diff --git a/qserv/src/main/java/de/hsadmin/core/model/PersistenceManager.java b/qserv/src/main/java/de/hsadmin/core/model/PersistenceManager.java
index ae102dc..928488a 100644
--- a/qserv/src/main/java/de/hsadmin/core/model/PersistenceManager.java
+++ b/qserv/src/main/java/de/hsadmin/core/model/PersistenceManager.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package de.hsadmin.core.model;
 
+import java.lang.System.Logger;
+import java.lang.System.Logger.Level;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -13,6 +15,8 @@ public class PersistenceManager {
 	
 	private Map<String, EntityManagerFactory> persistenceUnits;
 	
+	private Logger logger;
+	
 	public static EntityManager getEntityManager(String persistUnitName) {
 		EntityManagerFactory emf = PersistenceManager.getInstance().getEMF(persistUnitName);
 		return emf.createEntityManager();
@@ -31,6 +35,7 @@ public class PersistenceManager {
 		if (emf == null) {
 			emf = Persistence.createEntityManagerFactory(persistUnitName);
 			persistenceUnits.put(persistUnitName, emf);
+			logger.log(Level.INFO, "Create Persistence Unit: " + persistUnitName);
 		}
 		return emf;
 	}
@@ -43,11 +48,11 @@ public class PersistenceManager {
 	}
 
