";
 	public static final String copyrightYear = "2010-2012";
-        
-        public static final String defaultLogger = "EvA2";
+    
+    public static final String defaultLogger = "EvA2";
 
 	////////////// Property handling...
 	
diff --git a/src/eva2/client/EvAClient.java b/src/eva2/client/EvAClient.java
index 546a6665..5d59d1cb 100644
--- a/src/eva2/client/EvAClient.java
+++ b/src/eva2/client/EvAClient.java
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import javax.help.*;
 import javax.swing.*;
 import javax.swing.border.TitledBorder;
+import javax.swing.plaf.SeparatorUI;
 
 
 /**
@@ -458,14 +459,30 @@ public class EvAClient extends JFrame implements RemoteStateListener {
             add(horizontalSplit, gbConstraints);
             
             /* StatusBar of the main frame */
-            statusBar = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.RIGHT));            
-            statusBar.add(new JLabel("Progress"));
+            statusBar = new JPanel(new FlowLayout(FlowLayout.RIGHT));
+            JPanel statusBarControls = new JPanel();
+            statusBarControls.setLayout(new BoxLayout(statusBarControls, BoxLayout.LINE_AXIS));
+            
+            statusBarControls.add(Box.createHorizontalGlue());
+            /* Logging settings drop down */
+            LoggingLevelLabel loggingOption = new LoggingLevelLabel(LOGGER);
+            
+            statusBarControls.add(loggingOption);
+            
+            statusBarControls.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(5));
+            statusBarControls.add(new JSeparator(JSeparator.VERTICAL));
+            statusBarControls.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(5));
             
             /* Create ProgressBar and add it to the status bar */
-            progressBar = new JProgressBar();            
-            progressBar.setValue(0);            
+            statusBarControls.add(new JLabel("Progress"));
+            statusBarControls.add(Box.createHorizontalStrut(5));
+            
+            progressBar = new JProgressBar();
+            progressBar.setValue(0);
             progressBar.setStringPainted(true);
-            statusBar.add(progressBar);            
+            statusBarControls.add(progressBar);
+            
+            statusBar.add(statusBarControls);
             
             gbConstraints.gridx = 0;
             gbConstraints.gridy = 2;
diff --git a/src/eva2/gui/LoggingLevelLabel.java b/src/eva2/gui/LoggingLevelLabel.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..534c4bbb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/eva2/gui/LoggingLevelLabel.java
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/*
+ * To change this template, choose Tools | Templates
+ * and open the template in the editor.
+ */
+package eva2.gui;
+
+import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
+import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
+import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
+import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+import javax.swing.JLabel;
+import javax.swing.JMenuItem;
+import javax.swing.JPopupMenu;
+import javax.swing.JSeparator;
+import javax.swing.event.PopupMenuEvent;
+import javax.swing.event.PopupMenuListener;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author becker
+ */
+public final class LoggingLevelLabel extends JLabel {
+    private JPopupMenu menu;
+    private String[] options;
+    private String selected;
+    private Logger logger;
+    
+    public LoggingLevelLabel(Logger logger) {
+        options = new String[]{"Info", "Warning", "Severe", "Fine", "Finer", "Finest", "All"};
+        
+        this.logger = logger;
+        createPopupMenu();
+        updateText();
+    }
+    
+    private void createPopupMenu() {
+        this.menu = new JPopupMenu();
+        addMouseListener(new MouseListener() {
+
+            @Override
+            public void mouseClicked(final MouseEvent ev) {
+                menu.show(ev.getComponent(), ev.getX(), ev.getY());
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {                
+            }
+        });
+
+        for (String option : options) {
+            JMenuItem menuItem = new JMenuItem(option);
+            menuItem.addActionListener(new MenuActionListener());
+            menu.add(menuItem);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    private void updateText() {
+        /* Get the current logging Level */
+        Level lvl = logger.getLevel();
+        /* Level could be null, fetch parent level */
+        if (lvl == null) {
+            lvl = logger.getParent().getLevel();
+        }
+        /* Show the updated text */
+        setText("<html><b>Level</b>: " + lvl.getName());
+    }
+    
+    private void setLoggerLevel(Level level) {        
+        logger.setLevel(level);
+        logger.log(Level.INFO, "Logging Level changed to {0}", level.getName());
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * 
+     */
+    class MenuActionListener implements ActionListener {
+
+        @Override
+        public void actionPerformed(final ActionEvent ev) {
+            JMenuItem menuItem = (JMenuItem) ev.getSource();
+            String levelName = menuItem.getText();
+            
+            try {
+                Level level = Level.parse(levelName.toUpperCase());
+                LoggingLevelLabel.this.setLoggerLevel(level);
+            } catch (IllegalArgumentException ex) {
+                logger.log(Level.INFO, "Could not determine new logging level!", ex);
+            }
+            
+            LoggingLevelLabel.this.updateText();
+        }
+        
+    }
+    
+}