diff --git a/src/plugins/roar/src/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/roar/Roar.java b/src/plugins/roar/src/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/roar/Roar.java
index 9c1767f3..abc3657f 100644
--- a/src/plugins/roar/src/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/roar/Roar.java
+++ b/src/plugins/roar/src/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/roar/Roar.java
@@ -22,6 +22,11 @@ package org.jivesoftware.spark.roar;
 import org.jivesoftware.spark.SparkManager;
 import org.jivesoftware.spark.plugin.Plugin;
 
+/**
+ * The Main Class of the Roar Plugin
+ * @author wolf.posdorfer
+ *
+ */
 public class Roar implements Plugin {
 
     private RoarMessageListener _listener;
@@ -29,7 +34,6 @@ public class Roar implements Plugin {
     @Override
     public void initialize() {
 	
-	
 	RoarPreference pref = new RoarPreference();
 	SparkManager.getPreferenceManager().addPreference(pref);
 	
diff --git a/src/plugins/roar/src/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/roar/RoarMessageListener.java b/src/plugins/roar/src/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/roar/RoarMessageListener.java
index 8fdc604a..dab4dcd5 100644
--- a/src/plugins/roar/src/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/roar/RoarMessageListener.java
+++ b/src/plugins/roar/src/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/roar/RoarMessageListener.java
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
  */
 package org.jivesoftware.spark.roar;
 
-
 import java.awt.Dimension;
 import java.awt.Toolkit;
 
@@ -33,16 +32,18 @@ import org.jivesoftware.spark.ui.GlobalMessageListener;
 
 /**
  * Message Listener
+ * 
  * @author wolf.posdorfer
- *
+ * 
  */
-public class RoarMessageListener implements GlobalMessageListener{
+public class RoarMessageListener implements GlobalMessageListener {
 
-    
     private int _lastusedXpos;
     private int _lastusedYpos;
     private Dimension _screensize;
-    
+
+    private int _amount;
+
     private final int WIDTH = 300;
     private final int HEIGHT = 80;
 
@@ -51,42 +52,46 @@ public class RoarMessageListener implements GlobalMessageListener{
 
 	_lastusedXpos = _screensize.width - 5;
 	_lastusedYpos = 5;
+	_amount = 0;
 
     }
 
-
     @Override
     public void messageReceived(ChatRoom room, Message message) {
+	RoarProperties props = new RoarProperties();
+	if (props.getShowingPopups()
+		&& (_amount < props.getMaximumPopups() || props.getMaximumPopups() == 0)) {
+	    
+	    ImageIcon icon = SparkRes.getImageIcon(SparkRes.SPARK_IMAGE_32x32);
 
-	ImageIcon icon = SparkRes.getImageIcon(SparkRes.SPARK_IMAGE_32x32);
-	
-	String nickname = StringUtils.parseName(message.getFrom());
-	
-	RoarPanel.popupWindow(this, icon, nickname,  message.getBody(), _lastusedXpos, _lastusedYpos);
-	
-	_lastusedYpos += HEIGHT+5;
+	    String nickname = StringUtils.parseName(message.getFrom());
 
-	
-	if(_lastusedYpos>= _screensize.height-90)
-	{
-	    _lastusedXpos -= WIDTH+5;
-	    _lastusedYpos = 5;
+	    RoarPanel.popupWindow(this, icon, nickname, message.getBody(),
+		    _lastusedXpos, _lastusedYpos, props.getBackgroundColor(),
+		    props.getDuration());
+
+	    ++_amount;
+	    _lastusedYpos += HEIGHT + 5;
+
+	    if (_lastusedYpos >= _screensize.height - 90) {
+		_lastusedXpos -= WIDTH + 5;
+		_lastusedYpos = 5;
+	    }
 	}
-	
+
     }
-    
-    public void closingRoarPanel(int x, int y)
-    {
-	if(_lastusedYpos>(y-5))
-	{
-	    _lastusedYpos=y-5;
+
+    public void closingRoarPanel(int x, int y) {
+	if (_lastusedYpos > (y - 5)) {
+	    _lastusedYpos = y - 5;
 	}
-	
-	if(_lastusedXpos<(x+5))
-	{
-	    _lastusedXpos=x+WIDTH+5;
+
+	if (_lastusedXpos < (x + 5)) {
+	    _lastusedXpos = x + WIDTH + 5;
 	}
-	
+
+	--_amount;
+
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/plugins/roar/src/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/roar/RoarPanel.java b/src/plugins/roar/src/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/roar/RoarPanel.java
index 087446b3..3498f27a 100644
--- a/src/plugins/roar/src/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/roar/RoarPanel.java
+++ b/src/plugins/roar/src/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/roar/RoarPanel.java
@@ -24,15 +24,11 @@ import java.awt.Font;
 import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
 import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
 import java.awt.Insets;
-import java.awt.Toolkit;
-import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
-import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
 import java.awt.geom.RoundRectangle2D;
 import java.util.Timer;
 import java.util.TimerTask;
 
