diff --git a/ant/build.xml b/ant/build.xml
index ec76db47..428c3d54 100644
--- a/ant/build.xml
+++ b/ant/build.xml
@@ -448,7 +448,6 @@
         <exclude name="CVS" />
       </fileset>
     </copy>
--->
 
     <tar tarfile="${distribution.directory}/eva2-bin-${DSTAMP}.tar">
       <tarfileset dir="${bin.dist.dir}">
@@ -465,7 +464,7 @@
         <include name="**" />
         <exclude name="*.tar*, *.zip" />
       </zipfileset>
-    </zip>
+    </zip>-->
   </target>
 
 <!--++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
diff --git a/resources/EvA2.props b/resources/EvA2.props
index 9b954cbd..d9800fe9 100644
--- a/resources/EvA2.props
+++ b/resources/EvA2.props
@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@ ModulePackage = eva2.server.modules
 
 # filter class for modules. Do not alter!
 ModuleFilterClass = eva2.server.modules.AbstractModuleAdapter
+
+# Full EvA2 version number
+EvA2Version = 2.043
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/eva2/server/stat/AbstractStatistics.java b/src/eva2/server/stat/AbstractStatistics.java
index 064a5af7..71e55b36 100644
--- a/src/eva2/server/stat/AbstractStatistics.java
+++ b/src/eva2/server/stat/AbstractStatistics.java
@@ -956,6 +956,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractStatistics implements InterfaceTextListener, Inter
 		
 		lastSols  = (opt!=null) ? new Population(opt.getAllSolutions().getSolutions()) : pop;
 //		Pair<String,Double[]> addData = getOutputData(informerList, lastSols);
+//		System.out.println("lastSols size: " + 500*PSymbolicRegression.getAvgIndySize(lastSols));
+//		System.out.println("Mem use:  " + getMemoryUse());
 		Pair<String,Object[]> addData = getOutputData(informerList, lastSols);
 		if (doTextOutput()) { // this is where the text output is actually written
 			if (printLineByVerbosity(iterationCounter)) {
@@ -1007,6 +1009,32 @@ public abstract class AbstractStatistics implements InterfaceTextListener, Inter
 
 		iterationCounter++;
 	}
+	
+	private static long getMemoryUse(){
+		putOutTheGarbage();
+		long totalMemory = Runtime.getRuntime().totalMemory();
+
+		putOutTheGarbage();
+		long freeMemory = Runtime.getRuntime().freeMemory();
+
+		return (totalMemory - freeMemory);
+	}
+	private static void putOutTheGarbage() {
+		collectGarbage();
+		collectGarbage();
+	}
+
+	private static void collectGarbage() {
+		try {
+			System.gc();
+			Thread.currentThread().sleep(100);
+			System.runFinalization();
+			Thread.currentThread().sleep(100);
+		}
+		catch (InterruptedException ex){
+			ex.printStackTrace();
+		}
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Returns true if the given iteration is a verbose one according to StatsParameter - meaning
diff --git a/src/eva2/tools/SerializedObject.java b/src/eva2/tools/SerializedObject.java
index 626e2b2c..e382880e 100644
--- a/src/eva2/tools/SerializedObject.java
+++ b/src/eva2/tools/SerializedObject.java
@@ -72,22 +72,24 @@ public class SerializedObject implements Serializable {
 	 * will be a deep copy of the original stored object.
 	 *
 	 * @return the deserialized Object.
+	 * @throws IOException 
+	 * @throws ClassNotFoundException 
 	 */
-	public Object getObject() {
-		try {
-			InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(m_Serialized);
-			if (m_Compressed) {
-				is = new GZIPInputStream(is);
-			}
-			is = new BufferedInputStream(is);
-			ObjectInputStream oi = new ObjectInputStream(is);
-			Object result = oi.readObject();
-			oi.close();
-			return result;
-		} catch (Exception ex) {
-			ex.printStackTrace();
+	public Object getObject() throws IOException, ClassNotFoundException {
+//		try {
+		InputStream is = new ByteArrayInputStream(m_Serialized);
+		if (m_Compressed) {
+			is = new GZIPInputStream(is);
 		}
-		return null;
+		is = new BufferedInputStream(is);
+		ObjectInputStream oi = new ObjectInputStream(is);
+		Object result = oi.readObject();
+		oi.close();
+		return result;
+//		} catch (Exception ex) {
+//			ex.printStackTrace();
+//		}
+//		return null;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/src/eva2/tools/Serializer.java b/src/eva2/tools/Serializer.java
index 281c6f39..e60955fe 100644
--- a/src/eva2/tools/Serializer.java
+++ b/src/eva2/tools/Serializer.java
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ public class Serializer {
 		File f = new File(Filename);
 		if (f.exists()) {    
 			try {
-				s=(Object)load(new File(Filename));
+				s=(Object)load(f);
 			} catch (InvalidClassException e) {
 				System.err.println("WARNING: loading object File "+Filename+ " not possible, this may happen on source code changes.");
 				System.err.println(e.getMessage());
@@ -216,7 +216,8 @@ public class Serializer {
 				System.err.println("ClassNotFoundException on loading object File " + Filename + ". This may happen on refactorings.");
 				System.err.println(e.getMessage());
 			} catch (Exception e) {
-				throw new RuntimeException("WARNING: loading object File "+Filename+ " not possible! ("+e.getMessage()+")");
+				if (!casually) throw new RuntimeException("WARNING: loading object File "+Filename+ " not possible! ("+e.getMessage()+")");
+				else return null;
 			}
 			return s;
 		} else {