diff --git a/Core/Code/Testing/mitkLogTest.cpp b/Core/Code/Testing/mitkLogTest.cpp
index a553fad353..7f35ab327b 100644
--- a/Core/Code/Testing/mitkLogTest.cpp
+++ b/Core/Code/Testing/mitkLogTest.cpp
@@ -1,235 +1,242 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center, 
 Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without 
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR 
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 #include "mitkCommon.h"
 #include "mitkTestingMacros.h"
 #include <mitkLog.h>
 #include <mitkVector.h>
 #include <itkMultiThreader.h>
 #include <itksys/SystemTools.hxx>
 #include <mitkStandardFileLocations.h>
 
 
 /** Documentation
   *
   * @brief Objects of this class can start an internal thread by calling the Start() method.
   *        The thread is then logging messages until the method Stop() is called. The class
   *        can be used to test if logging is thread-save by using multiple objects and let 
   *        them log simuntanously.
   */
-class mitkTestLoggingThread
+class mitkTestLoggingThread : public itk::Object
 {
+public:
+
+mitkClassMacro(mitkTestLoggingThread,itk::Object);
+mitkNewMacro2Param(mitkTestLoggingThread,int,itk::MultiThreader::Pointer);
+
 protected:
 
+mitkTestLoggingThread(int number, itk::MultiThreader::Pointer MultiThreader)
+  {
+  ThreadID = number;
+  m_MultiThreader = MultiThreader;
+  }
+
 bool LoggingRunning;
 
 int ThreadID;
 
 itk::MultiThreader::Pointer m_MultiThreader;
 
 void LogMessages()
   {
   
   while(LoggingRunning)
     {
     MITK_INFO << "Test info stream in thread " << ThreadID;
     MITK_WARN << "Test warning stream in thread " << ThreadID;
     MITK_DEBUG << "Test debugging stream in thread " << ThreadID;
     MITK_ERROR << "Test error stream in thread " << ThreadID;
     MITK_FATAL << "Test fatal stream in thread " << ThreadID;
 
     }
   }
 
 
 static ITK_THREAD_RETURN_TYPE ThreadStartTracking(void* pInfoStruct)
   {
   /* extract this pointer from Thread Info structure */
   struct itk::MultiThreader::ThreadInfoStruct * pInfo = (struct itk::MultiThreader::ThreadInfoStruct*)pInfoStruct;
   if (pInfo == NULL)
   {
     return ITK_THREAD_RETURN_VALUE;
   }
   if (pInfo->UserData == NULL)
   {
     return ITK_THREAD_RETURN_VALUE;
   }
   mitkTestLoggingThread *thisthread = (mitkTestLoggingThread*)pInfo->UserData;
 
   if (thisthread != NULL)
     thisthread->LogMessages();
 
   return ITK_THREAD_RETURN_VALUE;
   }
 
 public:
 
-mitkTestLoggingThread(int number, itk::MultiThreader::Pointer MultiThreader)
-  {
-  ThreadID = number;
-  m_MultiThreader = MultiThreader;
-  }
-
 void Start()
   {
   LoggingRunning = true;
   m_MultiThreader->SpawnThread(this->ThreadStartTracking, this);
 
   }
 
 void Stop()
   {
   LoggingRunning = false;
   }
 
 };
 
 /** Documentation
  *
  *  @brief This class holds static test methods to sturcture the test of the mitk logging mechanism.   
  */
 class mitkLogTestClass
 { 
 
 public:
 
 static void TestSimpleLog()
     {
     bool testSucceded = true;
     try
       {
       MITK_INFO << "Test info stream.";
       MITK_WARN << "Test warning stream.";
       MITK_DEBUG << "Test debugging stream."; //only activated if cmake variable is on!
                                               //so no worries if you see no output for this line
       MITK_ERROR << "Test error stream.";
       MITK_FATAL << "Test fatal stream.";
       }
     catch(mitk::Exception e)
       {
       testSucceded = false;
       }  
     MITK_TEST_CONDITION_REQUIRED(testSucceded,"Test logging streams.");
     }
 
 static void TestObjectInfoLogging()
     {
     bool testSucceded = true;
     try
       {
       int i = 123;
       float f = .32234;
       double d = 123123;
       std::string testString = "testString";
       std::stringstream testStringStream;
       testStringStream << "test" << "String" << "Stream";
       mitk::Point3D testMitkPoint;
       testMitkPoint.Fill(2);
       
