diff --git a/Fronter.NET/Assets/Images/main_image.png b/Fronter.NET/Assets/Images/main_image.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a3b3f34b
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diff --git a/Fronter.NET/Fronter.csproj b/Fronter.NET/Fronter.csproj
index 177bbb3b..f52fa9b8 100644
--- a/Fronter.NET/Fronter.csproj
+++ b/Fronter.NET/Fronter.csproj
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     </ItemGroup>
     
     
-    <ItemGroup><!-- TODO: REMOVE -->
+    <ItemGroup>
         <DebugResources Include="../DEBUG_RESOURCES/**/*.*" />
     </ItemGroup>
     <ItemGroup>
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
         <Resources Include="Resources/**/*.*" />
     </ItemGroup>
     <Target Name="CopyCustomContent" AfterTargets="Build">
-        <Copy SourceFiles="@(DebugResources)" DestinationFolder="$(OutDir)/%(RecursiveDir)" SkipUnchangedFiles="true" />
+        <Copy Condition="'$(Configuration)' == 'Debug'" SourceFiles="@(DebugResources)" DestinationFolder="$(OutDir)/%(RecursiveDir)" SkipUnchangedFiles="true" />
         <Copy SourceFiles="@(Images)" DestinationFolder="$(OutDir)/Assets/Images/%(RecursiveDir)" SkipUnchangedFiles="true" />
         <Copy SourceFiles="@(Resources)" DestinationFolder="$(OutDir)/Resources/%(RecursiveDir)" SkipUnchangedFiles="true" />
     </Target>
@@ -44,10 +44,4 @@
     <ItemGroup>
       <ProjectReference Include="..\commonItems.NET\commonItems\commonItems.csproj" />
     </ItemGroup>
-    <ItemGroup>
-      <Compile Update="Views\OptionsView.axaml.cs">
-        <DependentUpon>OptionsView.axaml</DependentUpon>
-        <SubType>Code</SubType>
-      </Compile>
-    </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
diff --git a/Fronter.NET/Models/Configuration/Configuration.cs b/Fronter.NET/Models/Configuration/Configuration.cs
index c7969c64..1401dfea 100644
--- a/Fronter.NET/Models/Configuration/Configuration.cs
+++ b/Fronter.NET/Models/Configuration/Configuration.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public class Configuration {
 	public string DisplayName { get; private set; } = string.Empty;
 	public string SourceGame { get; private set; } = string.Empty;
 	public string TargetGame { get; private set; } = string.Empty;
-	public string AutoGenerateModsFrom { get; private set; } = string.Empty;
+	public bool CopyToTargetGameModDirectory { get; set; } = true;
 	public bool UpdateCheckerEnabled { get; private set; } = false;
 	public bool CheckForUpdatesOnStartup { get; private set; } = false;
 	public string ConverterReleaseForumThread { get; private set; } = string.Empty;
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ public class Configuration {
 	public List<RequiredFile> RequiredFiles { get; } = new();
 	public List<RequiredFolder> RequiredFolders { get; } = new();
 	public List<Option> Options { get; } = new();
-	public List<Mod> AutoLocatedMods { get; } = new();
-	public HashSet<string> PreloadedModFileNames { get; } = new();
 	private int optionCounter;
 
 	private static ILog logger = LogManager.GetLogger("CONFIGURATION");
@@ -103,8 +101,8 @@ private void RegisterKeys(Parser parser) {
 		parser.RegisterKeyword("targetGame", reader => {
 			TargetGame = reader.GetString();
 		});
-		parser.RegisterKeyword("autoGenerateModsFrom", reader => {
-			AutoGenerateModsFrom = reader.GetString();
+		parser.RegisterKeyword("copyToTargetGameModDirectory", reader => {
+			CopyToTargetGameModDirectory = reader.GetString() == "true";
 		});
 		parser.RegisterKeyword("enableUpdateChecker", reader => {
 			UpdateCheckerEnabled = reader.GetString() == "true";
@@ -151,10 +149,6 @@ private void RegisterPreloadKeys(Parser parser) {
 					option.SetCheckBoxSelectorPreloaded();
 				}
 			}
-			if (incomingKey == "selectedMods") {
-				var selections = valueReader.GetStrings();
-				PreloadedModFileNames.UnionWith(selections);
-			}
 		});
 		parser.RegisterRegex(CommonRegexes.Catchall, ParserHelpers.IgnoreAndLogItem);
 	}
@@ -255,16 +249,6 @@ public bool ExportConfiguration() {
 				writer.WriteLine($"{file.Name} = \"{file.Value}\"");
 			}
 
