diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 5dbdf257e..84d671212 100644
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     - COSMETIC: Transfer speed, ratio, connection status and DHT nodes are displayed in status bar    
     - COSMETIC: RSS Tab is now hidden as a default
     - COSMETIC: Allow to hide or display top toolbar
-    - COSMETIC: Top toolbar is now hidden as a default
+    - COSMETIC: Log is now in a separate dialog
 
 * Tue Aug 26 2008 - Christophe Dumez <chris@qbittorrent.org> - v1.1.3
     - BUGFIX: Fixed ratio saving for seeding torrents
diff --git a/src/GUI.cpp b/src/GUI.cpp
index 036496333..04ee99878 100644
--- a/src/GUI.cpp
+++ b/src/GUI.cpp
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 #include "previewSelect.h"
 #include "allocationDlg.h"
 #include "stdlib.h"
+#include "console_imp.h"
 
 using namespace libtorrent;
 
@@ -490,6 +491,10 @@ void GUI::on_actionSet_global_upload_limit_triggered() {
   new BandwidthAllocationDialog(this, true, BTSession, QStringList());
 }
 
+void GUI::on_actionShow_console_triggered() {
+  new consoleDlg(this, BTSession);
+}
+
 void GUI::on_actionSet_global_download_limit_triggered() {
   qDebug("actionSet_global_download_limit_triggered");
   new BandwidthAllocationDialog(this, false, BTSession, QStringList());
diff --git a/src/GUI.h b/src/GUI.h
index 6cbbcc78f..cd8286df8 100644
--- a/src/GUI.h
+++ b/src/GUI.h
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ class GUI : public QMainWindow, private Ui::MainWindow{
     void on_actionCreate_torrent_triggered();
     void on_actionWebsite_triggered() const;
     void on_actionBugReport_triggered() const;
+    void on_actionShow_console_triggered();
     void readParamsOnSocket();
     void acceptConnection();
     void togglePausedState(QString hash);
diff --git a/src/MainWindow.ui b/src/MainWindow.ui
index 2dc021a69..7c150440c 100644
--- a/src/MainWindow.ui
+++ b/src/MainWindow.ui
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
      <string>Options</string>
     </property>
     <addaction name="actionOptions" />
+    <addaction name="actionShow_console" />
    </widget>
    <widget class="QMenu" name="menu_File" >
     <property name="title" >
@@ -255,6 +256,14 @@
     <bool>false</bool>
    </property>
   </action>
+  <action name="actionShow_console" >
+   <property name="icon" >
+    <iconset resource="icons.qrc" >:/Icons/log.png</iconset>
+   </property>
+   <property name="text" >
+    <string>Show console</string>
+   </property>
+  </action>
  </widget>
  <resources>
   <include location="icons.qrc" />
diff --git a/src/console.ui b/src/console.ui
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14afcc5fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/console.ui
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<ui version="4.0" >
+ <class>ConsoleDlg</class>
+ <widget class="QDialog" name="ConsoleDlg" >
+  <property name="geometry" >
+   <rect>
+    <x>0</x>
+    <y>0</y>
+    <width>512</width>
+    <height>497</height>
+   </rect>
+  </property>
+  <property name="windowTitle" >
+   <string>qBittorrent console</string>
+  </property>
+  <property name="windowIcon" >
+   <iconset resource="icons.qrc" >:/Icons/log.png</iconset>
+  </property>
+  <layout class="QVBoxLayout" >
+   <item>
+    <widget class="QTabWidget" name="tabConsole" >
+     <property name="currentIndex" >
+      <number>0</number>
+     </property>
+     <widget class="QWidget" name="tab" >
+      <attribute name="title" >
+       <string>General</string>
+      </attribute>
+      <attribute name="icon" >
+       <iconset resource="icons.qrc" >:/Icons/log.png</iconset>
+      </attribute>
+      <layout class="QVBoxLayout" >
+       <item>
+        <widget class="QTextBrowser" name="textConsole" />
+       </item>
+      </layout>
+     </widget>
+     <widget class="QWidget" name="tab_2" >
+      <attribute name="title" >
+       <string>Blocked IPs</string>
+      </attribute>
+      <attribute name="icon" >
+       <iconset resource="icons.qrc" >:/Icons/filter.png</iconset>
+      </attribute>
+      <layout class="QVBoxLayout" >
+       <item>
+        <widget class="QTextBrowser" name="textBannedPeers" />
+       </item>
+      </layout>
+     </widget>
+    </widget>
+   </item>
+  </layout>
+ </widget>
+ <resources>
+  <include location="icons.qrc" />
+ </resources>
+ <connections/>
+</ui>
diff --git a/src/console_imp.h b/src/console_imp.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3321d3a8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/console_imp.h
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ *
+ * Contact : chris@qbittorrent.org
+ */
+
+#ifndef CONSOLE_H
+#define CONSOLE_H
+
+#include "bittorrent.h"
+#include "ui_console.h"
+
+using namespace libtorrent;
+
+class consoleDlg : public QDialog, private Ui_ConsoleDlg{
+  Q_OBJECT
+  
+  private:
+    bittorrent *BTSession;
+  
+  public:
+    consoleDlg(QWidget *parent, bittorrent* _BTSession) : QDialog(parent) {
+      setupUi(this);
+      setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose);
+      BTSession = _BTSession;
+      textConsole->setHtml(BTSession->getConsoleMessages().join("<br>"));
+      textBannedPeers->setHtml(BTSession->getPeerBanMessages().join("<br>"));
+      show();
+    }
+    
+    ~consoleDlg() {}
+  
+};
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/seeding.ui b/src/seeding.ui
index d2d8382b1..1f01969bb 100644
--- a/src/seeding.ui
+++ b/src/seeding.ui
@@ -28,13 +28,6 @@
    <property name="bottomMargin" >
     <number>9</number>
    </property>
-   <item>
-    <widget class="QLabel" name="lbl_finished" >
-     <property name="text" >
-      <string>The following torrents are finished and shared:</string>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
    <item>
     <widget class="QTreeView" name="finishedList" >
      <property name="contextMenuPolicy" >
diff --git a/src/src.pro b/src/src.pro
index bdefd63fd..9a388619b 100644
--- a/src/src.pro
+++ b/src/src.pro
@@ -157,13 +157,13 @@ HEADERS += GUI.h misc.h options_imp.h about_imp.h \
            httpserver.h httpconnection.h \
            httprequestparser.h httpresponsegenerator.h \
            json.h eventmanager.h filterParserThread.h \
-           TrackersAdditionDlg.h searchTab.h
+           TrackersAdditionDlg.h searchTab.h console_imp.h
 FORMS += MainWindow.ui options.ui about.ui \
          properties.ui createtorrent.ui preview.ui \
          login.ui downloadFromURL.ui addTorrentDialog.ui \
          search.ui rss.ui seeding.ui bandwidth_limit.ui \
          download.ui engineSelect.ui pluginSource.ui \
-         trackersAdd.ui
+         trackersAdd.ui console.ui
 SOURCES += GUI.cpp \
            main.cpp \
            options_imp.cpp \