diff --git a/dram/.cproject b/dram/.cproject
index 862fba37..c61531b3 100644
--- a/dram/.cproject
+++ b/dram/.cproject
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 							<builder autoBuildTarget="all" buildPath="${workspace_loc:/dram}/build-simulation" cleanBuildTarget="clean" enableAutoBuild="false" id="org.eclipse.cdt.build.core.internal.builder.1698165306" incrementalBuildTarget="all" keepEnvironmentInBuildfile="false" managedBuildOn="true" name="CDT Internal Builder" parallelBuildOn="true" parallelizationNumber="optimal" superClass="org.eclipse.cdt.build.core.internal.builder"/>
 							<tool id="cdt.managedbuild.tool.gnu.archiver.base.1509734096" name="GCC Archiver" superClass="cdt.managedbuild.tool.gnu.archiver.base"/>
 							<tool id="cdt.managedbuild.tool.gnu.cpp.compiler.exe.debug.789860529" name="GCC C++ Compiler" superClass="cdt.managedbuild.tool.gnu.cpp.compiler.exe.debug">
-								<option id="gnu.cpp.compiler.exe.debug.option.optimization.level.2041174282" name="Optimization Level" superClass="gnu.cpp.compiler.exe.debug.option.optimization.level" value="gnu.cpp.compiler.optimization.level.none" valueType="enumerated"/>
+								<option id="gnu.cpp.compiler.exe.debug.option.optimization.level.2041174282" name="Optimization Level" superClass="gnu.cpp.compiler.exe.debug.option.optimization.level" value="gnu.cpp.compiler.optimization.level.most" valueType="enumerated"/>
 								<option id="gnu.cpp.compiler.exe.debug.option.debugging.level.2092267417" name="Debug Level" superClass="gnu.cpp.compiler.exe.debug.option.debugging.level" value="gnu.cpp.compiler.debugging.level.max" valueType="enumerated"/>
 								<option id="gnu.cpp.compiler.option.include.paths.1823643375" name="Include paths (-I)" superClass="gnu.cpp.compiler.option.include.paths" valueType="includePath">
 									<listOptionValue builtIn="false" value="/opt/systemc-2.3.0/include"/>
@@ -90,24 +90,24 @@
 	</storageModule>
 	<storageModule moduleId="org.eclipse.cdt.core.LanguageSettingsProviders"/>
 	<storageModule moduleId="refreshScope" versionNumber="2">
+		<configuration configurationName="unit_test"/>
 		<configuration configurationName="Release">
 			<resource resourceType="PROJECT" workspacePath="/DRAM-Model"/>
 		</configuration>
-		<configuration configurationName="unit_test"/>
 		<configuration configurationName="platformArchitect">
 			<resource resourceType="PROJECT" workspacePath="/DRAM"/>
 		</configuration>
 		<configuration configurationName="build-simulation"/>
 		<configuration configurationName="testing"/>
-		<configuration configurationName="Debug">
-			<resource resourceType="PROJECT" workspacePath="/DRAM-Model"/>
-		</configuration>
 		<configuration configurationName="simulation-build">
 			<resource resourceType="PROJECT" workspacePath="/dram"/>
 		</configuration>
+		<configuration configurationName="Debug">
+			<resource resourceType="PROJECT" workspacePath="/DRAM-Model"/>
+		</configuration>
 		<configuration configurationName="standalone"/>
-		<configuration configurationName="build-testing"/>
 		<configuration configurationName="simulation"/>
+		<configuration configurationName="build-testing"/>
 	</storageModule>
 	<storageModule moduleId="org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.text.commentOwnerProjectMappings">
 		<doc-comment-owner id="org.eclipse.cdt.internal.ui.text.doctools.NullDocCommentOwner">
diff --git a/dram/src/common/DebugManager.cpp b/dram/src/common/DebugManager.cpp
index e5327611..ad93b4f1 100644
--- a/dram/src/common/DebugManager.cpp
+++ b/dram/src/common/DebugManager.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ void DebugManager::printDebug(string message, Sender sender, Importance importan
 			pair<Sender, Importance>(sender, importance));
 	if (show)
 	{
-		cout << "[" << importanceToString(importance) << "]";
+		cout << importanceToString(importance);
 		if (printTime)
 			std::cout << " at " << sc_time_stamp();
 		if (printLocation)
@@ -32,16 +32,25 @@ void DebugManager::printDebug(string message, Sender sender, Importance importan
 	}
 }
 