-			if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(AutoGenerateModsFrom)) {
-				writer.WriteLine("selectedMods={");
-				foreach (var mod in AutoLocatedMods) {
-					if (PreloadedModFileNames.Contains(mod.FileName)) {
-						writer.WriteLine($"\t\"{mod.FileName}\"");
-					}
-				}
-				writer.WriteLine("}");
-			}
-
 			foreach (var option in Options) {
 				if (option.CheckBoxSelector is not null) {
 					writer.Write($"{option.Name} = {{ ");
diff --git a/Fronter.NET/Services/ConverterLauncher.cs b/Fronter.NET/Services/ConverterLauncher.cs
index a88e6e41..21d6fb63 100644
--- a/Fronter.NET/Services/ConverterLauncher.cs
+++ b/Fronter.NET/Services/ConverterLauncher.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-using Avalonia.Threading;
-using commonItems;
-using Fronter.Models;
+using commonItems;
+using Fronter.LogAppenders;
 using Fronter.Models.Configuration;
-using Fronter.ViewModels;
 using log4net;
 using log4net.Core;
 using System;
@@ -48,6 +46,9 @@ public bool LaunchConverter() {
 		process.OutputDataReceived += (sender, args) => {
 			var logLine = MessageSlicer.SliceMessage(args.Data ?? string.Empty);
 			var level = logLine.Level;
+			if (level is null && string.IsNullOrEmpty(logLine.Message)) {
+				return;
+			}
 			Logger.Log(level ?? lastLevelFromBackend ?? Level.Info, logLine.Message);
 			if (level is not null) {
 				lastLevelFromBackend = level;
diff --git a/Fronter.NET/Services/MessageSlicer.cs b/Fronter.NET/Services/MessageSlicer.cs
index c40eac46..3b38073d 100644
--- a/Fronter.NET/Services/MessageSlicer.cs
+++ b/Fronter.NET/Services/MessageSlicer.cs
@@ -22,12 +22,9 @@ public static LogLine SliceMessage(string message) {
 
 		var timestampPart = message[..posOpen].Trim();
 		if (dateTimeRegex.IsMatch(timestampPart)) {
-		} else {
-			logMessage.Message = message;
-			return logMessage;
+			logMessage.Timestamp = timestampPart;
 		}
 		
-		logMessage.Timestamp = timestampPart;
 		var logLevelStr = message.Substring(posOpen + 1, posClose - posOpen - 1);
 		logMessage.Level = GetLogLevel(logLevelStr);
 		if (message.Length >= posClose + 2) {
diff --git a/Fronter.NET/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs b/Fronter.NET/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs
index efd94f71..3b220402 100644
--- a/Fronter.NET/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs
+++ b/Fronter.NET/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs
@@ -64,10 +64,6 @@ public MainWindowViewModel() {
 		Config = new Configuration();
 		
 		var appenders = LogManager.GetRepository().GetAppenders();
-		foreach (var appender in appenders) {
-			Logger.Debug($"test {appender.Name}");
-		}
-
 		var gridAppender = appenders.First(a => a.Name == "grid");
 		if (gridAppender is not LogGridAppender logGridAppender) {
 			throw new LogException($"Log appender \"{gridAppender.Name}\" is not a {typeof(LogGridAppender)}");
@@ -116,25 +112,25 @@ public bool VerifyMandatoryPaths() {
 	}
 
 	public void LaunchConverter() {
+		Progress = 0;
 		SaveStatus = "CONVERTSTATUSPRE";
 		ConvertStatus = "CONVERTSTATUSPRE";
 		CopyStatus = "CONVERTSTATUSPRE";
 		
