diff --git a/Core/Code/Interactions/mitkEventRecorder.cpp b/Core/Code/Interactions/mitkEventRecorder.cpp
index d9294b2a7c..ef6397f012 100644
--- a/Core/Code/Interactions/mitkEventRecorder.cpp
+++ b/Core/Code/Interactions/mitkEventRecorder.cpp
@@ -1,77 +1,83 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
  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 "mitkEventRecorder.h"
 #include "mitkEventFactory.h"
 #include "mitkInteractionEvent.h"
 
 
 mitk::EventRecorder::EventRecorder()
   : m_Active(false)
 {
 }
 
 mitk::EventRecorder::~EventRecorder()
 {
   if (m_FileStream.is_open())
   {
     m_FileStream.flush();
     m_FileStream.close();
   }
 }
 
 void mitk::EventRecorder::Notify(mitk::InteractionEvent *interactionEvent, bool /*isHandled*/)
 {
   std::cout << EventFactory::EventToXML(interactionEvent) << "\n";
   if (m_FileStream.is_open())
     m_FileStream << EventFactory::EventToXML(interactionEvent) << "\n";
 }
 
 void mitk::EventRecorder::SetEventIgnoreList(std::vector<std::string> list)
 {
   m_IgnoreList = list;
 }
 
 void mitk::EventRecorder::StartRecording()
 {
   if (m_FileName == "")
   {
     MITK_ERROR << "EventRecorder::StartRecording - Filename needs to be set first.";
     return;
   }
   if (m_FileStream.is_open())
   {
     MITK_ERROR << "EventRecorder::StartRecording - Still recording. Stop recording before starting it again.";
     return;
   }
 
   m_FileStream.open(m_FileName.c_str(), std::ofstream::out );
   if ( !m_FileStream.good() )
   {
     MITK_ERROR << "File " << m_FileName << " could not be opened!";
     m_FileStream.close();
     return ;
   }
+
+  //write open tag
+  m_FileStream << "<events>\n";
 }
 
 void mitk::EventRecorder::StopRecording()
 {
   if (m_FileStream.is_open())
   {
+    //write end tag
+    m_FileStream << "</events>\n";
+
     m_FileStream.flush();
     m_FileStream.close();
   }
 }