diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/logcomponent.cpp b/src/blackgui/components/logcomponent.cpp
index f2d87f949..d0ca7752e 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/logcomponent.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/logcomponent.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
             ui->tvp_StatusMessages->setAutoResizeFrequency(3);
             ui->tvp_StatusMessages->setCustomMenu(new CLogMenu(this));
             ui->tvp_StatusMessages->menuAddItems(CStatusMessageView::MenuSave);
+            this->showFilterBar(); // default
         }
 
         CLogComponent::~CLogComponent()
@@ -89,6 +90,11 @@ namespace BlackGui
             ui->filter_LogMessages->show();
         }
 
+        void CLogComponent::filterUseRadioButtonDescriptiveIcons(bool oneCharacterText)
+        {
+            ui->filter_LogMessages->useRadioButtonDescriptiveIcons(oneCharacterText);
+        }
+
         void CLogComponent::clear()
         {
             ui->tvp_StatusMessages->clear();
diff --git a/src/blackgui/components/logcomponent.h b/src/blackgui/components/logcomponent.h
index 7003d4826..09b0303ef 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/components/logcomponent.h
+++ b/src/blackgui/components/logcomponent.h
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ namespace BlackGui
             //! Show a filter bar
             void showFilterBar();
 
+            //! Set fi
+            void filterUseRadioButtonDescriptiveIcons(bool oneLetterText);
+
             //! Clear
             void clear();
 
diff --git a/src/blackgui/filters/filterbarbuttons.cpp b/src/blackgui/filters/filterbarbuttons.cpp
index 417870e7c..1bc2519b7 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/filters/filterbarbuttons.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/filters/filterbarbuttons.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
             connect(ui->tb_ClearForm, &QToolButton::clicked, this, &CFilterBarButtons::ps_buttonClicked);
             connect(ui->tb_Filter, &QToolButton::clicked, this, &CFilterBarButtons::ps_buttonClicked);
             connect(ui->tb_RemoveFilter, &QToolButton::clicked, this, &CFilterBarButtons::ps_buttonClicked);
-            connect(ui->pb_New, &QToolButton::clicked, this, &CFilterBarButtons::ps_buttonClicked);
+            connect(ui->tb_New, &QToolButton::clicked, this, &CFilterBarButtons::ps_buttonClicked);
         }
 
