diff --git a/VECTO3GUI2020/ViewModel/Implementation/JobListViewModel.cs b/VECTO3GUI2020/ViewModel/Implementation/JobListViewModel.cs
index 20b83f277ab7535ebda70e3f76b8643e0a3665c2..c3a75479a989ed906cc7b391faa05fbd1093b02f 100644
--- a/VECTO3GUI2020/ViewModel/Implementation/JobListViewModel.cs
+++ b/VECTO3GUI2020/ViewModel/Implementation/JobListViewModel.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ using TUGraz.VectoCommon.Exceptions;
 using TUGraz.VectoCommon.InputData;
 using TUGraz.VectoCommon.Models;
 using TUGraz.VectoCommon.Resources;
+using TUGraz.VectoCommon.Utils;
 using TUGraz.VectoCore;
 using TUGraz.VectoCore.Configuration;
 using TUGraz.VectoCore.InputData.FileIO.JSON;
@@ -159,25 +160,19 @@ namespace VECTO3GUI2020.ViewModel.Implementation
 			SimulationRunning = true;
 			await RunSimulationAsync(cancellationTokenSource.Token,
 				new Progress<MessageEntry>((message) => { _outputViewModel.Messages.Add(message); }),
-				new Progress<int>((i) => _outputViewModel.Progress = i));
+				new Progress<int>((i) => _outputViewModel.Progress = i),
+				new Progress<string>((msg) => _outputViewModel.StatusMessage = msg));
 			SimulationRunning = false;
 			_outputViewModel.Progress = 0;
 			cancellationTokenSource.Dispose();
         }
 
-		private async Task RunSimulationAsync(CancellationToken ct, IProgress<MessageEntry> outputMessages, IProgress<int> progress)
+		private async Task RunSimulationAsync(CancellationToken ct, IProgress<MessageEntry> outputMessages,
+			IProgress<int> progress, IProgress<string> status)
 		{
             progress.Report(0);
-			//for (int i = 0; i <= 100; i++) {
-			//	await Task.Delay(100);
-			//	progress.Report(i);
-			//	if (ct.IsCancellationRequested) {
-			//		return;
-			//	}
-			//}
-
-
-
+			status.Report("starting...");
+			
 			IDocumentViewModel[] jobs;
 			lock (_jobsLock) {
 				jobs = Jobs.Where(x => x.Selected).ToArray();
@@ -187,22 +182,14 @@ namespace VECTO3GUI2020.ViewModel.Implementation
                         Time = DateTime.Now,
                         Type = MessageType.InfoMessage,
 					});
+					status.Report("No jobs selected");
 					return;
 				}
 			}
 
-            //TODO add output path to settings
-			var outputPath = Settings.Default.DefaultFilePath;
-			
 			var sumFileWriter = new FileOutputWriter(GetOutputDirectory(Jobs.First(x => x.Selected).DataSource.SourceFile));
-
-
-
 			var sumContainer = new SummaryDataContainer(sumFileWriter);
 			var jobContainer = new JobContainer(sumContainer);
-
-
-
 			var mode = ExecutionMode.Declaration;
 
 			var fileWriters = new Dictionary<int, FileOutputWriter>();
@@ -210,9 +197,6 @@ namespace VECTO3GUI2020.ViewModel.Implementation
 
 			var xmlReader = _inputDataReader;
 
-			
-
-
 			foreach (var jobEntry in jobs) {
 				try
 				{
@@ -368,15 +352,10 @@ namespace VECTO3GUI2020.ViewModel.Implementation
 				var duration = start.Elapsed.TotalSeconds;
 