-		LogGridAppender.LogLines.Clear();
 		if (!VerifyMandatoryPaths()) {
 			return;
 		}
 		Config.ExportConfiguration();
 		
 		var converterLauncher = new ConverterLauncher(Config);
-		bool success = false;
+		bool success;
 		var converterThread = new Thread(() => {
 			ConvertStatus = "CONVERTSTATUSIN";
 			success = converterLauncher.LaunchConverter();
 			if (success) {
 				ConvertStatus = "CONVERTSTATUSPOSTSUCCESS";
 				var modCopier = new ModCopier(Config);
-				bool copySuccess = false;
+				bool copySuccess;
 				var copyThread = new Thread(() => {
 					CopyStatus = "CONVERTSTATUSIN";
 					copySuccess = modCopier.CopyMod();
diff --git a/Fronter.NET/Views/MainWindow.axaml b/Fronter.NET/Views/MainWindow.axaml
index 26da8636..13d78329 100644
--- a/Fronter.NET/Views/MainWindow.axaml
+++ b/Fronter.NET/Views/MainWindow.axaml
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@
     </Design.DataContext>
 
     <DockPanel>
+        <DockPanel.Background>
+            <ImageBrush Source="/Assets/Images/main_image.png" Stretch="UniformToFill" Opacity="0.05" />
+        </DockPanel.Background>
         <Menu DockPanel.Dock="Top">
             <MenuItem Header="{ns:Loc MENUCONVERTER}">
                 <MenuItem Header="{ns:Loc CHECKFORUPDATES}" Command="{Binding CheckForUpdates}"/>
@@ -31,7 +34,7 @@
                 <MenuItem.Styles>
                     <Style Selector="MenuItem.LanguageChoice MenuItem">
                         <Setter Property="Header" Value="{Binding Value}"/>
-                        <Setter Property="Command" Value="{Binding $parent[Window].DataContext.SetLanguage}"/>
+                        <Setter Property="Command" Value="{Binding $parent[Window].DataContext.SetLanguage, FallbackValue={}}"/>
                         <Setter Property="CommandParameter" Value="{Binding Key}"/>
                     </Style>
                 </MenuItem.Styles>  
@@ -64,7 +67,7 @@
             </TabItem>
             
             <TabItem Header="{ns:Loc CONVERTTAB}" VerticalContentAlignment="Center">
-                <Grid ColumnDefinitions="1*,2*" RowDefinitions="Auto" Margin="2,4,2,4"  ShowGridLines="True">
+                <Grid ColumnDefinitions="1*,2*" RowDefinitions="Auto" Margin="2,4,2,4">
                     <StackPanel Grid.Row="0" Grid.Column="0">
                         <TextBlock Text="{ns:Loc LOGLEVEL}" HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Center"/>
                         
diff --git a/Fronter.NET/log4net.config b/Fronter.NET/log4net.config
index ef0cedbf..8c82179a 100644
--- a/Fronter.NET/log4net.config
+++ b/Fronter.NET/log4net.config
@@ -8,11 +8,8 @@
     </appender>
     <appender name="file" type="log4net.Appender.FileAppender">
         <file value="log.txt" />
-        <!--<appendToFile value="true" />
-        <rollingStyle value="Size" />
-        <maxSizeRollBackups value="5" />
-        <maximumFileSize value="100MB" />
-        <staticLogFileName value="true" />-->
+        <appendToFile value="false" />
+        <staticLogFileName value="true" />
         <layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
             <conversionPattern value="%date{yyyy'-'MM'-'dd HH':'mm':'ss} [%level] %message%newline" />
         </layout>
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 43b497e2..0977b98d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ backendExePath = CK2ToEU4Converter # Relative to converterFolder. If file extens
 displayName = DISPLAYNAME
 sourceGame = SOURCEGAME
 targetGame = TARGETGAME
-autoGenerateModsFrom = CK2ModsDirectory
+copyToTargetGameModDirectory = true
 
 requiredFile = {
 	name = SaveGame