diff --git a/src/GUI.cpp b/src/GUI.cpp
index f05d33917..220fbd798 100644
--- a/src/GUI.cpp
+++ b/src/GUI.cpp
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 #include "torrentPersistentData.h"
 #include "TransferListFiltersWidget.h"
 #include "propertieswidget.h"
+#include "statusbar.h"
 
 using namespace libtorrent;
 enum TabIndex{TAB_TRANSFER, TAB_SEARCH, TAB_RSS};
@@ -189,41 +190,14 @@ GUI::GUI(QWidget *parent, QStringList torrentCmdLine) : QMainWindow(parent), dis
   }
   connect(localServer, SIGNAL(newConnection()), this, SLOT(acceptConnection()));
   // Start connection checking timer
-  checkConnect = new QTimer(this);
-  connect(checkConnect, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(checkConnectionStatus()));
-  checkConnect->start(5000);
+  guiUpdater = new QTimer(this);
+  connect(guiUpdater, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(updateGUI()));
+  guiUpdater->start(2000);
   // Accept drag 'n drops
   setAcceptDrops(true);
   createKeyboardShortcuts();
-  connecStatusLblIcon = new QLabel();
-  connecStatusLblIcon->setFrameShape(QFrame::NoFrame);
-  connecStatusLblIcon->setPixmap(QPixmap(QString::fromUtf8(":/Icons/skin/firewalled.png")));
-  connecStatusLblIcon->setToolTip(QString::fromUtf8("<b>")+tr("Connection status:")+QString::fromUtf8("</b><br>")+QString::fromUtf8("<i>")+tr("No direct connections. This may indicate network configuration problems.")+QString::fromUtf8("</i>"));
-  dlSpeedLbl = new QLabel(tr("DL: %1 KiB/s").arg("0.0"));
-  upSpeedLbl = new QLabel(tr("UP: %1 KiB/s").arg("0.0"));
-  ratioLbl = new QLabel(tr("Ratio: %1").arg("1.0"));
-  DHTLbl = new QLabel(tr("DHT: %1 nodes").arg(0));
-  statusSep1 = new QFrame();
-  statusSep1->setFixedWidth(1);
-  statusSep1->setFrameStyle(QFrame::Box);
-  statusSep2 = new QFrame();
-  statusSep2->setFixedWidth(1);
-  statusSep2->setFrameStyle(QFrame::Box);
-  statusSep3 = new QFrame();
-  statusSep3->setFixedWidth(1);
-  statusSep3->setFrameStyle(QFrame::Box);
-  statusSep4 = new QFrame();
-  statusSep4->setFixedWidth(1);
-  statusSep4->setFrameStyle(QFrame::Box);
-  QMainWindow::statusBar()->addPermanentWidget(DHTLbl);
-  QMainWindow::statusBar()->addPermanentWidget(statusSep1);
-  QMainWindow::statusBar()->addPermanentWidget(connecStatusLblIcon);
-  QMainWindow::statusBar()->addPermanentWidget(statusSep2);
-  QMainWindow::statusBar()->addPermanentWidget(dlSpeedLbl);
-  QMainWindow::statusBar()->addPermanentWidget(statusSep3);
-  QMainWindow::statusBar()->addPermanentWidget(upSpeedLbl);
-  QMainWindow::statusBar()->addPermanentWidget(statusSep4);
-  QMainWindow::statusBar()->addPermanentWidget(ratioLbl);
+  // Create status bar
+  status_bar = new StatusBar(QMainWindow::statusBar(), BTSession);
 
   show();
 
@@ -242,14 +216,7 @@ GUI::GUI(QWidget *parent, QStringList torrentCmdLine) : QMainWindow(parent), dis
 GUI::~GUI() {
   qDebug("GUI destruction");
   hide();
-  delete dlSpeedLbl;
-  delete upSpeedLbl;
-  delete ratioLbl;
-  delete DHTLbl;
-  delete statusSep1;
-  delete statusSep2;
-  delete statusSep3;
-  delete statusSep4;
+  delete status_bar;
   if(rssWidget)
     delete rssWidget;
   delete searchEngine;
@@ -258,7 +225,7 @@ GUI::~GUI() {