+void DebugManager::addToWhiteList(Sender sender, Importance importance)
+{
+	whiteList.push_back(pair<Sender, Importance>(sender, importance));
+}
+
+void DebugManager::addToWhiteList(Sender sender)
+{
+	addToWhiteList(sender, Importance::Info);
+	addToWhiteList(sender, Importance::Warning);
+}
+
 string DebugManager::importanceToString(Importance importancy)
 {
 	switch (importancy)
 	{
 		case Importance::Info:
-			return "Info";
+			return "";
 		case Importance::Warning:
-			return "Warning";
-		case Importance::Error:
-			return "Error";
+			return "[Warning]";
 	}
 	return "unknown importance";
 }
@@ -56,6 +65,8 @@ string DebugManager::senderToString(Sender sender)
 			return "Scheduler";
 		case Sender::TracePlayer:
 			return "TracePlayer";
+		case Sender::TraceRecorder:
+			return "TraceRecorder";
 	}
 	return "unknown sender";
 }
diff --git a/dram/src/common/DebugManager.h b/dram/src/common/DebugManager.h
index 40e63da4..2f2fad82 100644
--- a/dram/src/common/DebugManager.h
+++ b/dram/src/common/DebugManager.h
@@ -10,24 +10,26 @@
 
 #include <systemc.h>
 
-enum class Importance {Warning, Error, Info};
-enum class Sender {Core, Scheduler, TracePlayer};
+enum class Importance {Warning, Info};
+enum class Sender {Core, Scheduler, TracePlayer, TraceRecorder};
 
 class DebugManager
 {
 public:
 	static DebugManager& getInstance();
 
-	std::vector<std::pair<Sender, Importance>> whiteList;
-
 	bool printTime;
 	bool printLocation;
 
 	void printDebug(std::string message, Sender sender, Importance importance=Importance::Info);
+	void addToWhiteList(Sender sender, Importance importance);
+	void addToWhiteList(Sender sender);
 
 private:
 	DebugManager() : printTime(true), printLocation(true) {};
 	DebugManager(const DebugManager&);
+
+	std::vector<std::pair<Sender, Importance>> whiteList;
 	std::string senderToString(Sender sender);
 	std::string importanceToString(Importance importancy);
 
diff --git a/dram/src/common/tlmDBPhaseRecorder.cpp b/dram/src/common/tlmDBPhaseRecorder.cpp
index 31b4fa8c..d1ccfdc7 100644
--- a/dram/src/common/tlmDBPhaseRecorder.cpp
+++ b/dram/src/common/tlmDBPhaseRecorder.cpp
@@ -6,27 +6,22 @@
 
 using namespace std;
 
-tlmDBPhaseRecorder::tlmDBPhaseRecorder(string name, string pathToURI) :
-		transactionIDCounter(1), PicosecondsPerNanosecond(1e3)
+tlmDBPhaseRecorder::tlmDBPhaseRecorder(string dbName, string sqlScriptURI) :
+		dbName(dbName), transactionIDCounter(1), PicosecondsPerNanosecond(1e3)
 {
 	setUpTransactionTerminatingPhases();
-	openDB(name.c_str());
-	createTables(pathToURI);
-	cout << "Created tables in file " << name << std::endl;
-	cout << "Set up terminating phases " << name << std::endl;
+	openDB(dbName.c_str());
+	createTables(sqlScriptURI);
 	prepareSqlStatements();
-	cout << "Prepared statements " << name << std::endl;
 	sqlite3_exec(db, "BEGIN", 0, 0, 0);
-	cout << "Started new transaction " << name << std::endl;
+
+	debugMessage("Starting new database transaction");
 }
 
 tlmDBPhaseRecorder::~tlmDBPhaseRecorder()
 {
-	insertGeneralInfo();
-	sqlite3_exec(db, "COMMIT", 0, 0, 0);
-	cout << "Number of transactions written to DB: " << transactionIDCounter - 1 << endl;
-	cout << "tlmPhaseRecorder:\tEnd Recording" << endl;
-	sqlite3_close(db);
+	if (db)
+		closeConnection();
 }
 
