diff --git a/src/eva2/client/EvAClient.java b/src/eva2/client/EvAClient.java
index 61c6ad02..795429ef 100644
--- a/src/eva2/client/EvAClient.java
+++ b/src/eva2/client/EvAClient.java
@@ -400,7 +400,16 @@ public class EvAClient implements RemoteStateListener, Serializable {
 			m_LogPanel.logMessage("EvA2 ready"); // if this message is omitted, the stupid scroll pane runs to the end of the last line which is ugly for a long class path
 		}
 	}
-
+	
+	/**
+	 * Refresh the parameter panels (if settings have been changed outside
+	 * of the GUI which should be updated in the GUI.
+	 * 
+	 */
+	public void refreshMainPanels() {
+		frmMkr.refreshPanels();
+	}
+	
 	/**
 	 * The one and only main of the client program. Possible arguments:
 	 * --autorun immediately starts the optimization (with parameters loaded from current
diff --git a/src/eva2/gui/EvATabbedFrameMaker.java b/src/eva2/gui/EvATabbedFrameMaker.java
index d5759e57..aa70fb96 100644
--- a/src/eva2/gui/EvATabbedFrameMaker.java
+++ b/src/eva2/gui/EvATabbedFrameMaker.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import javax.swing.JComponent;
 import javax.swing.JPanel;
 import javax.swing.JTabbedPane;
 
@@ -31,12 +32,17 @@ import eva2.server.go.problems.InterfaceAdditionalPopulationInformer;
  */
 public class EvATabbedFrameMaker implements Serializable, PanelMaker, InterfaceNotifyOnInformers {
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 2637376545826821423L;
-	private ArrayList<PanelMaker>         guiContainer;
+	private ArrayList<PanelMaker>         pmContainer = null;
 	private JExtToolBar       m_BarStandard;
 	EvAModuleButtonPanelMaker butPanelMkr=null;
 	
-	public EvATabbedFrameMaker(ArrayList<PanelMaker> GUIContainer) {
-		guiContainer = GUIContainer;
+	public EvATabbedFrameMaker() {
+		pmContainer = null;
+	}
+	
+	public void addPanelMaker(PanelMaker pm) {
+		if (pmContainer==null) pmContainer = new ArrayList<PanelMaker>(2);
+		pmContainer.add(pm);
 	}
 
 	public JPanel makePanel() {
@@ -69,14 +75,15 @@ public class EvATabbedFrameMaker implements Serializable, PanelMaker, InterfaceN
 		
 		m_BarStandard = new JExtToolBar();
 		m_BarStandard.setFloatable(false);
-
-		for (int i=0;i<guiContainer.size();i++) {
-			PanelMaker element = guiContainer.get(i);
+		
+		for (int i=0;i<pmContainer.size();i++) {
+			PanelMaker element = pmContainer.get(i);
+			JComponent panel = element.makePanel();
 			if (element instanceof EvAModuleButtonPanelMaker) {
-				m_BarStandard.add(element.makePanel());
+				m_BarStandard.add(panel);
 				butPanelMkr=(EvAModuleButtonPanelMaker)element;
 			} else if (element instanceof JParaPanel) {
-				m_MainPanel.addTab (((JParaPanel)element).getName(), element.makePanel());
+				m_MainPanel.addTab (((JParaPanel)element).getName(), panel);
 			}
 		}
 		m_SuperPanel.add(m_MainPanel, gbconst);
@@ -97,11 +104,17 @@ public class EvATabbedFrameMaker implements Serializable, PanelMaker, InterfaceN
 		} else System.err.println("Error: button panel was null (EvATabbedFrameMaker)");
 	}
 
+	public void refreshPanels() {
+		for (PanelMaker jpp : pmContainer) {
+			if (jpp instanceof JParaPanel) ((JParaPanel)jpp).m_Editor.setValue(((JParaPanel)jpp).m_Editor.getValue());
+		}
+	}
+	
 	public void setInformers(
 			List<InterfaceAdditionalPopulationInformer> informers) {
 		// if the informers have changed, update the GUI element which displays them
 		try {
-			JParaPanel statsPan = (JParaPanel) guiContainer.get(2);
+			JParaPanel statsPan = (JParaPanel) pmContainer.get(2);
 			if (statsPan.m_Editor!=null) {
 				statsPan.m_Editor.setValue(statsPan.m_Editor.getValue()); // really update the contents of the stats panel
 //				System.out.println("OOO setting informers to stats panel succeeded!");
diff --git a/src/eva2/server/modules/GenericModuleAdapter.java b/src/eva2/server/modules/GenericModuleAdapter.java
index b98ded92..f911860e 100644
--- a/src/eva2/server/modules/GenericModuleAdapter.java
+++ b/src/eva2/server/modules/GenericModuleAdapter.java
@@ -81,20 +81,20 @@ public class GenericModuleAdapter extends AbstractModuleAdapter implements Seria
     		System.err.println("Error: Unable to create Frame when startet with noGUI option (GenericModuleAdapter)!");
     		return null;
     	}
-        ArrayList<PanelMaker> GUIContainer    = new ArrayList<PanelMaker>();
+        EvATabbedFrameMaker frmMkr = new EvATabbedFrameMaker();
+
         InterfaceStatisticsParameter Stat             = ((StatisticsWithGUI)m_StatisticsModul).getStatisticsParameter();
         EvAModuleButtonPanelMaker ButtonPanel      = new EvAModuleButtonPanelMaker(m_RemoteThis,((Processor)m_Processor).isOptRunning());
         ButtonPanel.setHelperFilename(helperFilename);
-        GUIContainer.add(ButtonPanel);
+        frmMkr.addPanelMaker(ButtonPanel);
         InterfaceGOParameters Para = ((Processor)m_Processor).getGOParams();
         if (TRACE) System.out.println("parameters are of type "+Para.getClass());
         // TODO do we really need proxies here?
-        if (m_RMI && !Proxy.isProxyClass(Para.getClass())) GUIContainer.add(new JParaPanel( RMIProxyLocal.newInstance(Para), Para.getName()));
-        else GUIContainer.add(new JParaPanel(Para, Para.getName()));
-        if (m_RMI && !Proxy.isProxyClass(Stat.getClass())) GUIContainer.add(new JParaPanel( RMIProxyLocal.newInstance(Stat), Stat.getName()));
-        else GUIContainer.add(new JParaPanel(Stat, Stat.getName()));
+        if (m_RMI && !Proxy.isProxyClass(Para.getClass())) frmMkr.addPanelMaker(new JParaPanel( RMIProxyLocal.newInstance(Para), Para.getName()));
+        else frmMkr.addPanelMaker(new JParaPanel(Para, Para.getName()));
+        if (m_RMI && !Proxy.isProxyClass(Stat.getClass())) frmMkr.addPanelMaker(new JParaPanel( RMIProxyLocal.newInstance(Stat), Stat.getName()));
+        else frmMkr.addPanelMaker(new JParaPanel(Stat, Stat.getName()));
 
-        EvATabbedFrameMaker frmMkr = new EvATabbedFrameMaker(GUIContainer);
         ((Processor)m_Processor).getGOParams().addInformableInstance(frmMkr);
         return frmMkr;
     }