   delete transferList;
   delete hSplitter;
   delete vSplitter;
-  delete checkConnect;
+  delete guiUpdater;
   qDebug("1");
   if(systrayCreator) {
     delete systrayCreator;
@@ -270,7 +237,6 @@ GUI::~GUI() {
   qDebug("2");
   localServer->close();
   delete localServer;
-  delete connecStatusLblIcon;
   delete tabs;
   // HTTP Server
   if(httpServer)
@@ -302,25 +268,6 @@ void GUI::displayRSSTab(bool enable) {
   }
 }
 
-void GUI::updateRatio() {
-  // Update ratio info
-  float ratio = 1.;
-  session_status sessionStatus = BTSession->getSessionStatus();
-  if(sessionStatus.total_payload_download == 0) {
-    if(sessionStatus.total_payload_upload == 0)
-      ratio = 1.;
-    else
-      ratio = 10.;
-  }else{
-    ratio = (double)sessionStatus.total_payload_upload / (double)sessionStatus.total_payload_download;
-    if(ratio > 10.)
-      ratio = 10.;
-  }
-  ratioLbl->setText(tr("Ratio: %1").arg(QString(QByteArray::number(ratio, 'f', 1))));
-  // Update DHT nodes
-  DHTLbl->setText(tr("DHT: %1 nodes").arg(QString::number(sessionStatus.dht_nodes)));
-}
-
 void GUI::on_actionWebsite_triggered() const {
   QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl(QString::fromUtf8("http://www.qbittorrent.org")));
 }
@@ -769,7 +716,7 @@ void GUI::loadPreferences(bool configure_session) {
   bool new_displaySpeedInTitle = Preferences::speedInTitleBar();
   if(!new_displaySpeedInTitle && new_displaySpeedInTitle != displaySpeedInTitle) {
     // Reset title
-    setWindowTitle(tr("qBittorrent %1", "e.g: qBittorrent v0.x").arg(QString::fromUtf8(VERSION)));
+    setWindowTitle(tr("qBittorrent %1", "e.g: qBittorrent vx.x").arg(QString::fromUtf8(VERSION)));
   }
   displaySpeedInTitle = new_displaySpeedInTitle;
   if(Preferences::isToolbarDisplayed()) {
@@ -826,40 +773,6 @@ void GUI::addUnauthenticatedTracker(QPair<QTorrentHandle,QString> tracker) {
   }
 }
 
-/*void GUI::updateLists(bool force) {
-  if(isVisible() || force) {
-    // update global informations
-    dlSpeedLbl->setText(tr("DL: %1 KiB/s").arg(QString(QByteArray::number(BTSession->getPayloadDownloadRate()/1024., 'f', 1))));
-    upSpeedLbl->setText(tr("UP: %1 KiB/s").arg(QString(QByteArray::number(BTSession->getPayloadUploadRate()/1024., 'f', 1))));
-    std::vector<torrent_handle> torrents = BTSession->getTorrents();
-    std::vector<torrent_handle>::iterator torrentIT;
-    for(torrentIT = torrents.begin(); torrentIT != torrents.end(); torrentIT++) {
-      QTorrentHandle h = QTorrentHandle(*torrentIT);
-      if(!h.is_valid()) continue;
-      try {
-        if(h.is_seed()) {
-          // Update in finished list
-          finishedTorrentTab->updateTorrent(h);
-        } else {
-          // Update in download list
-          if(downloadingTorrentTab->updateTorrent(h)) {
-            // Torrent was added, we may need to remove it from finished tab
-            finishedTorrentTab->deleteTorrent(h.hash());
-            TorrentPersistentData::saveSeedStatus(h);
-          }
-        }
-      } catch(invalid_handle e) {
-        qDebug("Caught Invalid handle exception, lucky us.");
-      }
-    }
-  }
-  if(displaySpeedInTitle) {