 void tlmDBPhaseRecorder::recordPhase(tlm::tlm_generic_payload& trans, tlm::tlm_phase phase,
@@ -104,7 +99,7 @@ void tlmDBPhaseRecorder::openDB(std::string name)
 {
 	if (sqlite3_open(name.c_str(), &db))
 	{
-		cout << "ERROR Cannot open DB" << endl;
+		SC_REPORT_FATAL("Error in TraceRecorder", "Error cannot open database");
 		sqlite3_close(db);
 	}
 }
@@ -120,7 +115,8 @@ void tlmDBPhaseRecorder::insertGeneralInfo()
 {
 	sqlite3_bind_int64(insertGeneralInfoStatement, 1, transactionIDCounter - 1);
 	sqlite3_bind_int64(insertGeneralInfoStatement, 2, recordingEndTime.value());
-	sqlite3_bind_int(insertGeneralInfoStatement, 3, xmlAddressDecoder::getInstance().getNumberOfBanks());
+	sqlite3_bind_int(insertGeneralInfoStatement, 3,
+			xmlAddressDecoder::getInstance().getNumberOfBanks());
 	sqlite3_bind_text(insertGeneralInfoStatement, 4, "", 0, NULL);
 	sqlite3_bind_int(insertGeneralInfoStatement, 5, 6);
 	sqlite3_bind_text(insertGeneralInfoStatement, 6, "NS", 2, NULL);
@@ -181,7 +177,9 @@ void tlmDBPhaseRecorder::introduceNewTransactionToSystem(const sc_time& time,
 	if (id % transactionCommitRate == 0)
 	{
 		sqlite3_exec(db, "COMMIT", 0, 0, 0);
-		cout << "Committing trasaction nr. " << id << " (and previous) to database" << endl;
+		debugMessage(
+				"Committing transactions " + to_string(id - transactionCommitRate + 1) + " - "
+						+ to_string(id));
 		sqlite3_exec(db, "BEGIN", 0, 0, 0);
 	}
 }
@@ -198,24 +196,23 @@ void tlmDBPhaseRecorder::executeSqlStatement(sqlite3_stmt* statement)
 {
 	if (sqlite3_step(statement) != SQLITE_DONE)
 	{
-		cout << "Could not execute statement" << endl;
+		SC_REPORT_FATAL("Error in TraceRecorder", "Could not execute statement");
 	}
 	sqlite3_reset(statement);
 }
 void tlmDBPhaseRecorder::executeSqlCommand(string command)
 {
-	cout << "executing sql-script" << endl;
+	debugMessage("Creating database by running provided sql script");
 
 	char * errMsg = 0;
 	int rc = sqlite3_exec(db, command.c_str(), NULL, 0, &errMsg);
 	if (rc != SQLITE_OK)
 	{
-		cout << errMsg << endl;
 		SC_REPORT_FATAL("SQLITE Error", errMsg);
 		sqlite3_free(errMsg);
 	}
 
-	cout << "done executing script" << endl;
+	debugMessage("Database created successfully");
 }
 string tlmDBPhaseRecorder::getFileContents(string filename)
 {
@@ -239,3 +236,20 @@ string tlmDBPhaseRecorder::phaseToString(tlm::tlm_phase phase)
 	string str = oss.str();
 	return str;
 }
+
+void tlmDBPhaseRecorder::debugMessage(std::string message, Importance importance)
+{
+	DebugManager::getInstance().printDebug(dbName + " - " + message, Sender::TraceRecorder,
+			Importance::Info);
+}
+
+void tlmDBPhaseRecorder::closeConnection()
+{
+	insertGeneralInfo();
+	sqlite3_exec(db, "COMMIT", 0, 0, 0);
+	debugMessage(
+			"Number of transactions written to DB: " + std::to_string(transactionIDCounter - 1));
+	debugMessage("tlmPhaseRecorder:\tEnd Recording");
+	sqlite3_close(db);
+	db = NULL;
+}
diff --git a/dram/src/common/tlmDBPhaseRecorder.h b/dram/src/common/tlmDBPhaseRecorder.h
index ff52ebf2..79140245 100755
--- a/dram/src/common/tlmDBPhaseRecorder.h
+++ b/dram/src/common/tlmDBPhaseRecorder.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <tlm.h>
 #include <systemc.h>
 #include "xmlAddressdecoder.h"
+#include "DebugManager.h"
 
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -19,13 +20,16 @@ class tlmDBPhaseRecorder
 {
 public:
 