 	private void closeFactories() {
-		for (String puName : persistenceUnits.keySet()) {
-			System.out.println("Persistence Unit: " + puName);
-			EntityManagerFactory emf = persistenceUnits.get(puName);
+		for (String persistUnitName : persistenceUnits.keySet()) {
+			logger.log(Level.INFO, "Close Persistence Unit: " + persistUnitName);
+			EntityManagerFactory emf = persistenceUnits.get(persistUnitName);
 			emf.close();
-			persistenceUnits.remove(puName);
+			persistenceUnits.remove(persistUnitName);
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/qserv/src/main/java/de/hsadmin/core/model/Transaction.java b/qserv/src/main/java/de/hsadmin/core/model/Transaction.java
index 2ee331d..9930ac9 100644
--- a/qserv/src/main/java/de/hsadmin/core/model/Transaction.java
+++ b/qserv/src/main/java/de/hsadmin/core/model/Transaction.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public class Transaction {
 	private void sendAll() {
 		for (String hive : taskStores.keySet()) {
 			QueueTaskStore store = taskStores.get(hive);
-			String queueName = "hsadminSystem-" + hive;
+			String queueName = "queue.hsadminSystem-" + hive;
 			Queue jmsSystemQueue = lookupJMSQueue(queueName);
 			QueueClient qClient = null;
 			try {
@@ -179,10 +179,10 @@ public class Transaction {
 	public UnixUser getLoginUser() {
 		String loginName = getLoginName();
 		if (loginName != null && loginName.length() == 2) {
-			loginName = Config.getInstance().getProperty("accountprefix.hostmaster", "hsh01") + "-" + loginName;
+			loginName = config.getProperty("accountprefix.hostmaster", "hsh01") + "-" + loginName;
 		}
 		if (loginName != null && loginName.length() == 3) {
-			loginName = Config.getInstance().getProperty("accountprefix.customer", "hsh00") + "-" + loginName;
+			loginName = config.getProperty("accountprefix.customer", "hsh00") + "-" + loginName;
 		}
 		Query userQuery = getEntityManager().createQuery("SELECT u FROM UnixUsers u WHERE u.name = :username");
 		userQuery.setParameter("username", loginName);
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ public class Transaction {
 		if (ticketUser != null && ticketUser.length() == 2) {
 			return true;		// 2-letter hostmaster
 		}
-		String hostmasterAccountPrefix = Config.getInstance().getProperty("accountprefix.hostmaster", "hsh01") + "-";
+		String hostmasterAccountPrefix = config.getProperty("accountprefix.hostmaster", "hsh01") + "-";
 		if (ticketUser != null && ticketUser.startsWith(hostmasterAccountPrefix) && ticketUser.length() == 8) {
 			return true;		// hsh01 hostmaster
 		}
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ public class Transaction {
 			String pacName = unixUser.getPac().getName();
 			return ticketUser.equals(pacName);  // pac-admin
 		}
-		String memberAccountPrefix = Config.getInstance().getProperty("accountprefix.customer", "hsh00") + "-";
+		String memberAccountPrefix = config.getProperty("accountprefix.customer", "hsh00") + "-";
 		if (ticketUser != null && (ticketUser.length() == 3 || (ticketUser.length() >= 9 && ticketUser.startsWith(memberAccountPrefix)))) {
 			Query memberQuery = getEntityManager().createQuery("SELECT c FROM Customers c WHERE c.name = :membername");
 			memberQuery.setParameter("membername", ticketUser.length() == 3 ? (memberAccountPrefix + ticketUser) : ticketUser);
diff --git a/qserv/src/main/java/de/hsadmin/core/qserv/JDBCProcessor.java b/qserv/src/main/java/de/hsadmin/core/qserv/JDBCProcessor.java
index 2827562..49b3c64 100644
--- a/qserv/src/main/java/de/hsadmin/core/qserv/JDBCProcessor.java
+++ b/qserv/src/main/java/de/hsadmin/core/qserv/JDBCProcessor.java
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class JDBCProcessor extends AbstractProcessor {
 				throw new ProcessorException("cannot connect to '" + url + "'");
 			Statement s = c.createStatement();
 			for (String sqlStatement : sql) {
-				System.out.println("SQL: " + sqlStatement);
+				LOG.fine("SQL: " + sqlStatement);
 				s.execute(sqlStatement);
 			}
 			return 0;
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class JDBCProcessor extends AbstractProcessor {
 				exc = aSqlExc;
 			}
 			errorMsg = exc.getMessage();
-			System.out.println("ERR: " + errorMsg);
+			LOG.severe("ERR: " + errorMsg);
 			throw new ProcessorException(aSqlExc.getMessage() + ", reason: " + errorMsg);
 		} catch (Exception aExc) {
 			throw new ProcessorException(aExc.getMessage());
diff --git a/qserv/src/main/java/de/hsadmin/core/qserv/QueueServer.java b/qserv/src/main/java/de/hsadmin/core/qserv/QueueServer.java
index 34660d4..3ea0f60 100644
--- a/qserv/src/main/java/de/hsadmin/core/qserv/QueueServer.java
+++ b/qserv/src/main/java/de/hsadmin/core/qserv/QueueServer.java
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ public class QueueServer implements MessageListener, ExceptionListener {
 	private String fromEMail;
 
 	private QueueConnection queueConnection;
+	private boolean isConnected;
+
 
 	/** 
 	 * Runs the QueueServer, using the arguments as ConnectionFactory 
@@ -60,11 +62,11 @@ public class QueueServer implements MessageListener, ExceptionListener {
 				qServ.close();
 			}
 		});
-		while (!qServ.connect()) {
-			Thread.sleep(30000);
-		}
 		while (true) {
-			Thread.sleep(10000);
+			if (!qServ.isConnected()) {
+				qServ.connect();
+			}
+			Thread.sleep(30000);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -80,6 +82,12 @@ public class QueueServer implements MessageListener, ExceptionListener {
 
 	public QueueServer() {
 		logger = Logger.getLogger("de.hsadmin.core.qserv");
+		queueConnection = null;
+		isConnected = false;
+	}
+	
+	private boolean isConnected() {
+		return isConnected;
 	}
 	
