diff --git a/slsDetectorGui/forms/form_tab_messages.ui b/slsDetectorGui/forms/form_tab_messages.ui
index d352bce00..9ef5a0081 100755
--- a/slsDetectorGui/forms/form_tab_messages.ui
+++ b/slsDetectorGui/forms/form_tab_messages.ui
@@ -127,9 +127,9 @@
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <tabstops>
-  <tabstop>btnSave</tabstop>
-  <tabstop>btnClear</tabstop>
   <tabstop>dispCommand</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>btnClear</tabstop>
+  <tabstop>btnSave</tabstop>
  </tabstops>
  <resources>
   <include location="../include/icons.qrc"/>
diff --git a/slsDetectorGui/include/qTabMessages.h b/slsDetectorGui/include/qTabMessages.h
index e70598def..aaa7f86f8 100755
--- a/slsDetectorGui/include/qTabMessages.h
+++ b/slsDetectorGui/include/qTabMessages.h
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include "ui_form_tab_messages.h"
 #include "qDebugStream.h"
 
+class QProcess;
+
 class qTabMessages:public QWidget, private Ui::TabMessagesObject {
 	Q_OBJECT
 
@@ -21,5 +23,9 @@ private:
 	void SetupWidgetWindow();
 	void Initialization();
 	void PrintNextLine();
+	void AppendOutput();
+	void AppendError();
+
+	QProcess* process;
 };
 
diff --git a/slsDetectorGui/src/qTabMessages.cpp b/slsDetectorGui/src/qTabMessages.cpp
index 6fc620d68..2524aa3a6 100755
--- a/slsDetectorGui/src/qTabMessages.cpp
+++ b/slsDetectorGui/src/qTabMessages.cpp
@@ -17,14 +17,17 @@ qTabMessages::qTabMessages(QWidget *parent) : QWidget(parent) {
     FILE_LOG(logDEBUG) << "Messages ready";
 }
 
-qTabMessages::~qTabMessages() {}
-
-void qTabMessages::Refresh() {
-    dispCommand->clear();
+qTabMessages::~qTabMessages() {
+    process->close();
+    if (process)
+        delete process;
 }
 
 void qTabMessages::SetupWidgetWindow() {
+    process = new QProcess;
+    process->setWorkingDirectory(QDir::cleanPath(QDir::currentPath()));
     PrintNextLine();
+
     qDebugStream(std::cout, this);
     qDebugStream(std::cerr, this);
 
@@ -34,31 +37,51 @@ void qTabMessages::SetupWidgetWindow() {
 void qTabMessages::Initialization() {
     connect(btnSave, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(SaveLog()));
     connect(btnClear, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(ClearLog()));
-    connect(dispCommand, SIGNAL(editingFinished()), this, SLOT(ExecuteCommand()));
+    connect(dispCommand, SIGNAL(returnPressed()), this, SLOT(ExecuteCommand()));
+    //connect(process, SIGNAL(readAllStandardError()), this, SLOT(AppendError()));
+    //connect(process, SIGNAL(readyReadStandardOutput()), this, SLOT(AppendOutput())); 
 }
 
 void qTabMessages::ExecuteCommand() {
-    QString command = dispCommand->text();
-    dispLog->append(command);
+    QStringList param = dispCommand->text().split(" ");
     dispCommand->clear();
+    // appending command to log without newline
+    dispLog->moveCursor (QTextCursor::End);
+    dispLog->insertHtml(QString("<font color = \"DarkBlue\">") + param.join(" ") + QString("</font>"));
+ 
+    QString command = param.at(0);
+    param.removeFirst();
+    FILE_LOG(logINFO) << "Executing Command:[" << command.toAscii().constData() << "] with Arguments:[" << param.join(" ").toAscii().constData() << "]";
 
-    // take 1st string as program
-    QStringList arguments;
-
-    QProcess *myProcess = new QProcess(this);
-    myProcess->start(command, arguments);
-
-    // print readall
-    QByteArray result = myProcess.readAll();
-
-    PrintNextLine();
+    process->setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::MergedChannels);
+    process->start(command, param);
+    if(!process->waitForFinished()) {
+        AppendError();
+    } else {
+        AppendOutput();
+    }
 }
 
 void qTabMessages::PrintNextLine() {
-    QString path = QDir::cleanPath(QDir::currentPath());
-    dispLog->append(QString("\n") + path + QString("$"));
+    dispLog->append(QString("<font color = \"DarkGrey\">") + QDir::current().dirName() + QString("$ ") + QString("</font>"));
 }
 
+void qTabMessages::AppendOutput() {
+    QByteArray result = process->readAll();
+    result.replace("\n", "<br>");
+    dispLog->append(QString("<font color = \"DarkBlue\">") + result + QString("</font>"));
+    FILE_LOG(logDEBUG) << "Command executed successfully";
+    PrintNextLine();
+}
+
+void qTabMessages::AppendError() {
+    dispLog->append(QString("<font color = \"Red\">") + process->errorString() + QString("</font>"));
+    FILE_LOG(logERROR) << "Error executing command";
+    PrintNextLine();
+}
+
+
+
 void qTabMessages::customEvent(QEvent *e) {
     if (e->type() == (STREAMEVENT)) {
         QString temp = ((qStreamEvent *)e)->getString();
@@ -67,29 +90,35 @@ void qTabMessages::customEvent(QEvent *e) {
 }
 
 void qTabMessages::SaveLog() {
-    QString fName = QString(""); //FIXME:current directory?
-    fName = fName + "/LogFile.txt";
+    QString fName = QDir::cleanPath(QDir::currentPath()) + "/LogFile.txt";
     fName = QFileDialog::getSaveFileName(this, tr("Save Snapshot "),
                                          fName, tr("Text files (*.txt);;All Files(*)"));
     if (!fName.isEmpty()) {
         QFile outfile;
         outfile.setFileName(fName);
-        if (outfile.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Text)) { //Append
+        if (outfile.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly | QIODevice::Text)) {
             QTextStream out(&outfile);
             out << dispLog->toPlainText() << endl;
-            qDefs::Message(qDefs::INFORMATION, std::string("The Log has been successfully saved to "
-                                                      "") +
-                                                   fName.toAscii().constData(),
-                           "qTabMessages::SaveLog");
+            std::string mess  = std::string("The Log has been successfully saved to ") + fName.toAscii().constData();
+            qDefs::Message(qDefs::INFORMATION, mess, "TabMessages::SaveLog");
+            FILE_LOG(logINFO) << mess;
         } else {
-        	FILE_LOG(logWARNING) << "Attempt to save log file failed.";
+        	FILE_LOG(logWARNING) << "Attempt to save log file failed: " << fName.toAscii().constData();
         	qDefs::Message(qDefs::WARNING, "Attempt to save log file failed.", "qTabMessages::SaveLog");
         }
     }
+    dispCommand->setFocus();
 }
 
 void qTabMessages::ClearLog() {
     dispLog->clear();
     FILE_LOG(logINFO) << "Log Cleared";
+    PrintNextLine();
+    dispCommand->setFocus();
+}
+
+void qTabMessages::Refresh() {
+    dispCommand->clear();
+    dispCommand->setFocus();
 }