-    QString dl_rate = QByteArray::number(BTSession->getSessionStatus().payload_download_rate/1024, 'f', 1);
-    QString up_rate = QByteArray::number(BTSession->getSessionStatus().payload_upload_rate/1024, 'f', 1);
-    setWindowTitle(tr("qBittorrent %1 (DL: %2KiB/s, UP: %3KiB/s)", "%1 is qBittorrent version").arg(QString::fromUtf8(VERSION)).arg(dl_rate).arg(up_rate));
-  }
-}*/
-
 // Called when a tracker requires authentication
 void GUI::trackerAuthenticationRequired(QTorrentHandle& h) {
   if(unauthenticated_trackers.indexOf(QPair<QTorrentHandle,QString>(h, h.current_tracker())) < 0) {
@@ -869,10 +782,7 @@ void GUI::trackerAuthenticationRequired(QTorrentHandle& h) {
 }
 
 // Check connection status and display right icon
-void GUI::checkConnectionStatus() {
-  //   qDebug("Checking connection status");
-  // Update Ratio
-  updateRatio();
+void GUI::updateGUI() {
   // update global informations
   if(systrayIntegration) {
 #ifdef Q_WS_WIN
@@ -893,14 +803,10 @@ void GUI::checkConnectionStatus() {
 #endif
     myTrayIcon->setToolTip(html); // tray icon
   }
-  session_status sessionStatus = BTSession->getSessionStatus();
-  if(sessionStatus.has_incoming_connections) {
-    // Connection OK
-    connecStatusLblIcon->setPixmap(QPixmap(QString::fromUtf8(":/Icons/skin/connected.png")));
-    connecStatusLblIcon->setToolTip(QString::fromUtf8("<b>")+tr("Connection Status:")+QString::fromUtf8("</b><br>")+tr("Online"));
-  }else{
-    connecStatusLblIcon->setPixmap(QPixmap(QString::fromUtf8(":/Icons/skin/firewalled.png")));
-    connecStatusLblIcon->setToolTip(QString::fromUtf8("<b>")+tr("Connection status:")+QString::fromUtf8("</b><br>")+QString::fromUtf8("<i>")+tr("No direct connections. This may indicate network configuration problems.")+QString::fromUtf8("</i>"));
+  if(displaySpeedInTitle) {
+    QString dl_rate = QByteArray::number(BTSession->getSessionStatus().payload_download_rate/1024, 'f', 1);
+    QString up_rate = QByteArray::number(BTSession->getSessionStatus().payload_upload_rate/1024, 'f', 1);
+    setWindowTitle(tr("qBittorrent %1 (DL: %2KiB/s, UP: %3KiB/s)", "%1 is qBittorrent version").arg(QString::fromUtf8(VERSION)).arg(dl_rate).arg(up_rate));
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/GUI.h b/src/GUI.h
index 587bf70a6..84cc77164 100644
--- a/src/GUI.h
+++ b/src/GUI.h
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ class TransferListWidget;
 class TransferListFiltersWidget;
 class QSplitter;
 class PropertiesWidget;
+class StatusBar;
 
 class GUI : public QMainWindow, private Ui::MainWindow{
   Q_OBJECT
@@ -66,10 +67,11 @@ class GUI : public QMainWindow, private Ui::MainWindow{
   private:
     // Bittorrent
     bittorrent *BTSession;
-    QTimer *checkConnect;
+    QTimer *guiUpdater;
     QList<QPair<QTorrentHandle,QString> > unauthenticated_trackers;
     // GUI related
     QTabWidget *tabs;
+    StatusBar *status_bar;
     QPointer<options_imp> options;
     QSystemTrayIcon *myTrayIcon;
     QPointer<QTimer> systrayCreator;
@@ -79,19 +81,10 @@ class GUI : public QMainWindow, private Ui::MainWindow{
     PropertiesWidget *properties;
     QSplitter *hSplitter;
     QSplitter *vSplitter;
-    QLabel *connecStatusLblIcon;
     bool systrayIntegration;
