diff --git a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/beans/application/GlobalPropertiesBean.java b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/beans/application/GlobalPropertiesBean.java
index d1e559b43b895366646706ce12e2b270d91a2e80..69d6897ea82e83374325c970e71df6e14e66a2fd 100644
--- a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/beans/application/GlobalPropertiesBean.java
+++ b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/beans/application/GlobalPropertiesBean.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import kieker.common.logging.LogFactory;
  * The class {@link GlobalPropertiesBean} is an application-scoped JSF bean, containing properties, constants and partially localized texts for the application. It
  * reads them from properties files and ressource bundles, making sure that those constants can be modified without a necessary recompiling of the whole
  * application.<br>
+ * It implements the {@link Serializable} interface to make sure that some session scoped beans can use this class.<br>
  * It is application-scoped as only one instance of this class is necessary.
  * 
  * @author Nils Christian Ehmke
diff --git a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/beans/session/CurrentConfigurationBean.java b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/beans/session/CurrentConfigurationBean.java
index b8afffb8a68273c727f4a613a2b593b794631cb4..f2c849497c35136ae34fa2aa8d0a2ebca649d954 100644
--- a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/beans/session/CurrentConfigurationBean.java
+++ b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/beans/session/CurrentConfigurationBean.java
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import kieker.webgui.beans.application.GlobalPropertiesBean;
 
 /**
  * The class {@link CurrentConfigurationBean} is a session-scoped JSF bean, containing the properties and configurations of the current (session) user.<br>
- * It is session-scoped as only one instance per user is necessary.
+ * It is session-scoped as only one instance per user is necessary. This means also that is has to implement the {@link Serializable} interface.
  * 
  * @author Nils Christian Ehmke
  */
diff --git a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/beans/session/UserBean.java b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/beans/session/UserBean.java
index 29e93e85d8b48d0328a43d388d966148ac08b66b..b242dd68d94af7f790708d751829a1d4830f3519 100644
--- a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/beans/session/UserBean.java
+++ b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/beans/session/UserBean.java
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ import kieker.webgui.beans.application.GlobalPropertiesBean;
 
 /**
  * This bean contains information about the user of this session (like user name and authorization). It provides methods to perform a login into the application.<br>
- * This class is a JSF managed bean with session scope. This means also that it is possible to login the same user multiple times.
+ * This class is a JSF managed bean with session scope. This means also that it is possible to login the same user multiple times and that is has to implement the
+ * {@link Serializable} interface.
  * 
  * @author Nils Christian Ehmke
  */
diff --git a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/beans/view/CurrentCockpitEditorBean.java b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/beans/view/CurrentCockpitEditorBean.java
index 40e78198a12854598d1b4ca699e84f9e7007d8b5..10028d2804638e708fe0b1df8b80942fdf442eef 100644
--- a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/beans/view/CurrentCockpitEditorBean.java
+++ b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/beans/view/CurrentCockpitEditorBean.java
@@ -85,10 +85,14 @@ public final class CurrentCockpitEditorBean {
 	private MIView activeView;
 	private ClassLoader classLoader;
 	private Dashboard dashboard;
+	private DashboardModel dashboardModel;
 
 	@ManagedProperty(value = "#{projectsBean}")
 	private ProjectsBean projectsBean;
 
+	@ManagedProperty(value = "#{globalPropertiesBean}")
+	private GlobalPropertiesBean globalPropertiesBean;
+
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new instance of this class. <b>Do not call this constructor manually. It will only be accessed by JSF.</b>
 	 */
@@ -105,12 +109,12 @@ public final class CurrentCockpitEditorBean {
 		this.dashboard.setId("dashboard");
 
