diff --git a/src/enginuity/ECUEditor.java b/src/enginuity/ECUEditor.java
index 8f5f81ea..f84b6bb5 100644
--- a/src/enginuity/ECUEditor.java
+++ b/src/enginuity/ECUEditor.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ public class ECUEditor extends JFrame implements WindowListener, PropertyChangeL
     private JSplitPane       splitPane       = new JSplitPane();
     private ECUEditorToolBar toolBar;
     private ECUEditorMenuBar menuBar;
+    private JProgressPane    statusPanel     = new JProgressPane();
     
     public ECUEditor() {
         
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ public class ECUEditor extends JFrame implements WindowListener, PropertyChangeL
         this.setJMenuBar(menuBar);
         toolBar = new ECUEditorToolBar(this);
         this.add(toolBar, BorderLayout.NORTH);
+        this.add(statusPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
         
         //set remaining window properties
         setIconImage(new ImageIcon("./graphics/enginuity-ico.gif").getImage());
@@ -166,9 +168,13 @@ public class ECUEditor extends JFrame implements WindowListener, PropertyChangeL
         
        DOMSettingsBuilder builder = new DOMSettingsBuilder(); 
        try { 
-          JProgressPane progress = new JProgressPane(this, "Saving settings...", "Saving settings...");            
-          builder.buildSettings(settings, new File("./settings.xml"), progress, version); 
-            } catch (IOException ex) { } 
+          //JProgressPane progress = new JProgressPane(this, "Saving settings...", "Saving settings...");            
+          builder.buildSettings(settings, new File("./settings.xml"), statusPanel, version); 
+        } catch (IOException ex) { 
+        } finally {
+            statusPanel.update("Ready...", 0);
+            repaint();
+        }
     } 
     
     public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) { 
@@ -317,11 +323,6 @@ public class ECUEditor extends JFrame implements WindowListener, PropertyChangeL
         }
     }
     
-    public void repaintPanel() {
-        rightPanel.repaint();
-        rightPanel.update(rightPanel.getGraphics());
-    }
-    
     public void setUserLevel(int userLevel) {
         settings.setUserLevel(userLevel);
         imageRoot.setUserLevel(userLevel, settings.isDisplayHighTables());
@@ -343,15 +344,17 @@ public class ECUEditor extends JFrame implements WindowListener, PropertyChangeL
     }
     
     public void openImage(File inputFile) throws XMLParseException, Exception {        
-        JProgressPane progress = new JProgressPane(this, "Opening file...", "Parsing ECU definitions...");
+        
         try {     
-            repaintPanel();
-            progress.update("Parsing ECU definitions...", 0);
+            update(getGraphics());
+            statusPanel.update("Parsing ECU definitions...", 0);
+            repaint();
             
             byte[] input = readFile(inputFile);
             DOMRomUnmarshaller domUms = new DOMRomUnmarshaller(settings, this);
             DOMParser parser = new DOMParser();    
-            progress.update("Finding ECU definition...", 10);
+            statusPanel.update("Finding ECU definition...", 10);
+            repaint();
             Rom rom;
                           
             // parse ecu definition files until result found
@@ -362,12 +365,14 @@ public class ECUEditor extends JFrame implements WindowListener, PropertyChangeL
                 Document doc = parser.getDocument();                        
                 
                 try {
-                    rom = domUms.unmarshallXMLDefinition(doc.getDocumentElement(), input, progress);
-                    progress.update("Populating tables...", 50);
-                    rom.populateTables(input, progress);
+                    rom = domUms.unmarshallXMLDefinition(doc.getDocumentElement(), input, statusPanel);
+                    statusPanel.update("Populating tables...", 50);
+                    repaint();
+                    rom.populateTables(input, statusPanel);
                     rom.setFileName(inputFile.getName());
 
-                    progress.update("Finalizing...", 90);     
+                    statusPanel.update("Finalizing...", 90); 
+                    repaint();
                     addRom(rom);                   
                     rom.setFullFileName(inputFile);   
                     return;
@@ -386,7 +391,8 @@ public class ECUEditor extends JFrame implements WindowListener, PropertyChangeL
             
         } finally {
             // remove progress bar
-            progress.dispose();
+            //progress.dispose();
+            statusPanel.update("Ready...", 0);
             
         }
     }    
diff --git a/src/enginuity/maps/Rom.java b/src/enginuity/maps/Rom.java
index e9935381..356fb746 100644
--- a/src/enginuity/maps/Rom.java
+++ b/src/enginuity/maps/Rom.java
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ public class Rom implements Serializable {
 
             // update progress
             int currProgress = (int)((double)i / (double)getTables().size() * 40);
-            progress.update("Populating " + tables.get(i).getName() + " table...", 40 + currProgress);
+            progress.update("Populating tables...", 40 + currProgress);
             
             try {
                 // if storageaddress has not been set (or is set to 0) omit table
diff --git a/src/enginuity/swing/JProgressPane.java b/src/enginuity/swing/JProgressPane.java
index 420064fe..8c9cff6f 100644
--- a/src/enginuity/swing/JProgressPane.java
+++ b/src/enginuity/swing/JProgressPane.java
@@ -1,43 +1,36 @@
 package enginuity.swing;
 
-import java.awt.Component;
-import java.awt.GridLayout;
-
-import javax.swing.JFrame;
+import java.awt.BorderLayout;
+import java.awt.Dimension;
+import java.awt.Font;
 import javax.swing.JLabel;
 import javax.swing.JPanel;
 import javax.swing.JProgressBar;
-import javax.swing.border.LineBorder;
 
-public class JProgressPane extends JFrame {
+public class JProgressPane extends JPanel {
     
     JLabel       label       = new JLabel();
     JProgressBar progressBar = new JProgressBar(JProgressBar.HORIZONTAL, 0, 100);
     
-    public JProgressPane(Component component, String title, String status) {
+    public JProgressPane() {
         
-        JPanel panel = new JPanel();
-        panel.setLayout(new GridLayout(2, 1));
+        this.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(500, 18));
+        this.setLayout(new BorderLayout(1, 2));
         label.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.CENTER);
-        label.setText(status);
-        panel.add(label);
-        panel.add(progressBar);
-        panel.setBorder(new LineBorder(getBackground(), 12));       
+        label.setText(" Ready...");
+        label.setFont(new Font("Tahoma", Font.PLAIN, 11));
+        label.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.LEFT);
+        progressBar.setMinimumSize(new Dimension(200, 50));
         
-        setSize(400,60);        
-        setLocationRelativeTo(component);
-        setTitle(title);       
-        setUndecorated(true);
-        getContentPane().add(panel);
+        this.add(progressBar, BorderLayout.WEST);       
+        this.add(label, BorderLayout.CENTER); 
         
-        setVisible(true);
-        requestFocus();
     }   
     
     public void update(String status, int percent) {
-        label.setText(status);
+        label.setText(" " + status);
         progressBar.setValue(percent);
-        //update(getGraphics());
-        //requestFocus();
+        repaint();
+        this.update(this.getGraphics());
     }
 }
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