     bool displaySpeedInTitle;
     bool force_exit;
     //unsigned int refreshInterval;
-    QLabel *dlSpeedLbl;
-    QLabel *upSpeedLbl;
-    QLabel *ratioLbl;
-    QLabel *DHTLbl;
-    QFrame *statusSep1;
-    QFrame *statusSep2;
-    QFrame *statusSep3;
-    QFrame *statusSep4;
     // Keyboard shortcuts
     QShortcut *switchSearchShortcut;
     QShortcut *switchSearchShortcut2;
@@ -141,7 +134,7 @@ class GUI : public QMainWindow, private Ui::MainWindow{
     void on_actionSet_global_download_limit_triggered();
     void on_actionDocumentation_triggered() const;
     void on_actionOpen_triggered();
-    void checkConnectionStatus();
+    void updateGUI();
     void loadPreferences(bool configure_session=true);
     void processParams(const QStringList& params);
     void addTorrent(QString path);
@@ -161,7 +154,6 @@ class GUI : public QMainWindow, private Ui::MainWindow{
   public slots:
     void trackerAuthenticationRequired(QTorrentHandle& h);
     void setTabText(int index, QString text) const;
-    void updateRatio();
     void showNotificationBaloon(QString title, QString msg) const;
 
   protected:
diff --git a/src/src.pro b/src/src.pro
index dba121432..db5f33e77 100644
--- a/src/src.pro
+++ b/src/src.pro
@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ HEADERS += GUI.h \
     preferences.h \
     geoip.h \
     peeraddition.h \
-    deletionconfirmationdlg.h
+    deletionconfirmationdlg.h \
+    statusbar.h
 FORMS += MainWindow.ui \
     options.ui \
     about.ui \
diff --git a/src/statusbar.h b/src/statusbar.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..88f326abb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/statusbar.h
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+/*
+ * Bittorrent Client using Qt4 and libtorrent.
+ * Copyright (C) 2006  Christophe Dumez
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ * of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ *
+ * In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give permission to
+ * link this program with the OpenSSL project's "OpenSSL" library (or with
+ * modified versions of it that use the same license as the "OpenSSL" library),
+ * and distribute the linked executables. You must obey the GNU General Public
+ * License in all respects for all of the code used other than "OpenSSL".  If you
+ * modify file(s), you may extend this exception to your version of the file(s),
+ * but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete this
+ * exception statement from your version.
+ *
+ * Contact : chris@qbittorrent.org
+ */
+
+#ifndef STATUSBAR_H
+#define STATUSBAR_H
+
+#include <QStatusBar>
+#include <QFrame>
+#include <QLabel>
+#include <QTimer>
+#include "bittorrent.h"
+#include "misc.h"
+
+class StatusBar: public QObject {
+  Q_OBJECT
+
+private:
+  QStatusBar *bar;
+  QLabel *dlSpeedLbl;
+  QLabel *upSpeedLbl;
+  QLabel *DHTLbl;
+  QFrame *statusSep1;
+  QFrame *statusSep2;
+  QFrame *statusSep3;
+  QFrame *statusSep4;  
+  QLabel *connecStatusLblIcon;
+  QTimer *refreshTimer;
+  bittorrent *BTSession;
+
+public:
+  StatusBar(QStatusBar *bar, bittorrent *BTSession): bar(bar), BTSession(BTSession) {