         CFilterBarButtons::~CFilterBarButtons()
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
             if (sender == ui->tb_ClearForm) { emit buttonClicked(ClearForm); }
             else if (sender == ui->tb_Filter) { emit buttonClicked(Filter); }
             else if (sender == ui->tb_RemoveFilter) { emit buttonClicked(RemoveFilter); }
-            else if (sender == ui->pb_New)
+            else if (sender == ui->tb_New)
             {
                 emit buttonClicked(RemoveFilter);
                 emit buttonClicked(ClearForm);
diff --git a/src/blackgui/filters/filterbarbuttons.ui b/src/blackgui/filters/filterbarbuttons.ui
index 66de546b8..d4791a6d8 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/filters/filterbarbuttons.ui
+++ b/src/blackgui/filters/filterbarbuttons.ui
@@ -2,9 +2,17 @@
 <ui version="4.0">
  <class>CFilterBarButtons</class>
  <widget class="QFrame" name="CFilterBarButtons">
+  <property name="geometry">
+   <rect>
+    <x>0</x>
+    <y>0</y>
+    <width>211</width>
+    <height>23</height>
+   </rect>
+  </property>
   <property name="minimumSize">
    <size>
-    <width>140</width>
+    <width>150</width>
     <height>0</height>
    </size>
   </property>
@@ -31,13 +39,13 @@
     <widget class="QLineEdit" name="le_Count">
      <property name="minimumSize">
       <size>
-       <width>40</width>
+       <width>30</width>
        <height>0</height>
       </size>
      </property>
      <property name="maximumSize">
       <size>
-       <width>40</width>
+       <width>75</width>
        <height>16777215</height>
       </size>
      </property>
@@ -49,7 +57,7 @@
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item alignment="Qt::AlignLeft">
+   <item>
     <widget class="QToolButton" name="tb_Filter">
      <property name="toolTip">
       <string>filter</string>
@@ -63,7 +71,7 @@
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item alignment="Qt::AlignLeft">
+   <item>
     <widget class="QToolButton" name="tb_RemoveFilter">
      <property name="toolTip">
       <string>remove filter</string>
@@ -77,7 +85,7 @@
      </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item alignment="Qt::AlignLeft">
+   <item>
     <widget class="QToolButton" name="tb_ClearForm">
      <property name="toolTip">
       <string>clear form</string>
@@ -95,16 +103,17 @@
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
-    <widget class="QPushButton" name="pb_New">
-     <property name="maximumSize">
-      <size>
-       <width>30</width>
-       <height>16777215</height>
-      </size>
+    <widget class="QToolButton" name="tb_New">
+     <property name="toolTip">
+      <string>new (clear + remove filter)</string>
      </property>
      <property name="text">
       <string>new</string>
      </property>
+     <property name="icon">
+      <iconset resource="../../blackmisc/blackmisc.qrc">
+       <normaloff>:/diagona/icons/diagona/icons/cross-button.png</normaloff>:/diagona/icons/diagona/icons/cross-button.png</iconset>
+     </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item>
@@ -112,9 +121,6 @@
      <property name="orientation">
       <enum>Qt::Horizontal</enum>
      </property>
-     <property name="sizeType">
-      <enum>QSizePolicy::Fixed</enum>
-     </property>
      <property name="sizeHint" stdset="0">
       <size>
        <width>10</width>
diff --git a/src/blackgui/filters/filterwidget.cpp b/src/blackgui/filters/filterwidget.cpp
index 235699a08..0aae851b2 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/filters/filterwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/filters/filterwidget.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
     {
         CFilterWidget::CFilterWidget(QWidget *parent) : QFrame(parent)
         {
+            Q_ASSERT_X(sGui, Q_FUNC_INFO, "sGui missing");
             this->setWindowTitle("Filter widget");
             ps_onStyleSheetChanged();
             connect(sGui, &CGuiApplication::styleSheetsChanged, this, &CFilterWidget::ps_onStyleSheetChanged);
diff --git a/src/blackgui/filters/statusmessagefilterbar.cpp b/src/blackgui/filters/statusmessagefilterbar.cpp
index 6b6618b42..71f856db3 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/filters/statusmessagefilterbar.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/filters/statusmessagefilterbar.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ namespace BlackGui
             connect(ui->le_Category, &QLineEdit::returnPressed, this, &CFilterWidget::triggerFilter);
             connect(ui->le_MessageText, &QLineEdit::returnPressed, this, &CFilterWidget::triggerFilter);
 
+            connect(ui->rb_Error, &QRadioButton::released, this, &CStatusMessageFilterBar::radioButtonChanged);
+            connect(ui->rb_Info, &QRadioButton::released, this, &CStatusMessageFilterBar::radioButtonChanged);
+            connect(ui->rb_Warning, &QRadioButton::released, this, &CStatusMessageFilterBar::radioButtonChanged);
+
             ui->le_Category->setCompleter(new QCompleter(CLogPattern::allHumanReadableNames(), this));
 
             // reset form
@@ -43,6 +47,25 @@ namespace BlackGui
         CStatusMessageFilterBar::~CStatusMessageFilterBar()
         { }
 
+        void CStatusMessageFilterBar::useRadioButtonDescriptiveIcons(bool oneCharacterText)
+        {
+            CStatusMessage msg;
+            msg.setSeverity(CStatusMessage::SeverityError);
+            ui->rb_Error->setIcon(msg.toIcon().toQIcon());
+            ui->rb_Error->setToolTip(msg.getSeverityAsString());
+            ui->rb_Error->setText(oneCharacterText ? msg.getSeverityAsString().left(1) : "");
+
+            msg.setSeverity(CStatusMessage::SeverityWarning);
+            ui->rb_Warning->setIcon(msg.toIcon().toQIcon());
+            ui->rb_Warning->setToolTip(msg.getSeverityAsString());
+            ui->rb_Warning->setText(oneCharacterText ? msg.getSeverityAsString().left(1) : "");
+
+            msg.setSeverity(CStatusMessage::SeverityInfo);
+            ui->rb_Info->setIcon(msg.toIcon().toQIcon());
+            ui->rb_Info->setToolTip(msg.getSeverityAsString());
+            ui->rb_Info->setText(oneCharacterText ? msg.getSeverityAsString().left(1) : "");
+        }
+
         std::unique_ptr<BlackGui::Models::IModelFilter<BlackMisc::CStatusMessageList> > CStatusMessageFilterBar::createModelFilter() const
         {
             return std::make_unique<CStatusMessageFilter>(
@@ -64,6 +87,11 @@ namespace BlackGui
             ui->rb_Info->setChecked(true);
         }
 
