diff --git a/source/de/anomic/data/wikiBoard.java b/source/de/anomic/data/wikiBoard.java
index 1cb1e3b43..ea47041c6 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/data/wikiBoard.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/data/wikiBoard.java
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ public class wikiBoard {
         return datbase.size() + bkpbase.size();
     }
     
+    public int size() {
+        return datbase.size();
+    }
+    
     public int[] dbCacheChunkSize() {
         int[] db = datbase.cacheChunkSize();
         int[] bk = bkpbase.cacheChunkSize();
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/http/httpdFileHandler.java b/source/de/anomic/http/httpdFileHandler.java
index d3985fed3..553a3b948 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/http/httpdFileHandler.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/http/httpdFileHandler.java
@@ -130,12 +130,16 @@ public final class httpdFileHandler extends httpdAbstractHandler implements http
      * Template Cache
      * @param switchboard
      */
-    private static final HashMap templateCache = new HashMap();
+    private static final HashMap templateCache;
+    
+    private static final HashMap templateMethodCache;
     
     public static boolean useTemplateCache = false;
     
     static {
         useTemplateCache = plasmaSwitchboard.getSwitchboard().getConfig("enableTemplateCache","true").equalsIgnoreCase("true");
+        templateCache = (useTemplateCache)? new HashMap() : new HashMap(0);
+        templateMethodCache = (useTemplateCache) ? new HashMap() : new HashMap(0);
         
         // create a class loader
         provider = new serverClassLoader(/*this.getClass().getClassLoader()*/);
@@ -709,10 +713,26 @@ public final class httpdFileHandler extends httpdAbstractHandler implements http
         }
     }
     
-    private Method rewriteMethod(File classFile) {
+    private final Method rewriteMethod(File classFile) {                
         Method m = null;
+        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
         // now make a class out of the stream
         try {
+            if (useTemplateCache) {
+                
+                SoftReference ref = (SoftReference) templateMethodCache.get(classFile);
+                if (ref != null) {
+                    m = (Method) ref.get();
+                    if (m == null) {
+                        templateMethodCache.remove(classFile);
+                    } else {
+                        this.theLogger.logFine("Cache HIT for file " + classFile);
+                        return m;
+                    }
+                    
+                }          
+            } 
+            
             //System.out.println("**DEBUG** loading class file " + classFile);
             Class c = provider.loadClass(classFile);
             Class[] params = new Class[] {
@@ -720,6 +740,14 @@ public final class httpdFileHandler extends httpdAbstractHandler implements http
                     Class.forName("de.anomic.server.serverObjects"),
                     Class.forName("de.anomic.server.serverSwitch")};
             m = c.getMethod("respond", params);
+            
+            if (useTemplateCache) {
+                // storing the method into the cache
+                SoftReference ref = new SoftReference(m);
+                templateMethodCache.put(classFile,ref);
+                this.theLogger.logFine("Cache MISS for file " + classFile);
+            }
+            
         } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
             System.out.println("INTERNAL ERROR: class " + classFile + " is missing:" + e.getMessage()); 
         } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
diff --git a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboard.java b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboard.java
index 98b02414d..d13190cda 100644
--- a/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboard.java
+++ b/source/de/anomic/plasma/plasmaSwitchboard.java
@@ -205,8 +205,10 @@ public final class plasmaSwitchboard extends serverAbstractSwitch implements ser
         setLog(new serverLog("PLASMA"));
 
         // load values from configs
-        plasmaPath   = new File(rootPath, getConfig("dbPath", "PLASMADB"));
-        listsPath      = new File(rootPath, getConfig("listsPath", "LISTS"));        
+        this.plasmaPath   = new File(rootPath, getConfig("dbPath", "PLASMADB"));
+        this.log.logConfig("Plasma DB Path: " + this.plasmaPath.toString());
+        this.listsPath      = new File(rootPath, getConfig("listsPath", "LISTS"));
+        this.log.logConfig("Lists Path: " + this.listsPath.toString());
         
         // remote proxy configuration
         remoteProxyHost = getConfig("remoteProxyHost", "");
@@ -233,23 +235,31 @@ public final class plasmaSwitchboard extends serverAbstractSwitch implements ser
         if (blueList == null) {
             // read only once upon first instantiation of this class
             String f = getConfig("plasmaBlueList", null);
-            if (f != null) blueList = kelondroMSetTools.loadList(new File(f)); else blueList= new TreeSet();
-            this.log.logConfig("loaded blue-list from file " + f + ", " + blueList.size() + " entries");
+            File plasmaBlueListFile = new File(f);
+            if (f != null) blueList = kelondroMSetTools.loadList(plasmaBlueListFile); else blueList= new TreeSet();
+            this.log.logConfig("loaded blue-list from file " + plasmaBlueListFile.getName() + ", " + 
+                               blueList.size() + " entries, " +
+                               ppRamString(plasmaBlueListFile.length()/1024));
         }
 