 		// Create the model and add the columns
-		final DashboardModel model = new DefaultDashboardModel();
+		this.dashboardModel = new DefaultDashboardModel();
 		for (int i = 0; i < CurrentCockpitEditorBean.NUMBER_COLUMNS; i++) {
 			final DashboardColumn column = new DefaultDashboardColumn();
-			model.addColumn(column);
+			this.dashboardModel.addColumn(column);
 		}
-		this.dashboard.setModel(model);
+		this.dashboard.setModel(this.dashboardModel);
 	}
 
 	private void fillDashboard() {
@@ -310,7 +314,7 @@ public final class CurrentCockpitEditorBean {
 		synchronized (this) {
 			try {
 				this.projectManagerFacade.saveProject(this.projectName, this.project, this.timeStamp, overwriteNewerProject);
-				GlobalPropertiesBean.showMessage(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_INFO, "Project saved.");
+				GlobalPropertiesBean.showMessage(FacesMessage.SEVERITY_INFO, this.globalPropertiesBean.getMsgProjectSaved());
 				// Update the time stamp!
 				this.resetTimeStamp();
 			} catch (final IOException ex) {
@@ -432,7 +436,7 @@ public final class CurrentCockpitEditorBean {
 				panel.setToggleable(false);
 
 				this.getDashboard().getChildren().add(panel);
-				final DashboardColumn column = this.dashboard.getModel().getColumn(CurrentCockpitEditorBean.NUMBER_COLUMNS - 1);
+				final DashboardColumn column = this.dashboardModel.getColumn(CurrentCockpitEditorBean.NUMBER_COLUMNS - 1);
 				column.addWidget(panel.getId());
 				final HtmlOutputText text = new HtmlOutputText();
 				text.setValue("N/A");
@@ -505,6 +509,26 @@ public final class CurrentCockpitEditorBean {
 
 	public void setDashboard(final Dashboard dashboard) {
 		this.dashboard = dashboard;
+		this.dashboard.setModel(this.dashboardModel);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * The getter for the property {@link CurrentCockpitEditorBean#globalPropertiesBean}.
+	 * 
+	 * @return The current value of the property.
+	 */
+	public GlobalPropertiesBean getGlobalPropertiesBean() {
+		return this.globalPropertiesBean;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * The setter for the property {@link CurrentCockpitEditorBean#globalPropertiesBean}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param globalPropertiesBean
+	 *            The new value of the property.
+	 */
+	public void setGlobalPropertiesBean(final GlobalPropertiesBean globalPropertiesBean) {
+		this.globalPropertiesBean = globalPropertiesBean;
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/common/EnvironmentLoaderListener.java b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/common/EnvironmentLoaderListener.java
index 8ad0da88452ccfe8cff6bdc13645da5c928d3c9b..77ace76e3e418d60222ce94ea1bd0909257b315a 100644
--- a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/common/EnvironmentLoaderListener.java
+++ b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/java/kieker/webgui/common/EnvironmentLoaderListener.java
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ package kieker.webgui.common;
 import javax.servlet.ServletContextEvent;
 import javax.servlet.ServletContextListener;
 
+import kieker.common.logging.Log;
+import kieker.common.logging.LogFactory;
+
 /**
  * The {@link EnvironmentLoaderListener} is a context listener, which will be activated during the initialization of the application. It is used to initialize some
  * environment properties for the webgui.
@@ -27,6 +30,8 @@ import javax.servlet.ServletContextListener;
  */
 public class EnvironmentLoaderListener implements ServletContextListener {
 
+	private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(EnvironmentLoaderListener.class);
+
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new instance of this class. <b>Do not call this constructor manually. It will only be accessed by the servlet container.</b>
 	 */
@@ -41,8 +46,16 @@ public class EnvironmentLoaderListener implements ServletContextListener {
 