+    connecStatusLblIcon = new QLabel();
+    connecStatusLblIcon->setFrameShape(QFrame::NoFrame);
+    connecStatusLblIcon->setPixmap(QPixmap(QString::fromUtf8(":/Icons/skin/firewalled.png")));
+    connecStatusLblIcon->setToolTip(QString::fromUtf8("<b>")+tr("Connection status:")+QString::fromUtf8("</b><br>")+QString::fromUtf8("<i>")+tr("No direct connections. This may indicate network configuration problems.")+QString::fromUtf8("</i>"));
+    dlSpeedLbl = new QLabel(tr("Down: %1 KiB/s", "Download speed: x KiB/s").arg("0.0"));
+    upSpeedLbl = new QLabel(tr("Up: %1 KiB/s", "Upload speed: x KiB/s").arg("0.0"));
+    DHTLbl = new QLabel(tr("DHT: %1 nodes").arg(0));
+    statusSep1 = new QFrame();
+    statusSep1->setFixedWidth(1);
+    statusSep1->setFrameStyle(QFrame::Box);
+    statusSep2 = new QFrame();
+    statusSep2->setFixedWidth(1);
+    statusSep2->setFrameStyle(QFrame::Box);
+    statusSep3 = new QFrame();
+    statusSep3->setFixedWidth(1);
+    statusSep3->setFrameStyle(QFrame::Box);
+    statusSep4 = new QFrame();
+    bar->addPermanentWidget(DHTLbl);
+    bar->addPermanentWidget(statusSep1);
+    bar->addPermanentWidget(connecStatusLblIcon);
+    bar->addPermanentWidget(statusSep2);
+    bar->addPermanentWidget(dlSpeedLbl);
+    bar->addPermanentWidget(statusSep3);
+    bar->addPermanentWidget(upSpeedLbl);
+
+    refreshTimer = new QTimer(bar);
+    connect(refreshTimer, SIGNAL(timeout()), this, SLOT(refreshStatusBar()));
+    refreshTimer->start(1500);
+  }
+
+  ~StatusBar() {
+    delete refreshTimer;
+    delete dlSpeedLbl;
+    delete upSpeedLbl;
+    delete DHTLbl;
+    delete statusSep1;
+    delete statusSep2;
+    delete statusSep3;
+    delete connecStatusLblIcon;
+  }
+
+public slots:
+  void refreshStatusBar() {
+    // Update connection status
+    session_status sessionStatus = BTSession->getSessionStatus();
+    if(sessionStatus.has_incoming_connections) {
+      // Connection OK
+      connecStatusLblIcon->setPixmap(QPixmap(QString::fromUtf8(":/Icons/skin/connected.png")));
+      connecStatusLblIcon->setToolTip(QString::fromUtf8("<b>")+tr("Connection Status:")+QString::fromUtf8("</b><br>")+tr("Online"));
+    }else{
+      connecStatusLblIcon->setPixmap(QPixmap(QString::fromUtf8(":/Icons/skin/firewalled.png")));
+      connecStatusLblIcon->setToolTip(QString::fromUtf8("<b>")+tr("Connection status:")+QString::fromUtf8("</b><br>")+QString::fromUtf8("<i>")+tr("No direct connections. This may indicate network configuration problems.")+QString::fromUtf8("</i>"));
+    }
+    // Update Number of DHT nodes
+    if(BTSession->isDHTEnabled()) {
+      DHTLbl->setVisible(true);
+      statusSep1->setVisible(true);
+      DHTLbl->setText(tr("DHT: %1 nodes").arg(QString::number(sessionStatus.dht_nodes)));
+    } else {
+      DHTLbl->setVisible(false);
+      statusSep1->setVisible(false);
+    }
+    // Update speed labels
+    dlSpeedLbl->setText(tr("Down: %1 KiB/s", "i.e. Download speed:").arg(QString::number(BTSession->getPayloadDownloadRate()/1024., 'f', 1)));
+    upSpeedLbl->setText(tr("Up: %1 KiB/s", "i.e. Upload speed:").arg(QString::number(BTSession->getPayloadUploadRate()/1024., 'f', 1)));
+  }
+
+};
+
+#endif // STATUSBAR_H