 import javax.swing.Icon;
-import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
 import javax.swing.JLabel;
 import javax.swing.JPanel;
 import javax.swing.JWindow;
@@ -40,66 +36,27 @@ import javax.swing.JWindow;
 import com.sun.awt.AWTUtilities;
 
 public class RoarPanel {
-
-    private static ImageIcon xicon = new ImageIcon(
-	    "C:\\Dokumente und Einstellungen\\wolf.posdorfer\\Desktop\\eclipse\\spark\\src\\resources\\images\\close_dark.png");
-    private static ImageIcon icon = new ImageIcon(
-	    "C:\\Dokumente und Einstellungen\\wolf.posdorfer\\Desktop\\eclipse\\spark\\src\\resources\\images\\spark-32x32.png");
-    private static String _text = "laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang\nlaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang\nlaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang";
-
     private static int _width = 300;
     private static int _height = 80;
 
 
-    public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
-
-	int x = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize().width;
-
-	RoarMessageListener rml = new RoarMessageListener();
-
-	popupWindow(rml, icon, "head1", _text, x, 0);
-	Thread.sleep(500);
-
-	popupWindow(rml, icon, "head2", _text, x, 5 + 80);
-	Thread.sleep(500);
-
-	popupWindow(rml, icon, "head3", _text, x, 5 + 80 + 5 + 80);
-	Thread.sleep(500);
-
-	popupWindow(rml, icon, "head4", _text, x, 5 + 80 + 5 + 80 + 5 + 80);
-	Thread.sleep(500);
-
-	popupWindow(rml, icon, "head5", _text, x, 5 + 80 + 5 + 80 + 5 + 80 + 5
-		+ 80);
-
-    }
-
     private static JWindow createWindow(Icon icon, String head, String body,
-	    int posx, int posy) {
+	    int posx, int posy, Color backgroundcolor, Color headerColor, Color messageColor) {
 
 	final JWindow window = new JWindow();
 	JPanel windowpanel = new JPanel(new GridBagLayout());
-	windowpanel.setBackground(Color.BLACK);
+	windowpanel.setBackground(backgroundcolor);
 
 	AWTUtilities.setWindowShape(window, new RoundRectangle2D.Float(0, 0,
 		_width, _height, 20, 20));
 	AWTUtilities.setWindowOpaque(window, true);
 
 
-	JLabel close = new JLabel(xicon);
-
-	close.addMouseListener(new MouseAdapter() {
-	    @Override
-	    public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
-		window.dispose();
-	    }
-	});
-
 	JLabel text = new JLabel("<HTML>" + body + "</HTML>");
-	text.setForeground(Color.WHITE);
+	text.setForeground(messageColor);
 
 	JLabel header = new JLabel(head);
-	header.setForeground(Color.RED);
+	header.setForeground(headerColor);
 	header.setFont(new Font(header.getFont().getName(), Font.BOLD, header
 		.getFont().getSize() + 2));
 
@@ -120,21 +77,10 @@ public class RoarPanel {
     {
 	AWTUtilities.setWindowOpacity(window, 0.9f);
 	window.setVisible(true);
-//	
-//	for(float i=3; i<10;i++)
-//	{
-//	    AWTUtilities.setWindowOpacity(window, i/10.f);
-//	    try {
-//		Thread.sleep(70);
-//	    } catch (InterruptedException e) {
-//	    }
-//	}
-	
-	
     }
     
