diff --git a/voting-station-gui/src/pictures/[Originals]/blacktriangle.png b/voting-station-gui/src/pictures/[Originals]/blacktriangle.png
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diff --git a/voting-station-gui/src/pictures/blacktriangle.png b/voting-station-gui/src/pictures/blacktriangle.png
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diff --git a/voting-station-gui/src/polling_station_dashboard/StatusLog/fxml/status_log.fxml b/voting-station-gui/src/polling_station_dashboard/StatusLog/fxml/status_log.fxml
index 4992518..6cdbb56 100644
--- a/voting-station-gui/src/polling_station_dashboard/StatusLog/fxml/status_log.fxml
+++ b/voting-station-gui/src/polling_station_dashboard/StatusLog/fxml/status_log.fxml
@@ -2,17 +2,27 @@
 
 <!-- Created By Vladimir Eliezer Tokarev !-->
 
-<?import java.lang.*?>
+<?import javafx.geometry.*?>
 <?import javafx.scene.image.*?>
 <?import javafx.scene.control.*?>
 <?import javafx.scene.layout.*?>
 
-<GridPane prefHeight="615.0" prefWidth="400.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1">
+<GridPane fx:id="StatusLogGridPane" prefHeight="615.0" prefWidth="400.0" xmlns="http://javafx.com/javafx/8" xmlns:fx="http://javafx.com/fxml/1" fx:controller="polling_station_dashboard.StatusLog.java.StatusLogController">
    <children>
-      <BorderPane prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0">
+      <BorderPane onMousePressed="#CloseStatusLog" prefHeight="200.0" prefWidth="200.0">
          <center>
             <Label text="Status Log" BorderPane.alignment="CENTER" />
          </center>
+         <left>
+            <ImageView BorderPane.alignment="CENTER">
+               <image>
+                  <Image url="@../../../pictures/blacktriangle.png" />
+               </image>
+               <BorderPane.margin>
+                  <Insets left="10.0" />
+               </BorderPane.margin>
+            </ImageView>
+         </left>
       </BorderPane>
       <Accordion GridPane.rowIndex="1">
          <panes>
diff --git a/voting-station-gui/src/polling_station_dashboard/StatusLog/java/StatusLogController.java b/voting-station-gui/src/polling_station_dashboard/StatusLog/java/StatusLogController.java
index f62cd82..625e432 100644
--- a/voting-station-gui/src/polling_station_dashboard/StatusLog/java/StatusLogController.java
+++ b/voting-station-gui/src/polling_station_dashboard/StatusLog/java/StatusLogController.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package polling_station_dashboard.StatusLog.java;
 
+import javafx.fxml.FXML;
 import javafx.stage.Stage;
 
 /**
@@ -9,10 +10,21 @@ import javafx.stage.Stage;
 public class StatusLogController {
 
     private Stage primaryStage;
+    private StatusLogUpdate statusLogUpdater;
 
+    public void SetStatusLogUpdater(StatusLogUpdate updater){
+        statusLogUpdater = updater;
+    }
 
     public void SetStage(Stage stage){
         primaryStage = stage;
     }
 
+    @FXML
+    private void CloseStatusLog(){
+        // UpdateStatusLog is called from open status log object which means that
+        // the current UpdateStatusLog will close it
+        statusLogUpdater.UpdateStatusLog();
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/voting-station-gui/src/polling_station_dashboard/StatusLog/java/StatusLogLoader.java b/voting-station-gui/src/polling_station_dashboard/StatusLog/java/StatusLogLoader.java
index d8ffa31..12d403a 100644
--- a/voting-station-gui/src/polling_station_dashboard/StatusLog/java/StatusLogLoader.java
+++ b/voting-station-gui/src/polling_station_dashboard/StatusLog/java/StatusLogLoader.java
@@ -16,17 +16,20 @@ public class StatusLogLoader {
 
     private Stage currentStage;
     private FXMLLoader fxmlLoader;
+    private StatusLogUpdate statusLogUpdater;
 
-    public StatusLogLoader (Stage primaryStage) throws IOException
+    public StatusLogLoader (Stage primaryStage, StatusLogUpdate updater) throws IOException
     {
         currentStage = primaryStage;
+        statusLogUpdater = updater;
         fxmlLoader = new FXMLLoader(getClass().getResource(POLLING_STATION_DASHBOARD_FXML_PATH));
     }
 
-    private GridPane GetStatusLogInstance() throws IOException {
-        GridPane StatusLog = (GridPane) fxmlLoader.load();
+    public GridPane GetStatusLogInstance() throws IOException {
+        GridPane StatusLog = fxmlLoader.load();
         StatusLogController controller = fxmlLoader.getController();
         controller.SetStage(currentStage);
+        controller.SetStatusLogUpdater(statusLogUpdater);
 
