diff --git a/deluge/core/core.py b/deluge/core/core.py
index 2f4b00036..83a9442ca 100644
--- a/deluge/core/core.py
+++ b/deluge/core/core.py
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ from deluge.core.pluginmanager import PluginManager
 from deluge.core.alertmanager import AlertManager
 from deluge.core.signalmanager import SignalManager
 from deluge.core.filtermanager import FilterManager
+from deluge.core.statusbarmanager import StatusBarManager
 from deluge.core.preferencesmanager import PreferencesManager
 from deluge.core.autoadd import AutoAdd
 from deluge.log import LOG as log
@@ -202,6 +203,9 @@ class Core(
         # Start the FilterManager
         self.filtermanager = FilterManager(self)
 
+        # Start the StatusBarManager
+        self.statusbarmanager = StatusBarManager(self)
+
         # Create the AutoAdd component
         self.autoadd = AutoAdd()
 
@@ -369,6 +373,7 @@ class Core(
         'max_upload':float()
         }
         """
+        #todo: perf enhancedment:shortcut self.session.status() to a local var.
         return {
             #dynamic stats:
             "download_rate":self.session.status().payload_download_rate,
@@ -376,6 +381,7 @@ class Core(
             "num_connections":self.session.num_connections(),
             "dht_nodes":self.session.status().dht_nodes,
             "free_space":deluge.common.free_space(self.config["download_location"]),
+            "has_incoming_connections":self.session.status().has_incoming_connections,
             #max config values:
             "max_download":self.config["max_download_speed"],
             "max_upload":self.config["max_upload_speed"],
@@ -496,6 +502,12 @@ class Core(
         """
         return self.filtermanager.get_filter_tree()
 
+    def export_get_statusbar(self,  include_defaults = True):
+        """
+        prototype. api may and will change.
+        """
+        return self.statusbarmanager.get_statusbar(include_defaults)
+
     def export_get_session_state(self):
         """Returns a list of torrent_ids in the session."""
         # Get the torrent list from the TorrentManager
diff --git a/deluge/core/statusbarmanager.py b/deluge/core/statusbarmanager.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9fed7f302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deluge/core/statusbarmanager.py
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+#
+# core.py
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2008 Martijn Voncken <mvoncken@gmail.com>
+#
+# Deluge is free software.
+#
+# You may redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
+# GNU General Public License, as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
+# any later version.
+#
+# deluge is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+# See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with deluge.    If not, write to:
+# 	The Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 	51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
+# 	Boston, MA    02110-1301, USA.
+#
+#    In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give
+#    permission to link the code of portions of this program with the OpenSSL
+#    library.
+#    You must obey the GNU General Public License in all respects for all of
+#    the code used other than OpenSSL. If you modify file(s) with this
+#    exception, you may extend this exception to your version of the file(s),
+#    but you are not obligated to do so. If you do not wish to do so, delete
+#    this exception statement from your version. If you delete this exception
+#    statement from all source files in the program, then also delete it here.
+
+import deluge.component as component
+from deluge.log import LOG as log
+from deluge.common import fspeed, fsize
+
+class StatusBarManager(component.Component):
+    """StatusBarManager
+    """
+    def __init__(self, core):
+        component.Component.__init__(self, "StatusBarManager")
+        log.debug("StatusBarManager init..")
+        self.core = core
+        self.torrents = core.torrents
+        self.icon_order = []
+        self.registered_icons = {}
+        self.stats = {}
+
+    def register_icon(self, id, icon_func):
+        self.icon_order.append(id)
+        self.registered_icons[id] = icon_func
+
+    def deregister_icon(self, id):
+        self.icon_order.remove(id)
+        del self.registered_icons[id]
+
+    def get_statusbar(self , include_defaults = True):
+        stats = self.core.export_get_stats()
+        #self.stats = stats
+        statusbar = []
+        if include_defaults:
+            """hardcoded part first.."""
+            statusbar.append(("num_connections" , "connections16.png",_("Connections"),"%(num_connections)s (%(max_num_connections)s)" % stats))
+
+            txt = "%s KiB/s" % fspeed(stats["download_rate"])
+            if stats["max_download"]:
+                txt += " (%s KiB/s)" % stats["max_download"]
+            statusbar.append(("downloading","downloading16.png",_("Downloading"),txt))
+
+            txt = "%s KiB/s" % fspeed(stats["upload_rate"])
+            if stats["max_download"]:
+                txt += " (%s KiB/s)" % stats["max_upload"]
+            statusbar.append(("uploading", "seeding16.png",_("Uploading"),txt))
+
+            statusbar.append(("free_space", None ,_("Free Space"), fsize(stats["free_space"])))
+
+            if not stats["has_incoming_connections"]:
+                statusbar.append(("network_health", "alert16.png","",_("No Incoming Connections!")))
+
+            statusbar.append(("dht", "dht16.png",_("DHT Nodes"),"%(dht_nodes)s" % stats ))
+
+
+        for id in self.icon_order:
+            item = self.registered_icons[id]() #function call.
+            statusbar.append(item)
+        return statusbar
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/deluge/tests/test_statusbar.py b/deluge/tests/test_statusbar.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02ce638f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deluge/tests/test_statusbar.py
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#
+# moving and refactoring torrent-filtering from labels-plugin to core.
+#
+
+from deluge.ui.client import sclient
+sclient.set_core_uri()
+#/init
+
+print "no-args:"
+print sclient.get_statusbar()
+
+print "include-defaults:"
+print sclient.get_statusbar(True)
+
+print "no-defaults:"
+print sclient.get_statusbar(False)
+