-    public static void popupWindow(final RoarMessageListener owner, Icon icon, String head, String text, int x, int y) {
-	final JWindow window = createWindow(icon, head, text, x, y);
+    public static void popupWindow(final RoarMessageListener owner, Icon icon, String head, String text, int x, int y, Color backgroundcolor, int duration) {
+	final JWindow window = createWindow(icon, head, text, x, y,backgroundcolor, Color.RED, Color.WHITE);
 	fadein(window);
 	
 
@@ -149,7 +95,7 @@ public class RoarPanel {
 	};
 
 	Timer t = new Timer();
-	t.schedule(closeTimer, 3000);
+	t.schedule(closeTimer, duration);
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/roar/src/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/roar/RoarPreference.java b/src/plugins/roar/src/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/roar/RoarPreference.java
index 3b5bc471..51e2ccaa 100644
--- a/src/plugins/roar/src/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/roar/RoarPreference.java
+++ b/src/plugins/roar/src/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/roar/RoarPreference.java
@@ -37,9 +37,12 @@ public class RoarPreference implements Preference {
 
     
     private RoarPreferencePanel _prefPanel;
+    private RoarProperties _props;
 
     public RoarPreference() {
 
+	_props = new RoarProperties();
+	
 	try {
 	    if (EventQueue.isDispatchThread()) {
 		_prefPanel = new RoarPreferencePanel();
@@ -90,15 +93,19 @@ public class RoarPreference implements Preference {
 
     @Override
     public void load() {
+	_prefPanel.setBackgroundColor(_props.getBackgroundColor());
+	_prefPanel.setShowingPopups(_props.getShowingPopups());
+	_prefPanel.setDuration(_props.getDuration());
+	_prefPanel.setAmount(_props.getMaximumPopups());
     }
 
     @Override
     public void commit() {
-	
-	RoarProperties props = new RoarProperties();
-	
-	props.setBackgroundColor(_prefPanel.getBackgroundColor());
-	props.save();
+	_props.setDuration(_prefPanel.getDuration());
+	_props.setShowingPopups(_prefPanel.getShowingPopups());
+	_props.setBackgroundColor(_prefPanel.getBackgroundColor());
+	_props.setMaximumPopups(_prefPanel.getAmount());
+	_props.save();
 
     }
 
@@ -114,7 +121,7 @@ public class RoarPreference implements Preference {
 
     @Override
     public Object getData() {
-	return null;
+	return _props;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/plugins/roar/src/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/roar/RoarPreferencePanel.java b/src/plugins/roar/src/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/roar/RoarPreferencePanel.java
index 9d0a1799..a74f1669 100644
--- a/src/plugins/roar/src/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/roar/RoarPreferencePanel.java
+++ b/src/plugins/roar/src/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/roar/RoarPreferencePanel.java
@@ -21,10 +21,15 @@ package org.jivesoftware.spark.roar;
 
 import java.awt.Color;
 import java.awt.Graphics;
+import java.awt.GridBagConstraints;
+import java.awt.GridBagLayout;
 import java.awt.Image;
+import java.awt.Insets;
 
+import javax.swing.BorderFactory;
 import javax.swing.ImageIcon;
-import javax.swing.JButton;
+import javax.swing.JCheckBox;
+import javax.swing.JLabel;
 import javax.swing.JPanel;
 import javax.swing.JTextField;
 
@@ -43,38 +48,106 @@ public class RoarPreferencePanel extends JPanel {
     private Image _backgroundimage;
 
     private JTextField _color;
+    private JTextField _duration;
+    private JTextField _amount;
+    private JCheckBox _checkbox;
 
     public RoarPreferencePanel() {
 
+	JPanel contents = new JPanel();
+	contents.setLayout(new GridBagLayout());
+	contents.setBackground(new Color(0,0,0,0));
 	this.setLayout(new VerticalFlowLayout());
+	contents.setBorder(BorderFactory.createTitledBorder("Roar Settings"));
+	
+	
+	add(contents);
+	
 	ClassLoader cl = getClass().getClassLoader();
 	_backgroundimage = new ImageIcon(cl.getResource("background.png"))
 		.getImage();
+	
+	_color = new JTextField();
+	_duration = new JTextField();
+	_amount = new JTextField();
+	
+	_checkbox = new JCheckBox("Popups enabled");
+	_checkbox.setBackground(new Color(0,0,0,0));
 