 	private void setServiceEMail(String emailAddress) {
@@ -97,26 +105,27 @@ public class QueueServer implements MessageListener, ExceptionListener {
 			fromEMail = emailAddress;
 		}
 	}
-
-	private boolean connect() {
+	
+	private void connect() {
 		try {
 			final ActiveMQConnectionFactory mqConnectionFactory = new ActiveMQConnectionFactory(jmsUrl);
 			mqConnectionFactory.setTrustAllPackages(true);
 			queueConnection = mqConnectionFactory.createQueueConnection(jmsUsername, jmsPassword);
 			queueConnection.setExceptionListener(this);
 			final QueueSession session = queueConnection.createQueueSession(false, QueueSession.CLIENT_ACKNOWLEDGE);
-			Queue queue = session.createQueue(jmsSystemQueue);
-			queueConnection.start();
+			Queue queue = session.createQueue(jmsSystemQueue);  
+			queueConnection.start(); 
 			final QueueReceiver receiver = session.createReceiver(queue);
-			receiver.setMessageListener(this);
-			return true;
+			receiver.setMessageListener(this); 
+			isConnected = true;
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			logger.log(Level.WARNING, e.getMessage(), e);
-			return false;
+			isConnected = false;
 		}
 	}
 	
-	public synchronized void onMessage(Message jmsMessage) {
+	public synchronized void onMessage(final Message jmsMessage) {
+		assert jmsMessage != null;
 		logger.log(Level.INFO, jmsMessage.toString());
 		TaskTransfer task = null;
 		try {
@@ -138,6 +147,7 @@ public class QueueServer implements MessageListener, ExceptionListener {
 			logException(throwable);
 			task.setException(throwable.getMessage());
 		} finally {
+			try { jmsMessage.acknowledge(); } catch (JMSException e) { }
 			sendStatus(task);
 			notifyAll();
 		}
@@ -154,11 +164,8 @@ public class QueueServer implements MessageListener, ExceptionListener {
 	@Override
 	public void onException(JMSException e) {
 		logger.log(Level.WARNING, e.getMessage(), e);
-		while (!connect()) {
-			try {
-				Thread.sleep(10000);
-			} catch (InterruptedException e1) { }
-		}
+		close();
+		isConnected = false;
 	}
 
 	protected void sendStatus(TaskTransfer queueMessage) {
@@ -170,7 +177,7 @@ public class QueueServer implements MessageListener, ExceptionListener {
 		try {
 			queueConnection = mqConnectionFactory.createQueueConnection(jmsUsername, jmsPassword);
 			queueConnection.setExceptionListener(this);
-			session = queueConnection.createQueueSession(false, QueueSession.CLIENT_ACKNOWLEDGE);
+			session = queueConnection.createQueueSession(false, QueueSession.AUTO_ACKNOWLEDGE);
 			final Queue queue = session.createQueue(jmsStatusQueue);
 			queueConnection.start();
 			producer  = session.createProducer(queue);
@@ -182,7 +189,7 @@ public class QueueServer implements MessageListener, ExceptionListener {
 		} finally {
 			if (producer != null) try { producer.close(); } catch (Exception e) { }
 			if (session != null) try { session.close(); } catch (Exception e) { }
-			if (queueConnection != null) try { queueConnection.close(); } catch (Exception e) { }
+//			if (queueConnection != null) try { queueConnection.close(); } catch (Exception e) { }
 		}
 	
 	}
diff --git a/qserv/src/main/java/de/hsadmin/core/qserv/SmtpHelper.java b/qserv/src/main/java/de/hsadmin/core/qserv/SmtpHelper.java
index 94b40b6..2d0f66a 100644
--- a/qserv/src/main/java/de/hsadmin/core/qserv/SmtpHelper.java
+++ b/qserv/src/main/java/de/hsadmin/core/qserv/SmtpHelper.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import java.io.Writer;
 import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.SocketException;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 import org.apache.commons.net.smtp.SMTPClient;
 import org.apache.commons.net.smtp.SMTPReply;
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ import de.hsadmin.core.util.HSAdminException;
 