 				progress.Report(Convert.ToInt32(sumProgress * 100 / jobProgress.Count));
-				//outputMessages.Report(
-				//	new MessageEntry()
-				//	{
-				//		Type = VectoSimulationProgress.MsgType.Progress,
-				//		Message = string.Format(
-				//			"Duration: {0:F1}s, Curernt Progress: {1:P} ({2})", duration, sumProgress / progress.Count,
-				//			string.Join(", ", progress.Select(x => string.Format("{0,4:P}", x.Value.Progress))))
-				//	});
-				var justFinished = jobProgress.Where(x => x.Value.Done & !finishedRuns.Contains(x.Key))
+				status.Report(string.Format(
+					"Duration: {0:F1}s, Current Progress: {1:P} ({2})", duration, sumProgress / jobProgress.Count,
+					string.Join(", ", jobProgress.Select(x => string.Format("{0,4:P}", x.Value.Progress)))));
+                var justFinished = jobProgress.Where(x => x.Value.Done & !finishedRuns.Contains(x.Key))
 					.ToDictionary(x => x.Key, x => x.Value);
 				//PrintRuns(justFinished, fileWriters);
 				finishedRuns.AddRange(justFinished.Select(x => x.Key));
diff --git a/VECTO3GUI2020/ViewModel/Implementation/OutputViewModel.cs b/VECTO3GUI2020/ViewModel/Implementation/OutputViewModel.cs
index 88ea0207fc5b29c0c9cc417dd1abb3b4018677b2..476599bad3c380063b128764dc05d3c4b25bce8b 100644
--- a/VECTO3GUI2020/ViewModel/Implementation/OutputViewModel.cs
+++ b/VECTO3GUI2020/ViewModel/Implementation/OutputViewModel.cs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ namespace VECTO3GUI2020.ViewModel
 		private object _messageLock = new Object();
 		private ObservableCollection<MessageEntry> _messages = new ObservableCollection<MessageEntry>();
 		private int _progress;
+		private string _statusMessage;
 
 		public ObservableCollection<MessageEntry> Messages
 		{
@@ -30,6 +31,12 @@ namespace VECTO3GUI2020.ViewModel
 			set => SetProperty(ref _progress, value);
 		}
 
+		public string StatusMessage
+		{
+			get { return _statusMessage; }
+			set { SetProperty(ref _statusMessage, value); }
+		}
+
 
 		public OutputViewModel()
 		{
@@ -45,5 +52,6 @@ namespace VECTO3GUI2020.ViewModel
 		ObservableCollection<MessageEntry> Messages { get; }
 
 		int Progress { get; set; }
+		string StatusMessage { get; set; }
 	}
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/VECTO3GUI2020/ViewModel/Implementation/SettingsViewModel.cs b/VECTO3GUI2020/ViewModel/Implementation/SettingsViewModel.cs
index e1a1adcb5081ee54ec837f75d327609e0cc477ca..76246e6e1f270d47a5b61b183a99efa48c697a9a 100644
--- a/VECTO3GUI2020/ViewModel/Implementation/SettingsViewModel.cs
+++ b/VECTO3GUI2020/ViewModel/Implementation/SettingsViewModel.cs
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ namespace VECTO3GUI2020.ViewModel.Implementation
 			_actualModalData = _settings.ActualModalData;
 			_serializeVectoRunData = _settings.SerializeVectoRunData;
 			_dialogHelper = dialogHelper;
+			_defaultOutputPath = _settings.DefaultOutputPath;
 		}
 
 		private ICommand _closeWindowCommand;
diff --git a/VECTO3GUI2020/Views/OutputView.xaml b/VECTO3GUI2020/Views/OutputView.xaml
index 89a5c64cec674706e509832a5e5295d41a458ee2..e6d9e6863ad1d582969146080e44f4863de4da59 100644
--- a/VECTO3GUI2020/Views/OutputView.xaml
+++ b/VECTO3GUI2020/Views/OutputView.xaml
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
              xmlns:d="http://schemas.microsoft.com/expression/blend/2008" 
              xmlns:local="clr-namespace:VECTO3GUI2020.Views"
              xmlns:impl="clr-namespace:VECTO3GUI2020.ViewModel.Implementation"
+             xmlns:viewModel="clr-namespace:VECTO3GUI2020.ViewModel"
              mc:Ignorable="d" 
-             d:DesignHeight="450" d:DesignWidth="800">
+             d:DesignHeight="450" d:DesignWidth="800" d:DataContext="{d:DesignData Type=viewModel:IOutputViewModel}">
     <Grid>
         <DockPanel>
             <ProgressBar DockPanel.Dock="Top" Minimum="0" Maximum="100" Value="{Binding Progress}"></ProgressBar>
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@
                 </Style>
             </DataGrid.CellStyle>
         </DataGrid>
+            <StatusBar DockPanel.Dock="Bottom" VerticalAlignment="Bottom"><TextBlock Text="{Binding StatusMessage}"/></StatusBar>
         </DockPanel>
     </Grid>
 </UserControl>