         // load the black-list / inspired by [AS]
-        urlBlacklist = new plasmaURLPattern(new File(getRootPath(), getConfig("listsPath", "DATA/LISTS")));
+        File ulrBlackListFile = new File(getRootPath(), getConfig("listsPath", "DATA/LISTS"));
+        urlBlacklist = new plasmaURLPattern(ulrBlackListFile);
         String f = getConfig("proxyBlackListsActive", null);
         if (f != null) {
             urlBlacklist.loadLists("black", f, "/");
-            this.log.logConfig("loaded black-list from file " + f + ", " + urlBlacklist.size() + " entries");
+            this.log.logConfig("loaded black-list from file " + ulrBlackListFile.getName() + ", " + 
+                               urlBlacklist.size() + " entries, " +
+                               ppRamString(ulrBlackListFile.length()/1024));
         }
             
         // load stopwords
         if (stopwords == null) {
             File stopwordsFile = new File(rootPath, "yacy.stopwords");
             stopwords = kelondroMSetTools.loadList(stopwordsFile);
-            this.log.logConfig("loaded stopwords from file " + stopwordsFile + ", " + stopwords.size() + " entries");
+            this.log.logConfig("loaded stopwords from file " + stopwordsFile.getName() + ", " + 
+                               stopwords.size() + " entries, " +
+                               ppRamString(stopwordsFile.length()/1024));
         }
 
         // read memory amount
@@ -279,7 +289,7 @@ public final class plasmaSwitchboard extends serverAbstractSwitch implements ser
         File profilesFile = new File(this.plasmaPath, "crawlProfiles0.db");
         this.profiles = new plasmaCrawlProfile(profilesFile, ramProfiles);
         initProfiles();
-        log.logConfig("Loaded profiles from file " + profilesFile + 
+        log.logConfig("Loaded profiles from file " + profilesFile.getName() + 
                       ", " + this.profiles.size() + " entries" + 
                       ", " + ppRamString(profilesFile.length()/1024));
         
@@ -287,7 +297,7 @@ public final class plasmaSwitchboard extends serverAbstractSwitch implements ser
         this.log.logConfig("Initializing robots.txt DB");
         File robotsDBFile = new File(this.plasmaPath, "crawlRobotsTxt.db");
         this.robots = new plasmaCrawlRobotsTxt(robotsDBFile, ramRobots);
-        this.log.logConfig("Loaded robots.txt DB from file " + robotsDBFile + 
+        this.log.logConfig("Loaded robots.txt DB from file " + robotsDBFile.getName() + 
                            ", " + this.robots.size() + " entries" + 
                            ", " + ppRamString(robotsDBFile.length()/1024));        
         
@@ -360,22 +370,37 @@ public final class plasmaSwitchboard extends serverAbstractSwitch implements ser
                 this.log);
 
         // starting message board
-        log.logConfig("Starting Message Board");
-        messageDB = new messageBoard(new File(getRootPath(), "DATA/SETTINGS/message.db"), ramMessage);
+        this.log.logConfig("Starting Message Board");
+        File messageDbFile = new File(getRootPath(), "DATA/SETTINGS/message.db");
+        this.messageDB = new messageBoard(messageDbFile, ramMessage);
+        this.log.logConfig("Loaded Message Board DB from file " + messageDbFile.getName() + 
+                ", " + this.messageDB.size() + " entries" + 
+                ", " + ppRamString(messageDbFile.length()/1024));            
         
         // starting wiki
-        log.logConfig("Starting Wiki Board");
-        wikiDB = new wikiBoard(new File(getRootPath(), "DATA/SETTINGS/wiki.db"),
-                 new File(getRootPath(), "DATA/SETTINGS/wiki-bkp.db"), ramWiki);
-		userDB = new userDB(new File(getRootPath(), "DATA/SETTINGS/user.db"), 512);
+        this.log.logConfig("Starting Wiki Board");
+        File wikiDbFile = new File(getRootPath(), "DATA/SETTINGS/wiki.db");
+        this.wikiDB = new wikiBoard(wikiDbFile,
+                                    new File(getRootPath(), "DATA/SETTINGS/wiki-bkp.db"), ramWiki);
+        this.log.logConfig("Loaded Wiki Board DB from file " + wikiDbFile.getName() + 
+                ", " + this.wikiDB.size() + " entries" + 
+                ", " + ppRamString(wikiDbFile.length()/1024));          
+        
+        // Init User DB
+        this.log.logConfig("Loading User DB");
+        File userDbFile = new File(getRootPath(), "DATA/SETTINGS/user.db");
+		this.userDB = new userDB(userDbFile, 512);
+        this.log.logConfig("Loaded User DB from file " + userDbFile.getName() + 
+                ", " + this.userDB.size() + " entries" + 
+                ", " + ppRamString(userDbFile.length()/1024));            
 
         // init cookie-Monitor
-        log.logConfig("Starting Cookie Monitor");
-        outgoingCookies = new HashMap();
-        incomingCookies = new HashMap();
+        this.log.logConfig("Starting Cookie Monitor");
+        this.outgoingCookies = new HashMap();
+        this.incomingCookies = new HashMap();
             
         // clean up profiles
-        log.logConfig("Cleaning Profiles");
+        this.log.logConfig("Cleaning Profiles");
         cleanProfiles();
 
         // init facility DB