diff --git a/src/SocExplorerEngine/engine/socexplorerengine.cpp b/src/SocExplorerEngine/engine/socexplorerengine.cpp
--- a/src/SocExplorerEngine/engine/socexplorerengine.cpp
+++ b/src/SocExplorerEngine/engine/socexplorerengine.cpp
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ void SocExplorerEngine::setLogLevel(int 
 {
     if(!_self)
         init();
+    printf("Set log level to %d\n",level);
     loglvl = level;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/SocExplorerEngine/engine/socexplorerengine.h b/src/SocExplorerEngine/engine/socexplorerengine.h
--- a/src/SocExplorerEngine/engine/socexplorerengine.h
+++ b/src/SocExplorerEngine/engine/socexplorerengine.h
@@ -49,6 +49,31 @@
 #endif
 
 
+class SOCEXPLORER_SDK_EXPORT SocExplorerAutoProgressBar
+{
+public:
+    SocExplorerAutoProgressBar(QProgressBar* progressBar=NULL)
+    {
+        this->p_progressbar=progressBar;
+    }
+     ~SocExplorerAutoProgressBar()
+    {
+        if(p_progressbar)
+        {
+            delete p_progressbar;
+        }
+    }
+    void setProgressBar(QProgressBar* progressBar)
+    {
+        this->p_progressbar=progressBar;
+    }
+    void setValue(int value)
+    {
+        p_progressbar->setValue(value);
+    }
+private:
+    QProgressBar* p_progressbar;
+};
 
 //! SocExplorerEngine is a pure static class which aims to provide services for both SocExplorer software and plugins.
 
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             int lvl;
             lvl = args.at(i+1).toInt(&success,10);
             if(success)
+            {
                 SocExplorerEngine::setLogLevel(lvl);
+            }
         }
     }