Index: /trunk/EventBenchConsole/src/de/ugoe/cs/eventbench/Runner.java
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--- /trunk/EventBenchConsole/src/de/ugoe/cs/eventbench/Runner.java	(revision 406)
+++ /trunk/EventBenchConsole/src/de/ugoe/cs/eventbench/Runner.java	(revision 407)
@@ -63,4 +63,5 @@
 		OptionSpec<UITYPE> ui = parser.accepts("ui", "Allowed values: text, swt").withRequiredArg()
 				.ofType(UITYPE.class).defaultsTo(UITYPE.text);
+		OptionSpec<LOG4JTYPE> trace = parser.accepts("trace", "Allowed values: enable, disable").withRequiredArg().ofType(LOG4JTYPE.class).defaultsTo(LOG4JTYPE.enable);
 		OptionSet options = parser.parse(args);
 
@@ -75,5 +76,5 @@
 				break;
 			default:
-				throw new AssertionError("reached source code that should be unreachable impossible");
+				throw new AssertionError("reached source code that should be unreachable");
 			}
 			
@@ -81,4 +82,7 @@
 			case text:
 				TextConsole textConsole = new TextConsole();
+				if( options.valueOf(trace)==LOG4JTYPE.disable ) {
+					textConsole.setDebug(false);
+				}
 				for (String command : startupCommands) {
 					CommandExecuter.getInstance().exec(command);
@@ -91,5 +95,5 @@
 				break;
 			default:
-				throw new AssertionError("reached source code that should be unreachable impossible");
+				throw new AssertionError("reached source code that should be unreachable");
 			}
 		} catch (OptionException e) {
