diff --git a/BasePlugin/LoggingInterface.hh b/BasePlugin/LoggingInterface.hh
index 14e043673f379e046c82d752655f127d2ee4a7ad..09f98998fd87d93267a169eb3663726ffe17461f 100644
--- a/BasePlugin/LoggingInterface.hh
+++ b/BasePlugin/LoggingInterface.hh
@@ -91,11 +91,11 @@ The following code sends a log message
 *
 * Use this enum to specify the importance of log messages.
 */
-enum Logtype {  LOGNONE , /*!< Dummy messages. These messages will not appear in the logwidget and are for testing only */
-                LOGOUT  , /*!< Standard log messages. Will be printed in black in the logwidget */
-                LOGINFO , /*!< Info log messages. Will be printed in green in the logwidget */
-                LOGWARN , /*!< Warning messages. Will be printed in yellow in the logwidget */
-                LOGERR   /*!< Error messages. Will be printed in red in the logwidget */
+enum Logtype {  LOGSTATUS , /*!< Status log messages. Will be printed in blue in the logwidget */
+                LOGOUT    , /*!< Standard log messages. Will be printed in black in the logwidget */
+                LOGINFO   , /*!< Info log messages. Will be printed in green in the logwidget */
+                LOGWARN   , /*!< Warning messages. Will be printed in yellow in the logwidget */
+                LOGERR      /*!< Error messages. Will be printed in red in the logwidget */
              };
 
 /** \brief Interface for all Plugins which do logging to the logging window of the framework
diff --git a/Core/Core.cc b/Core/Core.cc
index 1320b9f2d1fa0926eb70af502a4cf16c77b2cdf7..da358fbff53fe45b23a01c575469f3dc625d525e 100644
--- a/Core/Core.cc
+++ b/Core/Core.cc
@@ -1269,6 +1269,8 @@ void Core::slotLogToFile(Logtype _type, QString _message){
       (*logStream_) << "WARN:"; break;
     case LOGERR:
       (*logStream_) << "ERR :"; break;
+    case LOGSTATUS:
+      (*logStream_) << "STAT:"; break;
   }
 
   (*logStream_) << _message << "\n" << flush;
diff --git a/Core/Logging.cc b/Core/Logging.cc
index cd19b540a1c826f08707fbd3a2a228425d5b8677..7400d097c941080c970b8e696afbb4d7646c4bcc 100644
--- a/Core/Logging.cc
+++ b/Core/Logging.cc
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ slotLog(Logtype _type, QString _message) {
       case LOGERR:
         std::cerr << "\33[31m" << output << std::endl;
         break;
+      case LOGSTATUS:
+        std::cerr << "\33[34m" << output << std::endl;
+        break;
     }
   }
   
diff --git a/widgets/coreWidget/CoreWidgetLogging.cc b/widgets/coreWidget/CoreWidgetLogging.cc
index 435b6ef2660a52e84bdd733642e653af6ec74c46..c1d98b1bef93918dcfb408b16471fe69ce47d3b8 100644
--- a/widgets/coreWidget/CoreWidgetLogging.cc
+++ b/widgets/coreWidget/CoreWidgetLogging.cc
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ slotLog(Logtype _type, QString _message) {
     case LOGERR:
       textColor = QColor(250,0,0);
       break;
-    case LOGNONE:
+    case LOGSTATUS:
       textColor = QColor(0,0,250);
       break;
   }
diff --git a/widgets/loggerWidget/loggerWidget.cc b/widgets/loggerWidget/loggerWidget.cc
index 2d70390d136e851a31d480a20b532287c4ae6987..5f4ee642459fbeec98edffcca3d1697ccb43709a 100644
--- a/widgets/loggerWidget/loggerWidget.cc
+++ b/widgets/loggerWidget/loggerWidget.cc
@@ -215,6 +215,13 @@ void LoggerWidget::append(QString _text, Logtype _type){
       item->setForeground( QBrush(QColor(Qt::red)) );
       item->setBackground( QBrush(QColor(255,225,225),Qt::Dense4Pattern) );
       
+      if ( errorButton_->isChecked() )
+        item->setHidden(false);
+      break;
+    case LOGSTATUS:
+      item->setForeground( QBrush(QColor(Qt::blue)) );
+      item->setBackground( QBrush(QColor(255,225,225),Qt::Dense4Pattern) );
+
       if ( errorButton_->isChecked() )
         item->setHidden(false);
       break;