         return StatusLog;
     }
diff --git a/voting-station-gui/src/polling_station_dashboard/StatusLog/java/StatusLogUpdate.java b/voting-station-gui/src/polling_station_dashboard/StatusLog/java/StatusLogUpdate.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e032d72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/voting-station-gui/src/polling_station_dashboard/StatusLog/java/StatusLogUpdate.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package polling_station_dashboard.StatusLog.java;
+
+/**
+ * Created by Vladimir Eliezer Tokarev on 04/06/2016.
+ * StatusLogUpdate gives the ability to update the status log object
+ * decouple status log from  polling station dashboard
+ */
+public interface StatusLogUpdate {
+
+    void UpdateStatusLog();
+}
diff --git a/voting-station-gui/src/polling_station_dashboard/fxml/polling_station_dashboard.fxml b/voting-station-gui/src/polling_station_dashboard/fxml/polling_station_dashboard.fxml
index a83d831..f755ce7 100644
--- a/voting-station-gui/src/polling_station_dashboard/fxml/polling_station_dashboard.fxml
+++ b/voting-station-gui/src/polling_station_dashboard/fxml/polling_station_dashboard.fxml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
             </BorderPane>
             <Pane fx:id="StatusLog" layoutX="788.0" layoutY="12.0" prefHeight="544.0" prefWidth="42.0">
                <children>
-                  <Button layoutX="-251.0" layoutY="250.0" mnemonicParsing="false" onMousePressed="#OnStatusLogPressed" prefHeight="43.0" prefWidth="545.0" rotate="-90.0" text="Status Log" />
+                  <Button fx:id="StatusLogButton" layoutX="-251.0" layoutY="250.0" mnemonicParsing="false" onMousePressed="#OnStatusLogPressed" prefHeight="43.0" prefWidth="545.0" rotate="-90.0" text="Status Log" />
                </children>
             </Pane>
             <Pane layoutY="557.0" prefHeight="34.0" prefWidth="830.0">
diff --git a/voting-station-gui/src/polling_station_dashboard/java/PollingStationDashboardController.java b/voting-station-gui/src/polling_station_dashboard/java/PollingStationDashboardController.java
index 263498c..e44cfbc 100644
--- a/voting-station-gui/src/polling_station_dashboard/java/PollingStationDashboardController.java
+++ b/voting-station-gui/src/polling_station_dashboard/java/PollingStationDashboardController.java
@@ -1,42 +1,69 @@
 package polling_station_dashboard.java;
 
 import javafx.fxml.FXML;
+import javafx.scene.control.Button;
+import javafx.scene.layout.GridPane;
 import javafx.scene.layout.Pane;
 import javafx.stage.Stage;
+import polling_station_dashboard.StatusLog.java.StatusLogUpdate;
 
 /**
  * Created by Vladimir Eliezer Tokarev on 28/05/2016.
+ * PollingStationDashboardController controls the behavior of the polling station dashboard
  */
-public class PollingStationDashboardController {
+public class PollingStationDashboardController implements StatusLogUpdate {
 
     private Stage currentStage;
+    private GridPane statusLog;
 
     private boolean statusLogOpened = false;
 
-    public void SetStage(Stage primaryStage)
-    {
+    public void SetStage(Stage primaryStage)    {
         this.currentStage = primaryStage;
     }
 
-    private void setStatusLog(){
+    public void SetStatusLog(GridPane statusLog){
+        this.statusLog = statusLog;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void UpdateStatusLog(){
+        showStatusLogButton(statusLogOpened);
         if (!statusLogOpened) {
             SetStatusLogSize(400);
+            addStatusLog();
         }
         else {
             SetStatusLogSize(-400);
+            removeStatusLog();
         }
         statusLogOpened = !statusLogOpened;
     }
 
+    private void showStatusLogButton(boolean showOrNot){
+        Button statusLogButton = (Button) currentStage.getScene().lookup("#StatusLogButton");
+        statusLogButton.setVisible(showOrNot);
+    }
+
+    private void addStatusLog() {
+        Pane statusLogPane = (Pane) currentStage.getScene().lookup("#StatusLog");
+        statusLogPane.getChildren().add(statusLog);
+    }
+
+    private void removeStatusLog(){
+        Pane statusLogPane = (Pane) currentStage.getScene().lookup("#StatusLog");
+        statusLogPane.getChildren().remove(statusLog);
+    }
+
     private void SetStatusLogSize(int expansionWidth) {
         currentStage.setWidth(currentStage.getWidth() + expansionWidth);
-        Pane statusLogGrid = (Pane) currentStage.getScene().lookup("#StatusLog");
-        statusLogGrid.setPrefWidth(expansionWidth);
+        Pane statusLogPane = (Pane) currentStage.getScene().lookup("#StatusLog");
+        statusLogPane.setPrefWidth(expansionWidth);
     }
 
 
     @FXML
     private void OnStatusLogPressed() {
-        setStatusLog();
+        UpdateStatusLog();
     }
 }
diff --git a/voting-station-gui/src/polling_station_dashboard/java/PollingStationDashboardLoader.java b/voting-station-gui/src/polling_station_dashboard/java/PollingStationDashboardLoader.java
index 39a50d3..1a030dd 100644
--- a/voting-station-gui/src/polling_station_dashboard/java/PollingStationDashboardLoader.java
+++ b/voting-station-gui/src/polling_station_dashboard/java/PollingStationDashboardLoader.java
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import javafx.fxml.FXMLLoader;
 import javafx.scene.Parent;
 import javafx.scene.Scene;
 import javafx.stage.Stage;
+import polling_station_dashboard.StatusLog.java.StatusLogLoader;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ import java.io.IOException;
  */
 public class PollingStationDashboardLoader {
 
-    private static final String POLLING_STATION_DASHBOARD_FXML_PATH = "../fxml/status_log.fxml";
+    private static final String POLLING_STATION_DASHBOARD_FXML_PATH = "../fxml/polling_station_dashboard.fxml";
 
     private Stage currentStage;
 
@@ -28,6 +29,9 @@ public class PollingStationDashboardLoader {
         currentStage.setScene(new Scene(root, 850, 615));
         currentStage.show();
 
+        StatusLogLoader statusLogLoader = new StatusLogLoader(currentStage, controller);
         controller.SetStage(currentStage);
+        controller.SetStatusLog(statusLogLoader.GetStatusLogInstance());
+
     }
 }