diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b267804..5196db5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,16 @@
 
 # virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
 hs_err_pid*
+/bin/
+
+#Eclipse files
+.project
+.classpath
+
+#generated maps
+/maps
+
+# IntelliJ project files
+.idea
+*.iml
+out
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/com/wurmonline/wurmapi/api/WurmAPI.java b/src/com/wurmonline/wurmapi/api/WurmAPI.java
index dde295c..6d70f42 100644
--- a/src/com/wurmonline/wurmapi/api/WurmAPI.java
+++ b/src/com/wurmonline/wurmapi/api/WurmAPI.java
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 package com.wurmonline.wurmapi.api;
 
-import com.wurmonline.wurmapi.api.map.dump.Colorist;
-
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
diff --git a/src/net/buddat/wgenerator/HeightMap.java b/src/net/buddat/wgenerator/HeightMap.java
index 6b4281f..7e842bd 100644
--- a/src/net/buddat/wgenerator/HeightMap.java
+++ b/src/net/buddat/wgenerator/HeightMap.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.awt.image.DataBufferUShort;
+import java.awt.image.Raster;
 import java.awt.image.WritableRaster;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -83,18 +84,17 @@ private void importHeightImage() {
 		}
 
 		long startTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
-
 		try {
-			DataBufferUShort buffer = (DataBufferUShort) heightImage.getRaster().getDataBuffer();
+            Raster data = heightImage.getData();
 
-			int[][] array = new int[mapSize][mapSize];
+            for (int x = 0; x < mapSize; x++) {
+                for (int y = 0; y < mapSize; y++) {
 
-			for (int x = 0; x < mapSize; x++) {
-				for (int y = 0; y < mapSize; y++) {
+                    double[] dArray = null;
 
-					array[x][y] = buffer.getElem(x + y * mapSize);
+                    dArray = data.getPixel(x,y, dArray);
 
-					setHeight(x, y, getHeight(x, y) + (array[x][y] / 65536f), false);
+					setHeight(x, y, getHeight(x, y) + (dArray[0] / 65536f), false);
 				}
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/net/buddat/wgenerator/MainWindow.java b/src/net/buddat/wgenerator/MainWindow.java
index b842dd6..bb61eaf 100644
--- a/src/net/buddat/wgenerator/MainWindow.java
+++ b/src/net/buddat/wgenerator/MainWindow.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 import javax.swing.GroupLayout.Alignment;
 import javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement;
 import java.awt.*;
+import java.awt.Taskbar.State;
 
 import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
 import java.io.*;
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@ public class MainWindow extends JFrame {
 	private Constants.VIEW_TYPE defaultView = Constants.VIEW_TYPE.HEIGHT;
 	private ProgressHandler progress;
 
+	private Taskbar taskbar = Taskbar.getTaskbar();
+	
 	private JProgressBar progressBar;
 	private JLabel lblMemory;
 	private JPanel contentPane;
@@ -219,12 +222,14 @@ public MainWindow() {
 		contentPane.setBorder(new EmptyBorder(5, 5, 5, 5));
 		setLocationRelativeTo(null);
 		setContentPane(contentPane);
-
+		
+		taskbar.setWindowProgressState(this, State.NORMAL);
+		
 		JTabbedPane optionsPane = new JTabbedPane(JTabbedPane.TOP);
 
 		progressBar = new JProgressBar();
 		progressBar.setStringPainted(true);
-		progressBar.setString("");
+		progressBar.setString(Constants.READY);
 		progressBar.setEnabled(true);
 		progressBar.setValue(100);
 
@@ -1368,7 +1373,7 @@ private void init() {
 		setupButtonActions();
 		setRockTotal();
 		updateMapCoords(0,0,false);
-		progress = new ProgressHandler(progressBar,lblMemory);
+		progress = new ProgressHandler(progressBar,lblMemory, taskbar, this);
 		progress.update(100);
 		System.setErr(new PrintStream(new StreamCapturer(System.err,this)));
 
@@ -1712,7 +1717,8 @@ private void startLoading(String task) {
 	}
 
 	private void stopLoading() {
-		progress.update(100,"");
+		progress.update(100, Constants.READY);
+		taskbar.setWindowProgressValue(this, 0);
 	}
 
 	boolean actionReady() {
@@ -2014,11 +2020,13 @@ void actionResetBiomes () {
 
 			for (int i = 0; i < heightMap.getMapSize(); i++) {
 				for (int j = 0; j < heightMap.getMapSize(); j++) {
-					progress.update((int)((float)(i*heightMap.getMapSize()+j)/(heightMap.getMapSize()*heightMap.getMapSize())*100f));
+					int prog = (int)((float)(i*heightMap.getMapSize()+j)/(heightMap.getMapSize()*heightMap.getMapSize())*100f);
+					taskbar.setWindowProgressValue(this, prog);
+					progress.update(prog);
 					tileMap.addDirt(i, j, 0);
 				}
 			}
-
+			
 			updateMapView();
 
 			genHistory.add("RESETBIOMES:null"); 
@@ -2472,7 +2480,9 @@ private void updateMapView() {
 			Graphics g = mapPanel.getMapImage().getGraphics();
 