 	@Override
 	public void contextInitialized(final ServletContextEvent event) {
+		// Before setting the logging property, use the log factory to make sure that the log entries of the WebGUI itself will be shown in the terminal
+		EnvironmentLoaderListener.LOG.info("Starting Kieker.WebGUI environment initialization.");
+		final long tin = System.currentTimeMillis();
+
 		// Set the system property to make sure that the webgui logger will be used
 		System.setProperty("kieker.common.logging.Log", "WEBGUI");
+
+		final long tout = System.currentTimeMillis();
+
+		EnvironmentLoaderListener.LOG.info(String.format("Kieker.WebGUI environment initialized in %d ms.", tout - tin));
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/resources/log4j.properties b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
index d0a89e6f6777f99eb4660ef3894cd8055c678e96..2c271ba16f9479b1fb05c569dac1ff68f6ac4d28 100644
--- a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #      FATAL, ERROR, WARN, INFO, DEBUG
 #
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-log4j.rootCategory=WARN, S
+log4j.rootCategory=INFO, S
 
 log4j.logger.com.dappit.Dapper.parser=ERROR
 log4j.logger.org.w3c.tidy=FATAL
diff --git a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/webapp/CockpitEditorPage.xhtml b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/webapp/CockpitEditorPage.xhtml
index c6b6908f4f36901a28fe2078ca932d2931a4e453..d54c29bdca57313f54378881192c5b7d9a1b2e88 100644
--- a/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/webapp/CockpitEditorPage.xhtml
+++ b/Kieker.WebGUI/src/main/webapp/CockpitEditorPage.xhtml
@@ -33,42 +33,43 @@
                         <p:toolbarGroup align="right">
                             <p:button styleClass="perspective-button" icon="ui-icon-home" outcome="projectOverview" />
                             <p:separator/>
-                            <p:button styleClass="perspective-button" icon="ui-icon-analysisEditor" value="#{localizedMessages.analysisEditor}" style="white-space: none" outcome="analysisEditor" >
-                                <f:param name="projectName" value="#{currentCockpitEditorBean.projectName}" rendered="#{not empty currentCockpitEditorBean.projectName}"/>
+                            <p:button styleClass="perspective-button" icon="ui-icon-analysisEditor" value="#{localizedMessages.analysisEditor}" style="white-space: none" disabled="true">
+                                  <f:param name="projectName" value="#{currentCockpitEditorBean.projectName}" rendered="#{not empty currentCockpitEditorBean.projectName}"/>
                             </p:button>
                             <p:button styleClass="perspective-button" icon="ui-icon-analysis" value="#{localizedMessages.analysis}" style="white-space: none" outcome="controller">
                                 <f:param name="projectName" value="#{currentCockpitEditorBean.projectName}" rendered="#{not empty currentCockpitEditorBean.projectName}"/>
                             </p:button>
                             <p:separator/>
-                            <p:button styleClass="perspective-button" icon="ui-icon-cockpitEditor" value="#{localizedMessages.cockpitEditor}" style="white-space: none" disabled="true"/>
+                            <p:button styleClass="perspective-button" icon="ui-icon-cockpitEditor" value="#{localizedMessages.cockpitEditor}" style="white-space: none" outcome="cockpitEditor" disabled="true"/>
                             <p:button styleClass="perspective-button" icon="ui-icon-cockpit" value="#{localizedMessages.cockpit}" style="white-space: none" outcome="cockpit">
                                 <f:param name="projectName" value="#{currentCockpitEditorBean.projectName}" rendered="#{not empty currentCockpitEditorBean.projectName}"/>
                             </p:button>
                         </p:toolbarGroup>
                     </p:toolbar>
-                    <p:menubar>
-                        <p:submenu label="File">
-                            <p:menuitem styleClass="element-with-whitespace" icon="ui-icon-document" value="  New View" onclick="newViewDialog.show()" ajax="true"/>
-                            <p:separator/>