       MITK_INFO << i;
       MITK_INFO << f;
       MITK_INFO << d;
       MITK_INFO << testString;
       MITK_INFO << testStringStream;
       MITK_INFO << testMitkPoint;      
       }
     catch(mitk::Exception e)
       {
       testSucceded = false;
       }  
     MITK_TEST_CONDITION_REQUIRED(testSucceded,"Test logging of object information.");
     }
 
+
+
+
 static void TestThreadSaveLog()
     {
     bool testSucceded = true;
-
+    
     try
       {
       //initialize two threads...
-      itk::MultiThreader::Pointer myThreader = itk::MultiThreader::New();
-      mitkTestLoggingThread myThreadClass1 = mitkTestLoggingThread(1,myThreader);
-      mitkTestLoggingThread myThreadClass2 = mitkTestLoggingThread(2,myThreader);
+      itk::MultiThreader::Pointer multiThreader = itk::MultiThreader::New();
+      mitkTestLoggingThread::Pointer myThreadClass1 = mitkTestLoggingThread::New(1,multiThreader);
+      mitkTestLoggingThread::Pointer myThreadClass2 = mitkTestLoggingThread::New(2,multiThreader);
       
       //start them
-      myThreadClass1.Start();
-      myThreadClass2.Start();
+      myThreadClass1->Start();
+      myThreadClass2->Start();
 
       //wait for 500 ms
       itksys::SystemTools::Delay(500);
 
-
       //stop them
-      myThreadClass1.Stop();
-      myThreadClass2.Stop();
+      myThreadClass1->Stop();
+      myThreadClass2->Stop();
 
       //Wait for all threads to end
-      myThreader->TerminateThread(1);
-      myThreader->TerminateThread(2);
+      multiThreader->TerminateThread(1);
+      multiThreader->TerminateThread(2);
       }
     catch(...)
       {
       testSucceded = false;
       }
 
     //if no error occured until now, everything is ok
     MITK_TEST_CONDITION_REQUIRED(testSucceded,"Test logging in different threads.");
     }
 
 static void TestLoggingToFile()
     {
     std::string filename = mitk::StandardFileLocations::GetInstance()->GetOptionDirectory() + "/testlog.log";
     mitk::LoggingBackend::SetLogFile(filename.c_str());
     MITK_INFO << "Test logging to default filename: " << mitk::LoggingBackend::GetLogFile();
     MITK_TEST_CONDITION_REQUIRED(itksys::SystemTools::FileExists(filename.c_str()),"Testing if log file exists.");
     //TODO delete log file?
     }
 
 static void TestAddAndRemoveBackends()
     {
     mbilog::BackendCout myBackend = mbilog::BackendCout();
     mbilog::RegisterBackend(&myBackend);
     MITK_INFO << "Test logging";
     mbilog::UnregisterBackend(&myBackend);
 
     //if no error occured until now, everything is ok
     MITK_TEST_CONDITION_REQUIRED(true,"Test add/remove logging backend.");
     }
 
 static void  TestDefaultBackend()
     {
     //not possible now, because we cannot unregister the mitk logging backend in the moment. If such a method is added to mbilog utility one may add this test.
     }
 
 
 };
 
 int mitkLogTest(int /* argc */, char* /*argv*/[])
 {
   // always start with this!
   MITK_TEST_BEGIN("Log")
 
   MITK_TEST_OUTPUT(<<"TESTING ALL LOGGING OUTPUTS, ERROR MESSAGES ARE ALSO TESTED AND NOT MEANING AN ERROR OCCURED!")
   
   mitkLogTestClass::TestSimpleLog();
   mitkLogTestClass::TestObjectInfoLogging();
   mitkLogTestClass::TestThreadSaveLog();
   mitkLogTestClass::TestLoggingToFile();
   mitkLogTestClass::TestAddAndRemoveBackends();
   
   // always end with this!
   MITK_TEST_END()
 }