 			for (int i = 0; i < heightMap.getMapSize(); i++) {
-				progress.update((int)((float)i/heightMap.getMapSize()*98f));
+				int prog = (int)((float)i/heightMap.getMapSize()*98f);
+				taskbar.setWindowProgressValue(this, prog);
+				progress.update(prog);
 				for (int j = 0; j < heightMap.getMapSize(); j++) {
 					g.setColor(new Color((float) heightMap.getHeight(i, j), (float) heightMap.getHeight(i, j), (float) heightMap.getHeight(i, j)));
 					g.fillRect(i, j, 1, 1);
@@ -2504,7 +2514,9 @@ private void updateAPIMap() {
 
 		try {
 			for (int i = 0; i < heightMap.getMapSize(); i++) {
-				progress.update((int)((float)i/heightMap.getMapSize()*100f/3));
+				int prog = (int)((float)i/heightMap.getMapSize()*100f/3);
+				taskbar.setWindowProgressValue(this, prog);
+				progress.update(prog);
 				for (int j = 0; j < heightMap.getMapSize(); j++) {
 					map.setSurfaceHeight(i, j, tileMap.getSurfaceHeight(i, j));
 					map.setRockHeight(i, j, tileMap.getRockHeight(i, j));
@@ -2516,7 +2528,9 @@ private void updateAPIMap() {
 				}
 			}
 			for (int i = 0; i < heightMap.getMapSize(); i++) {
-				progress.update((int)((float)i/heightMap.getMapSize()*100f/3)+33);
+				int prog = (int)((float)i/heightMap.getMapSize()*100f/3)+33;
+				taskbar.setWindowProgressValue(this, prog);
+				progress.update(prog);
 				for (int j = 0; j < heightMap.getMapSize(); j++) {
 					if(tileMap.getType(i, j) != Tile.TILE_ROCK && !tileMap.getType(i, j).isTree() && !tileMap.getType(i, j).isBush()) {
 						for(int x = i - 1; x <= i + 1; x++) {
@@ -2531,7 +2545,9 @@ private void updateAPIMap() {
 				}
 			}
 			for (int i = 0; i < heightMap.getMapSize(); i++) {
-				progress.update((int)((float)i/heightMap.getMapSize()*100f/3)+66);
+				int prog = (int)((float)i/heightMap.getMapSize()*100f/3)+66;
+				taskbar.setWindowProgressValue(this, prog);
+				progress.update(prog);
 				for (int j = 0; j < heightMap.getMapSize(); j++) {
 					if (tileMap.getType(i, j).isTree()) {
 						map.setTree(i, j, tileMap.getType(i, j).getTreeType((byte) 0), FoliageAge.values()[treeRand.nextInt(FoliageAge.values().length)], GrowthTreeStage.MEDIUM);
@@ -2906,4 +2922,4 @@ public void submitError(String err) {
 	public static void log (String s) { 
 		System.out.println(s);
 	}
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/net/buddat/wgenerator/util/Constants.java b/src/net/buddat/wgenerator/util/Constants.java
index 217e335..b66823e 100644
--- a/src/net/buddat/wgenerator/util/Constants.java
+++ b/src/net/buddat/wgenerator/util/Constants.java
@@ -5,8 +5,9 @@
  */
 public class Constants {
 
-	public static final String version = "2.9.0";
+	public static final String version = "2.9.1";
 	public static final String WINDOW_TITLE = "Map Generator for Wurm Unlimited";
+	public static final String READY = "Ready";
 
 	public static final int MAP_SIZE = 2048;
 	public static final int MAP_HEIGHT = 4096;
diff --git a/src/net/buddat/wgenerator/util/ProgressHandler.java b/src/net/buddat/wgenerator/util/ProgressHandler.java
index 49130a8..ad4a439 100644
--- a/src/net/buddat/wgenerator/util/ProgressHandler.java
+++ b/src/net/buddat/wgenerator/util/ProgressHandler.java
@@ -1,15 +1,24 @@
 package net.buddat.wgenerator.util;
 
+import java.awt.Taskbar;
+
 import javax.swing.*;
 
+import net.buddat.wgenerator.MainWindow;
+
 public class ProgressHandler {
 
-	JProgressBar progressBar;
-	JLabel lblMemory;
+	private JProgressBar progressBar;
+	private JLabel lblMemory;
+	
+	private Taskbar taskbar;
+	private MainWindow mainWindow;
 	
-	public ProgressHandler(JProgressBar progress, JLabel memory) {
-		progressBar = progress;
-		lblMemory = memory;
+	public ProgressHandler(JProgressBar progress, JLabel memory, Taskbar taskbar, MainWindow mainWindow) {
+		this.progressBar = progress;
+		this.lblMemory = memory;
+		this.taskbar = taskbar;
+		this.mainWindow = mainWindow;
 	}
 	
 	private void setMemoryUsage() {
@@ -25,6 +34,13 @@ public void update(int value) {
 	public void update(int value, String text) {
 		progressBar.setValue(value);
 		progressBar.setString(text);
+		taskbar.setWindowProgressValue(mainWindow, value);
+		if(value == 100) {
+			mainWindow.setTitle(Constants.WINDOW_TITLE + " - v " + Constants.version + " - " + "Ready");
+		}else {
+			mainWindow.setTitle(Constants.WINDOW_TITLE + " - v " + Constants.version + " - " + text + ": " + value + "%");
+		}
+		
 		setMemoryUsage();
 	}