 public class SmtpHelper {
 
+	private static final Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(SmtpHelper.class.getName());
+	
 	public static void send(String fromAddress, String toAddress, String subject, String text) 
 			throws HSAdminException {
 		send(fromAddress, toAddress, null, subject, text);
@@ -24,9 +27,10 @@ public class SmtpHelper {
 	public static void send(String fromAddress, String toAddress, String ccAddress, String subject, String text) 
 			throws HSAdminException {
 		try {
-			SMTPClient client = new SMTPClient();
+			final SMTPClient client = new SMTPClient();
 			String canonicalHostName = InetAddress.getLocalHost().getCanonicalHostName();
-			String smtpHost = Config.getInstance().getProperty("smtp.host");
+			final Config config = Config.getInstance();
+			String smtpHost = config.getProperty("smtp.host");
 			if (smtpHost == null || smtpHost.trim().isEmpty()) {
 				smtpHost = "localhost";
 			}
@@ -34,11 +38,10 @@ public class SmtpHelper {
 				if (subject.toLowerCase().contains("error")) {
 					throw new HSAdminException("Konnte Mail nicht senden");
 				}
-				System.out.println("------------------------");
-				System.out.println("From: " + fromAddress);
-				System.out.println("To: " + toAddress);
-				System.out.println("Subject: " + subject);
-				System.out.println("\n" + text);
+				LOG.finer("From: " + fromAddress);
+				LOG.finer("To: " + toAddress);
+				LOG.finer("Subject: " + subject);
+				LOG.finer(text);
 				return;
 			}
 			client.connect(smtpHost, 25);
diff --git a/util/src/main/java/de/hsadmin/core/util/Config.java b/util/src/main/java/de/hsadmin/core/util/Config.java
index 30e58bf..efe4328 100644
--- a/util/src/main/java/de/hsadmin/core/util/Config.java
+++ b/util/src/main/java/de/hsadmin/core/util/Config.java
@@ -11,31 +11,46 @@ public class Config {
 	
 	private static Logger LOG = Logger.getLogger(Config.class.getName());
 
-	private Properties props;
+	private static final String userDir = System.getProperty("user.dir");
+	private static final String userHome = System.getProperty("user.home");
+	
+	private final Properties props;
 	
 	private Config() {
 		props = new Properties();
-		File file = new File(System.getProperty("user.dir") + "/hsadmin.properties");
+		final String baseName = "hsadmin";
+		initPropertiesFromFile(baseName);
+	}
+
+	private Config(String baseName) {
+		props = new Properties();
+		initPropertiesFromFile(baseName);
+	}
+
+	private void initPropertiesFromFile(final String baseName) {
+		File file = new File(userDir + "/" + baseName + ".properties");
 		if (!file.canRead()) {
-			file = new File(System.getProperty("user.dir") + "/conf/hsadmin.properties");
+			file = new File(userDir + "/conf/" + baseName + ".properties");
 		}
 		if (!file.canRead()) {
-			file = new File(System.getProperty("user.home") + "/.hsadmin.properties");
+			file = new File(userHome + "/." + baseName + ".properties");
 		}
 		if (!file.canRead()) {
-			file = new File("/etc/hsadmin/hsadmin.properties");
+			file = new File("/etc/hsadmin/" + baseName + ".properties");
 		}
 		if (!file.canRead()) {
-			file = new File("/etc/hsadmin.properties");
+			file = new File("/etc/" + baseName + ".properties");
 		}
 		if (file.canRead()) {
 			try {
 				LOG.info("Constructor - Properties-File: " + file.getAbsolutePath());
 				props.load(new FileReader(file));
 			} catch (Exception e) {
-				// should not happen
+				LOG.severe("reading properties failed: " + e.getMessage());
 				e.printStackTrace();
 			}
+		} else {
+			LOG.severe("reading properties failed: No properties file found");
 		}
 	}
 	
@@ -46,6 +61,13 @@ public class Config {
 		return instance;
 	}
 	
+	public static Config getInstance(String baseName) {
+		if (instance == null) {
+			instance = new Config(baseName);
+		}
+		return instance;
+	}
+	
 	public String getProperty(String propertyName) {
 		String property = props.getProperty(propertyName);
 		return property;