diff --git a/Core/Code/Controllers/mitkCoreActivator.cpp b/Core/Code/Controllers/mitkCoreActivator.cpp
index 22a996b3ef..b3b8e165de 100644
--- a/Core/Code/Controllers/mitkCoreActivator.cpp
+++ b/Core/Code/Controllers/mitkCoreActivator.cpp
@@ -1,58 +1,80 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 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 "mitkRenderingManager.h"
 #include "mitkPlanePositionManager.h"
 #include "mitkCoreDataNodeReader.h"
 
 #include <mitkModuleActivator.h>
 
+void HandleMicroServicesMessages(mitk::MsgType type, const char* msg)
+{
+  switch (type)
+  {
+  case mitk::DebugMsg:
+    MITK_DEBUG << msg;
+    break;
+  case mitk::InfoMsg:
+    MITK_INFO << msg;
+    break;
+  case mitk::WarningMsg:
+    MITK_WARN << msg;
+    break;
+  case mitk::ErrorMsg:
+    MITK_ERROR << msg;
+    break;
+  }
+}
+
 /*
  * This is the module activator for the "Mitk" module. It registers core services
  * like ...
  */
 class MitkCoreActivator : public mitk::ModuleActivator
 {
 public:
 
   void Load(mitk::ModuleContext* context)
   {
+    // Handle messages from CppMicroServices
+    mitk::installMsgHandler(HandleMicroServicesMessages);
+
     //m_RenderingManager = mitk::RenderingManager::New();
     //context->RegisterService<mitk::RenderingManager>(renderingManager.GetPointer());
     m_PlanePositionManager = mitk::PlanePositionManagerService::New();
     context->RegisterService<mitk::PlanePositionManagerService>(m_PlanePositionManager);
 
     m_CoreDataNodeReader = mitk::CoreDataNodeReader::New();
     context->RegisterService<mitk::IDataNodeReader>(m_CoreDataNodeReader);
   }
 
   void Unload(mitk::ModuleContext* )
   {
     // The mitk::ModuleContext* argument of the Unload() method
     // will always be 0 for the Mitk library. It makes no sense
     // to use it at this stage anyway, since all libraries which
     // know about the module system have already been unloaded.
   }
 
 private:
 
   //mitk::RenderingManager::Pointer m_RenderingManager;
   mitk::PlanePositionManagerService::Pointer m_PlanePositionManager;
   mitk::CoreDataNodeReader::Pointer m_CoreDataNodeReader;
 };
 
 US_EXPORT_MODULE_ACTIVATOR(Mitk, MitkCoreActivator)