+        void CStatusMessageFilterBar::radioButtonChanged()
+        {
+            this->triggerFilter();
+        }
+
         CStatusMessage::StatusSeverity CStatusMessageFilterBar::getSelectedSeverity() const
         {
             if (ui->rb_Error->isChecked()) { return CStatusMessage::SeverityError; }
diff --git a/src/blackgui/filters/statusmessagefilterbar.h b/src/blackgui/filters/statusmessagefilterbar.h
index 396e08078..d671b93dc 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/filters/statusmessagefilterbar.h
+++ b/src/blackgui/filters/statusmessagefilterbar.h
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ namespace BlackGui
             //! Destructor
             virtual ~CStatusMessageFilterBar();
 
+            //! Use icons with radio buttons
+            void useRadioButtonDescriptiveIcons(bool oneCharacterText);
+
             //! \copydoc Models::IModelFilterProvider::createModelFilter
             virtual std::unique_ptr<BlackGui::Models::IModelFilter<BlackMisc::CStatusMessageList>> createModelFilter() const override;
 
@@ -55,6 +58,9 @@ namespace BlackGui
         private:
             QScopedPointer<Ui::CStatusMessageFilterBar> ui;
 
+            //! Radio button was changed
+            void radioButtonChanged();
+
             //! Get the selected severity
             BlackMisc::CStatusMessage::StatusSeverity getSelectedSeverity() const;
         };
diff --git a/src/blackgui/filters/statusmessagefilterbar.ui b/src/blackgui/filters/statusmessagefilterbar.ui
index 93c873066..5c3bb6764 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/filters/statusmessagefilterbar.ui
+++ b/src/blackgui/filters/statusmessagefilterbar.ui
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
    <rect>
     <x>0</x>
     <y>0</y>
-    <width>324</width>
+    <width>359</width>
     <height>58</height>
    </rect>
   </property>
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
        <number>3</number>
       </property>
       <property name="leftMargin">
-       <number>0</number>
+       <number>10</number>
       </property>
       <property name="topMargin">
        <number>0</number>
@@ -75,16 +75,10 @@
     <widget class="BlackGui::Filters::CFilterBarButtons" name="filter_Buttons">
      <property name="minimumSize">
       <size>
-       <width>50</width>
+       <width>75</width>
        <height>0</height>
       </size>
      </property>
-     <property name="maximumSize">
-      <size>
-       <width>100</width>
-       <height>16777215</height>
-      </size>
-     </property>
     </widget>
    </item>
    <item row="0" column="2">
diff --git a/src/blackgui/views/viewbase.cpp b/src/blackgui/views/viewbase.cpp
index 7fe7b32fe..746e05cfe 100644
--- a/src/blackgui/views/viewbase.cpp
+++ b/src/blackgui/views/viewbase.cpp
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ namespace BlackGui
 
         void CViewBaseNonTemplate::setFilterWidgetImpl(QWidget *filterWidget)
         {
+            if (filterWidget == this->m_filterWidget) { return; }
+
             // dialog or filter widget
             if (this->m_filterWidget)
             {
@@ -154,6 +156,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
 
         void CViewBaseNonTemplate::setFilterDialog(CFilterDialog *filterDialog)
         {
+            if (filterDialog == this->m_filterWidget) { return; }
             this->setFilterWidgetImpl(filterDialog);
             if (filterDialog)
             {
@@ -165,6 +168,7 @@ namespace BlackGui
 