-	RoarProperties props = new RoarProperties();
+	Insets in = new Insets(5,5,5,5);
 
-	String farbe = props.getProperty(RoarProperties.BACKGROUNDCOLOR);
+	contents.add(new JLabel("Background color:"), new GridBagConstraints(0, 0, 1, 1, 0.0, 0.0, GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST, GridBagConstraints.BOTH, in, 0, 0));
+	contents.add(_color, new GridBagConstraints(1, 0, 1, 1, 1.0, 0.0, GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST, GridBagConstraints.BOTH, in, 0, 0));
+
+	contents.add(new JLabel("Duration in ms:"), new GridBagConstraints(0, 1, 1, 1, 0.0, 0.0, GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST, GridBagConstraints.BOTH, in, 0, 0));
+	contents.add(_duration, new GridBagConstraints(1, 1, 1, 1, 1.0, 0.0, GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST, GridBagConstraints.BOTH, in, 0, 0));
+
+	contents.add(new JLabel("Maximum Popups on Screen (0=infinity):"), new GridBagConstraints(0, 2, 1, 1, 0.0, 0.0, GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST, GridBagConstraints.BOTH, in, 0, 0));
+	contents.add(_amount, new GridBagConstraints(1, 2, 1, 1, 1.0, 0.0, GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST, GridBagConstraints.BOTH, in, 0, 0));
+
+	
+	contents.add(_checkbox, new GridBagConstraints(0, 3, 1, 1, 0.0, 0.0, GridBagConstraints.NORTHWEST, GridBagConstraints.BOTH, in, 0, 0));
 
-	_color = new JTextField(farbe);
-	_color.setSize(200, 20);
-	JButton button = new JButton("activate");
-	this.add(button);
-	this.add(_color);
     }
 
     public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
-	g.drawImage(_backgroundimage, 0, 0, this.getWidth(), this.getHeight(),
-		this);
+	
+	int imgwi = _backgroundimage.getWidth(null);
+	int imghe = _backgroundimage.getHeight(null);
+	
+	int x = this.getSize().width;
+	x = (x/2)-(imgwi/2) < 0 ? 0 : (x/2)-(imgwi/2) ;
+	
+	int y = this.getSize().height;
+	y = (y/2) -(imghe/2)< 0 ? 0 : y/2-(imghe/2) ;
+
+	g.drawImage(_backgroundimage, x, y, this);
     }
 
+    
+    
     public Color getBackgroundColor() {
-	try {
-	    String[] arr = _color.getText().split(",");
+	return RoarProperties.convertString(_color.getText());
+    }
+    
+    public void setBackgroundColor(Color c)
+    {
+	_color.setText(RoarProperties.convertColor(c));
+    }
+    
+    public boolean getShowingPopups() {
+	return _checkbox.isSelected();
+    }
 
-	    return new Color(Integer.parseInt(arr[0]),
-		    Integer.parseInt(arr[1]), Integer.parseInt(arr[2]));
+    public void setShowingPopups(boolean pop) {
+	_checkbox.setSelected(pop);
+    }
+    
+    public int getDuration() {
+	try {
+	    return Integer.parseInt(_duration.getText());
 	} catch (Exception e) {
-	    return Color.BLACK;
+	    return 3000;
 	}
     }
+    
+    public void setDuration(int duration)
+    {
+	_duration.setText(""+duration);
+    }
+    
+    public void setAmount(int am)
+    {
+	_amount.setText(""+am);
+    }
+    
+    public int getAmount()
+    {
+	return Integer.parseInt(_amount.getText());
+    }
+    
+    
+    
+    
+    
 }
diff --git a/src/plugins/roar/src/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/roar/RoarProperties.java b/src/plugins/roar/src/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/roar/RoarProperties.java
index 45da9b2e..95a3c1e9 100644
--- a/src/plugins/roar/src/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/roar/RoarProperties.java
+++ b/src/plugins/roar/src/java/org/jivesoftware/spark/roar/RoarProperties.java
@@ -27,12 +27,19 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.jivesoftware.Spark;
-
+/**
+ * RoarProperties file stuff
+ * @author wolf.posdorfer
+ *
+ */
 public class RoarProperties {
     private Properties props;
     private File configFile;
-    
+
     public static final String BACKGROUNDCOLOR = "backgroundcolor";
+    public static final String DURATION = "duration";
+    public static final String ACTIVE = "active";
+    public static final String AMOUNT = "amount";
 