-                            <p:menuitem styleClass="element-with-whitespace" icon="ui-icon-disk" value="  Save Project" update=":messages" ajax="true" action="#{currentCockpitEditorBean.saveProject(false)}" disabled="#{empty currentCockpitEditorBean.project}"/>
-                            <p:menuitem styleClass="element-with-whitespace" icon="ui-icon-disk" value="  Save Project As" update=":messages" ajax="true" disabled="#{true or empty currentCockpitEditorBean.project}"/>
+
+                    <!-- The following is the main menu. -->
+                    <p:menubar> 
+                        <p:submenu  label="#{localizedMessages.file}">
+                            <p:menuitem styleClass="element-with-whitespace" icon="ui-icon-newProject" value="  Neues View" update=":messages" ajax="true" onclick="newViewDialog.show();" disabled="#{empty currentCockpitEditorBean.project}"/>
                             <p:separator />
-                            <p:menuitem styleClass="element-with-whitespace" icon="ui-icon-refresh" value="  Reload Project" ajax="false" url="cockpitEditor?projectName=#{currentCockpitEditorBean.projectName}" disabled="#{empty currentCockpitEditorBean.project}" />
-                            <p:separator/>
-                            <p:menuitem styleClass="element-with-whitespace" icon="ui-icon-gear" value="  Settings" onclick="settingsDlg.show()" ajax="true"/>
+                            <p:menuitem styleClass="element-with-whitespace" icon="ui-icon-save" value="  #{localizedMessages.saveProject}" update=":messages" ajax="true" action="#{currentCockpitEditorBean.saveProject(false)}" disabled="#{empty currentCockpitEditorBean.project}"/>
+                            <p:menuitem styleClass="element-with-whitespace" icon="ui-icon-saveAs" value="  #{localizedMessages.saveProjectAs}" update=":messages" ajax="true" disabled="#{true or empty currentCockpitEditorBean.project}"/>
+                            <p:separator />
+                            <p:menuitem styleClass="element-with-whitespace" icon="ui-icon-reload" value="  #{localizedMessages.reloadProject}" ajax="false" url="cockpitEditor?projectName=#{currentCockpitEditorBean.projectName}" disabled="#{empty currentCockpitEditorBean.project}" />
                             <p:separator/>
-                            <p:menuitem styleClass="element-with-whitespace" icon="ui-icon-circle-close" value="  Close Project" action="ProjectOverview.xhtml" ajax="false"/>
+                            <p:menuitem styleClass="element-with-whitespace" icon="ui-icon-settings" value="  #{localizedMessages.settings}" onclick="settingsDlg.show()" ajax="true"/>
+                            <p:separator />
+                            <p:menuitem styleClass="element-with-whitespace" icon="ui-icon-close" value="  #{localizedMessages.closeProject}" action="ProjectOverviewPage.xhtml?faces-redirect=true" ajax="false"/>
                         </p:submenu>
 
-                        <p:submenu label="Help">
-                            <p:menuitem styleClass="element-with-whitespace" icon="ui-icon-help" value="  User Guide" ajax="true" disabled="true"/>
+                        <p:submenu label="#{localizedMessages.help}">
+                            <p:menuitem styleClass="element-with-whitespace" icon="ui-icon-userGuide" value="  #{localizedMessages.userGuide}" ajax="true" disabled="true"/>
                             <p:separator/>
-                            <p:menuitem styleClass="element-with-whitespace" icon="ui-icon-comment" value="  About..." onclick="aboutDlg.show()" ajax="true"/>
+                            <p:menuitem styleClass="element-with-whitespace" icon="ui-icon-about" value="  #{localizedMessages.about}" onclick="aboutDlg.show()" ajax="true"/>
                         </p:submenu>
 
-                        <p:menuitem styleClass="logOutButton" icon="ui-icon-power" value="#{userBean.userName}" ajax="true" url="login"/>
-                    </p:menubar>
-
+                        <p:menuitem styleClass="logOutButton element-with-whitespace" icon="ui-icon-logout" value=" #{userBean.userName}" ajax="true" url="login"/>
+                    </p:menubar> 
                 </h:form>
             </p:layoutUnit>