         void CViewBaseNonTemplate::setFilterWidget(CFilterWidget *filterWidget)
         {
+            if (filterWidget == this->m_filterWidget) { return; }
             this->setFilterWidgetImpl(filterWidget);
             if (filterWidget)
             {
diff --git a/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.cpp b/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.cpp
index 6dba955b9..875dd1a8e 100644
--- a/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.cpp
+++ b/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.cpp
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ void CSwiftLauncher::ps_displayLatestNews(QNetworkReply *reply)
     {
         const QString html = nwReply->readAll().trimmed();
         if (html.isEmpty()) { return; }
-        ui->tbr_LatestNews->setHtml(html);
+        ui->tbr_LatestNews->setHtml(html); // causes QFSFileEngine::open: No file name specified
         constexpr qint64 newNews = 72 * 3600 * 1000;
         const qint64 deltaT = CNetworkUtils::lastModifiedSinceNow(nwReply.data());
         if (deltaT > 0 && deltaT < newNews)
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ void CSwiftLauncher::init()
 
     m_mwaOverlayFrame = ui->fr_SwiftLauncherMain;
     m_mwaStatusBar = nullptr;
-    m_mwaLogComponent = ui->fr_SwiftLauncherLog;
+    m_mwaLogComponent = ui->comp_SwiftLauncherLog;
 
     ui->lbl_NewVersionUrl->setTextFormat(Qt::RichText);
     ui->lbl_NewVersionUrl->setTextInteractionFlags(Qt::TextBrowserInteraction);
@@ -231,6 +231,9 @@ void CSwiftLauncher::initLogDisplay()
                           CLogPattern().withSeverityAtOrAbove(CStatusMessage::SeverityInfo)
                       );
     logHandler->subscribe(this, &CSwiftLauncher::ps_appendLogMessage);
+
+    ui->comp_SwiftLauncherLog->showFilterBar();
+    ui->comp_SwiftLauncherLog->filterUseRadioButtonDescriptiveIcons(false);
 }
 
 void CSwiftLauncher::startSwiftCore()
@@ -495,7 +498,7 @@ void CSwiftLauncher::ps_showStatusMessage(const CStatusMessage &msg)
 
 void CSwiftLauncher::ps_appendLogMessage(const CStatusMessage &message)
 {
-    ui->fr_SwiftLauncherLog->appendStatusMessageToList(message);
+    ui->comp_SwiftLauncherLog->appendStatusMessageToList(message);
     if (message.getSeverity() == CStatusMessage::SeverityError)
     {
         this->ps_showStatusMessage(message);
@@ -504,7 +507,7 @@ void CSwiftLauncher::ps_appendLogMessage(const CStatusMessage &message)
 
 void CSwiftLauncher::ps_appendLogMessages(const CStatusMessageList &messages)
 {
-    ui->fr_SwiftLauncherLog->appendStatusMessagesToList(messages);
+    ui->comp_SwiftLauncherLog->appendStatusMessagesToList(messages);
     if (messages.hasErrorMessages())
     {
         this->ps_showStatusMessage(messages.getErrorMessages().toSingleMessage());
diff --git a/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.ui b/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.ui
index 068e5ce76..c385e8961 100644
--- a/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.ui
+++ b/src/swiftlauncher/swiftlauncher.ui
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
       <enum>QFrame::Raised</enum>
      </property>
      <property name="currentIndex">
-      <number>0</number>
+      <number>1</number>
      </property>
      <widget class="QWidget" name="pg_SwiftLauncherMain">
       <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="wl_SwiftLauncherMainPage">
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
         <number>3</number>
        </property>
        <item>
-        <widget class="BlackGui::Components::CLogComponent" name="fr_SwiftLauncherLog">
+        <widget class="BlackGui::Components::CLogComponent" name="comp_SwiftLauncherLog">
          <property name="frameShape">
           <enum>QFrame::StyledPanel</enum>
          </property>
@@ -935,8 +935,8 @@ p, li { white-space: pre-wrap; }
   </customwidget>
  </customwidgets>
  <resources>
-  <include location="swiftlauncher.qrc"/>
   <include location="../blackmisc/blackmisc.qrc"/>
+  <include location="swiftlauncher.qrc"/>
  </resources>
  <connections/>
  <buttongroups>