diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/files.cmake b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/files.cmake
index 6fec7729e3..0662ddbfee 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/files.cmake
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/files.cmake
@@ -1,42 +1,46 @@
 set(SRC_CPP_FILES
 
 )
 
 set(INTERNAL_CPP_FILES
   org_mitk_gui_gt_eventrecorder_Activator.cpp
   InteractionEventRecorder.cpp
 )
 
 set(UI_FILES
   src/internal/InteractionEventRecorderControls.ui
 )
 
 set(MOC_H_FILES
   src/internal/org_mitk_gui_gt_eventrecorder_Activator.h
   src/internal/InteractionEventRecorder.h
 )
 
 # list of resource files which can be used by the plug-in
 # system without loading the plug-ins shared library,
 # for example the icon used in the menu and tabs for the
 # plug-in views in the workbench
 set(CACHED_RESOURCE_FILES
   resources/icon.xpm
   plugin.xml
+  resources/play.png
+  resources/rec.png
+  resources/stop_rec.png
+  resources/stop.png
 )
 
 # list of Qt .qrc files which contain additional resources
 # specific to this plugin
 set(QRC_FILES
 
 )
 
 set(CPP_FILES )
 
 foreach(file ${SRC_CPP_FILES})
   set(CPP_FILES ${CPP_FILES} src/${file})
 endforeach(file ${SRC_CPP_FILES})
 
 foreach(file ${INTERNAL_CPP_FILES})
   set(CPP_FILES ${CPP_FILES} src/internal/${file})
 endforeach(file ${INTERNAL_CPP_FILES})
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/resources/play.png b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/resources/play.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2c8daffd22
Binary files /dev/null and b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/resources/play.png differ
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/resources/rec.png b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/resources/rec.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fae3cb02e2
Binary files /dev/null and b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/resources/rec.png differ
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/resources/stop.png b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/resources/stop.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5d73b8b985
Binary files /dev/null and b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/resources/stop.png differ
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/resources/stop_rec.png b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/resources/stop_rec.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e646c77910
Binary files /dev/null and b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/resources/stop_rec.png differ
diff --git a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/src/internal/InteractionEventRecorderControls.ui b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/src/internal/InteractionEventRecorderControls.ui
index a1727d764e..529935fcae 100644
--- a/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/src/internal/InteractionEventRecorderControls.ui
+++ b/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/src/internal/InteractionEventRecorderControls.ui
@@ -1,111 +1,174 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <ui version="4.0">
  <class>InteractionEventRecorderControls</class>
  <widget class="QWidget" name="InteractionEventRecorderControls">
   <property name="geometry">
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>253</width>
-    <height>214</height>
+    <width>432</width>
+    <height>359</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
   <property name="minimumSize">
    <size>
     <width>0</width>
     <height>0</height>
    </size>
   </property>
   <property name="windowTitle">
    <string>QmitkTemplate</string>
   </property>
   <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
    <item>
     <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
      <property name="text">
       <string>Filename to store interaction</string>
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
     <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout">
      <item>
       <widget class="QLineEdit" name="textFileName"/>
      </item>
      <item>
       <spacer name="horizontalSpacer">
        <property name="orientation">
         <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
        </property>
        <property name="sizeType">
         <enum>QSizePolicy::Fixed</enum>
        </property>
        <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
         <size>
          <width>5</width>
          <height>20</height>
         </size>
        </property>
       </spacer>
      </item>
      <item>
       <widget class="QPushButton" name="btnOpenFile">
        <property name="maximumSize">
         <size>
          <width>30</width>
          <height>20</height>
         </size>
        </property>
        <property name="text">
         <string>...</string>
        </property>
       </widget>
      </item>
     </layout>
    </item>
    <item>
-    <widget class="QPushButton" name="btnStartRecording">
-     <property name="toolTip">
-      <string>Do image processing</string>
-     </property>
-     <property name="text">
-      <string>Start Recording</string>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item>
-    <widget class="QPushButton" name="btnStopRecording">
-     <property name="text">
-      <string>Stop Recording</string>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
-   <item>
-    <widget class="QPushButton" name="btnPlay">
-     <property name="text">
-      <string>Play Recording</string>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
+    <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout_2">
+     <item>
+      <widget class="QPushButton" name="btnStartRecording">
+       <property name="toolTip">
+        <string>Do image processing</string>
+       </property>
+       <property name="text">
+        <string/>
+       </property>
+       <property name="icon">
+        <iconset resource="../../../../../bin/MITK-build/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/org_mitk_gui_gt_eventrecorder_cached.qrc">
+         <normaloff>:/org.mitk.gui.gt.eventrecorder/resources/rec.png</normaloff>:/org.mitk.gui.gt.eventrecorder/resources/rec.png</iconset>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item>
+      <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_2">
+       <property name="orientation">
+        <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+       </property>
+       <property name="sizeType">
+        <enum>QSizePolicy::Fixed</enum>
+       </property>
+       <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+        <size>
+         <width>20</width>
+         <height>20</height>
+        </size>
+       </property>
+      </spacer>
+     </item>
+     <item>
+      <widget class="QPushButton" name="btnStopRecording">
+       <property name="text">
+        <string/>
+       </property>
+       <property name="icon">
+        <iconset resource="../../../../../bin/MITK-build/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/org_mitk_gui_gt_eventrecorder_cached.qrc">
+         <normaloff>:/org.mitk.gui.gt.eventrecorder/resources/stop_rec.png</normaloff>:/org.mitk.gui.gt.eventrecorder/resources/stop_rec.png</iconset>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item>
+      <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_3">
+       <property name="orientation">
+        <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+       </property>
+       <property name="sizeType">
+        <enum>QSizePolicy::Fixed</enum>
+       </property>
+       <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+        <size>
+         <width>20</width>
+         <height>20</height>
+        </size>
+       </property>
+      </spacer>
+     </item>
+     <item>
+      <widget class="QPushButton" name="btnPlay">
+       <property name="text">
+        <string/>
+       </property>
+       <property name="icon">
+        <iconset resource="../../../../../bin/MITK-build/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/org_mitk_gui_gt_eventrecorder_cached.qrc">
+         <normaloff>:/org.mitk.gui.gt.eventrecorder/resources/play.png</normaloff>:/org.mitk.gui.gt.eventrecorder/resources/play.png</iconset>
+       </property>
+      </widget>
+     </item>
+     <item>
+      <spacer name="horizontalSpacer_4">
+       <property name="orientation">
+        <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
+       </property>
+       <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
+        <size>
+         <width>40</width>
+         <height>20</height>
+        </size>
+       </property>
+      </spacer>
+     </item>
+    </layout>
    </item>
    <item>
     <spacer name="spacer1">
      <property name="orientation">
       <enum>Qt::Vertical</enum>
      </property>
      <property name="sizeType">
       <enum>QSizePolicy::Expanding</enum>
      </property>
      <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
       <size>
        <width>20</width>
        <height>220</height>
       </size>
      </property>
     </spacer>
    </item>
   </layout>
  </widget>
  <layoutdefault spacing="6" margin="11"/>
- <resources/>
+ <resources>
+  <include location="../../../../../bin/MITK-build/Plugins/org.mitk.gui.qt.eventrecorder/org_mitk_gui_gt_eventrecorder_cached.qrc"/>
+ </resources>
  <connections/>
 </ui>