     public RoarProperties() {
 	this.props = new Properties();
@@ -48,24 +55,25 @@ public class RoarProperties {
     private File getConfigFile() {
 	if (configFile == null)
 	    configFile = new File(Spark.getSparkUserHome(), "roar.properties");
-	
+
 	return configFile;
     }
 
     public void save() {
 	try {
-	    props.store(new FileOutputStream(getConfigFile()), "");
+	    props.store(new FileOutputStream(getConfigFile()),
+		    "Storing ROAR properties");
 	} catch (Exception e) {
 	    e.printStackTrace();
 	}
     }
 
-    public boolean showingPopups() {
-	return getBoolean("popups", true);
+    public boolean getShowingPopups() {
+	return getBoolean(ACTIVE, true);
     }
 
     public void setShowingPopups(boolean popups) {
-	setBoolean("popups", popups);
+	setBoolean(ACTIVE, popups);
     }
 
     public Color getBackgroundColor() {
@@ -76,6 +84,28 @@ public class RoarProperties {
 	setColor(BACKGROUNDCOLOR, c);
     }
 
+    public int getDuration() {
+
+	return getInt(DURATION) == 0 ? 3000 : getInt(DURATION);
+    }
+
+    public void setDuration(int dur) {
+	setInt(DURATION, dur);
+    }
+    
+    public int getMaximumPopups() {
+	return getInt(AMOUNT);
+    }
+
+    public void setMaximumPopups(int amount) {
+	setInt(AMOUNT, amount);
+    }
+    
+    
+    
+    // ===============================================================================
+    // ===============================================================================
+    // ===============================================================================
     private boolean getBoolean(String property, boolean defaultValue) {
 	return Boolean.parseBoolean(props.getProperty(property,
 		Boolean.toString(defaultValue)));
@@ -85,29 +115,53 @@ public class RoarProperties {
 	props.setProperty(property, Boolean.toString(value));
     }
 
+    private int getInt(String property) {
+	return Integer.parseInt(props.getProperty(property, "0"));
+    }
+
+    private void setInt(String property, int integer) {
+	props.setProperty(property, "" + integer);
+    }
+
     private void setColor(String property, Color color) {
-	String c = color.getRed() + "," + color.getGreen() + ","
-		+ color.getBlue();
-	props.setProperty(property, c);
+	props.setProperty(property, convertColor(color));
     }
 
     private Color getColor(String property) {
-	try {
-	    String c = props.getProperty(property);
-
-	    String[] arr = c.split(",");
-	    return new Color(Integer.parseInt(arr[0]),
-		    Integer.parseInt(arr[1]), Integer.parseInt(arr[2]));
-	} catch (Exception e) {
-	    setColor(property,Color.BLACK);
-	    save();
-	    return Color.BLACK;
-	}
+	return convertString(props.getProperty(property));
     }
-    
-    public String getProperty(String property)
-    {
+
+    public String getProperty(String property) {
 	return props.getProperty(property);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Converts a {@link String} matching xxx,xxx,xxx to a {@link Color}<br>
+     * where xxx is a number from 0 to 255
+     * 
+     * @param s
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static Color convertString(String s) {
+	try {
+	    String[] arr = s.split(",");
+	    return new Color(Integer.parseInt(arr[0]),
+		    Integer.parseInt(arr[1]), Integer.parseInt(arr[2]));
+	} catch (Exception e) {
+	    return Color.black;
+	}
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Converts a {@link Color} to a {@link String} in this format:<br>
+     * <b>xxx,xxx,xxx</b> <br>
+     * where xxx is a number from 0 to 255
+     * 
+     * @param color
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static String convertColor(Color color) {
+	return color.getRed() + "," + color.getGreen() + "," + color.getBlue();
+    }
 }