-	tlmDBPhaseRecorder(std::string name, std::string pathToURI);
+	tlmDBPhaseRecorder(std::string dbName, std::string sqlScriptURI);
 	~tlmDBPhaseRecorder();
 
 	void recordPhase(tlm::tlm_generic_payload &trans, tlm::tlm_phase phase, sc_time time);
 	void recordDebugMessage(std::string message, sc_time time);
 
+	void closeConnection();
+
 private:
+	std::string dbName;
 	std::string phaseToString(tlm::tlm_phase phase);
 	std::string getFileContents(std::string filename);
 
@@ -46,6 +50,8 @@ private:
 	void updatePhaseEndInDB(string phaseName, const sc_time& time, unsigned int transactionID);
 	void insertDebugMessageInDB(string message,	const sc_time& time);
 
+	void debugMessage(std::string message, Importance importance = Importance::Info);
+
 	static const int transactionCommitRate = 10000;
 	map<tlm::tlm_generic_payload*, unsigned int> currentTransactionsInSystem;
 	unsigned int transactionIDCounter;
diff --git a/dram/src/simulation/main.cpp b/dram/src/simulation/main.cpp
index 4904f330..8b978fd8 100644
--- a/dram/src/simulation/main.cpp
+++ b/dram/src/simulation/main.cpp
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
  *      Author: robert
  */
 
-
-
 #include <iostream>
 #include <systemc.h>
 #include <fstream>
@@ -26,50 +24,42 @@ using namespace std;
 
 string pathOfFile(string file)
 {
-	return file.substr(0,file.find_last_of('/'));
+	return file.substr(0, file.find_last_of('/'));
 }
 
-int sc_main(int argc, char **argv) {
-	string resources =  pathOfFile(argv[0]) + string("/../resources/");
+int sc_main(int argc, char **argv)
+{
+	string resources = pathOfFile(argv[0]) + string("/../resources/");
 
 	xmlAddressDecoder::URI = resources + string("configs/addressConfig.xml");
-	tlmDBPhaseRecorder *recorder = new tlmDBPhaseRecorder("tpr.tdb", resources + string("scripts/createTraceDB.sql"));
-	TracePlayer<> player("player",resources + string("traces/mediabench-h263encode_32.stl"));
-
-	//DebugManager::getInstance().whiteList.push_back(pair<Sender, Importance>(Sender::TracePlayer, Importance::Info));
-	cout << "Toplevel: build player" << std::endl;
+	tlmDBPhaseRecorder recorder("tpr.tdb", resources + string("scripts/createTraceDB.sql"));
+	TracePlayer<> player("player", resources + string("traces/mediabench-h263encode_32.stl"));
 	Dram<> dram("dram");
-	cout << "Toplevel: build dram" << std::endl;
 	Arbiter<> arbiter("arbiter");
-	cout << "Toplevel: build arbiter" << std::endl;
-	ControllerWrapper<> controller("controller",*recorder);
-	cout << "Toplevel: build controller" << std::endl;
+	ControllerWrapper<> controller("controller", recorder);
 
-	cout << "Toplevel: binding sockets" << std::endl;
 	player.iSocket.bind(arbiter.tSockets[0]);
 	arbiter.iSocket.bind(controller.tSocket);
 	controller.iSocket.bind(dram.tSocket);
 
-	cout << "Toplevel: simulation start" << std::endl;
+	//DebugManager::getInstance().addToWhiteList(Sender::TraceRecorder);
 
+	cout << "Toplevel: simulation start" << std::endl;
 	clock_t begin = clock();
 	sc_start();
-
 	clock_t end = clock();
-
 	double elapsed_secs = double(end - begin) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC;
 
-	cout << "Simulation took " << elapsed_secs << " seconds. You better optimize your model ! " << endl;
-
-	delete recorder;
+	recorder.closeConnection();
+	cout << "Simulation took " << elapsed_secs << " seconds." << endl;
 
 	string testingScript = resources + string("/scripts/tests.py");
 	string runTestCommand = string("python ") + testingScript + string(" tpr.tdb");
 	//system(runTestCommand.c_str());
 
-	string run_tpr = "/home/jonny/git/analyzer/build-traceAnalyzer-Desktop-Debug/traceAnalyzer tpr.tdb";
+	string run_tpr =
+			"/home/jonny/git/analyzer/build-traceAnalyzer-Desktop-Debug/traceAnalyzer tpr.tdb";
 	system(run_tpr.c_str());
-    return 0;
+	return 0;
 }
 
-