diff --git a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/elnTypes.py b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/elnTypes.py
index 67940a21bc936c5124fb7d035d9e4569829f1305..d009f95fc21896c295b38bce7132133a624fe3d1 100644
--- a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/elnTypes.py
+++ b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/elnTypes.py
@@ -918,6 +918,13 @@ WESTERN_BLOTTING_PROTOCOL = [FIRST_TIME_VERSIONED, True, "WESTERN_BLOTTING_PROTO
         [FIRST_TIME_VERSIONED, "ANNOTATIONS_STATE",        "Comments",            "Annotations State",        DataType.XML,                    None,                "Annotations State", "ANNOTATIONS_WESTERN_BLOTTING_PROTOCOL", None]
     ]];
 
+##
+## Types - Configuration
+##
+GENERAL_ELN_SETTINGS = [MANDATORY_ITEM_VERSION, False, "GENERAL_ELN_SETTINGS", "Used to store the settings of the ELN application", [
+        [MANDATORY_ITEM_VERSION, "ELN_SETTINGS",   "Settings",    "ELN Settings",    DataType.VARCHAR,        None, "ELN Settings", None, None, False, False]
+]];
+    
 ##
 ## Types - Orders
 ##
diff --git a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/initializemasterdataminimum.py b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/initializemasterdataminimum.py
index f4d801f3a10dd30b8090a6c530dc0e7e868746ab..97873d43788b91b058e07a97ad7c6102e108defb 100644
--- a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/initializemasterdataminimum.py
+++ b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/initializemasterdataminimum.py
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ def initBasicMasterData(tr):
     ##
     ## Sample Types - Non Materials
     ##
+    elnTypes.createSampleTypeWithProperties(tr, elnTypes.GENERAL_ELN_SETTINGS);
     elnTypes.createSampleTypeWithProperties(tr, elnTypes.EXPERIMENTAL_STEP);
     
     ##
diff --git a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/index.html b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/index.html
index 4786e2cfd9c21c2ad1803a889bf5ac2b2353afa3..2f91865d9bc26b0e01c56e7ce8ada5015bcb984f 100644
--- a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/index.html
+++ b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/index.html
@@ -210,6 +210,10 @@
 	<script type="text/javascript" src="./js/views/LabNotebook/LabNotebookModel.js"></script>
 	<script type="text/javascript" src="./js/views/LabNotebook/LabNotebookView.js"></script>
 	
+	<script type="text/javascript" src="./js/views/SettingsForm/SettingsFormController.js"></script>
+	<script type="text/javascript" src="./js/views/SettingsForm/SettingsFormModel.js"></script>
+	<script type="text/javascript" src="./js/views/SettingsForm/SettingsFormView.js"></script>
+	
 	<script type="text/javascript" src="./js/views/Inventory/InventoryController.js"></script>
 	<script type="text/javascript" src="./js/views/Inventory/InventoryModel.js"></script>
 	<script type="text/javascript" src="./js/views/Inventory/InventoryView.js"></script>
diff --git a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/config/Profile.js b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/config/Profile.js
index b6c2328ecf4fbff7ff58897e57e547cc47e4dc29..5d1e6eb6274e939c2dddabb439c401edf7ef2e5f 100644
--- a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/config/Profile.js
+++ b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/config/Profile.js
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ $.extend(DefaultProfile.prototype, {
 				showStorageManager : true,
 				showAdvancedSearch : true,
 				showTrashcan : true,
+				showSettings : true,
 				showVocabularyViewer : true,
 				showUserManager : true
 		}
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ $.extend(DefaultProfile.prototype, {
 		
 		this.searchDomains = [ { "@id" : -1, "@type" : "GobalSearch", label : "Global", name : "global"}];
 		this.inventorySpaces = ["MATERIALS", "METHODS"]; //"STOCK_CATALOG"
-		this.inventorySpacesReadOnly = []; //"STOCK_ORDERS"
+		this.inventorySpacesReadOnly = ["ELN_SETTINGS"]; //"STOCK_ORDERS"
 		this.sampleTypeProtocols = ["GENERAL_PROTOCOL", "PCR_PROTOCOL", "WESTERN_BLOTTING_PROTOCOL"];
 		this.searchSamplesUsingV3OnDropbox = false;
 		this.searchSamplesUsingV3OnDropboxRunCustom = false;
@@ -137,6 +138,10 @@ $.extend(DefaultProfile.prototype, {
 			return !this.isInventorySpace(space);
 		}
 		
+		this.isHiddenSpace = function(spaceCode) {
+			return $.inArray(spaceCode, this.hideSpaces) !== -1;
+		}
+		
 		this.isInventorySpace = function(spaceCode) {
 			return ($.inArray(spaceCode, this.inventorySpaces) !== -1) || ($.inArray(spaceCode, this.inventorySpacesReadOnly) !== -1);
 		}
@@ -146,9 +151,11 @@ $.extend(DefaultProfile.prototype, {
 		this.copyPastePlainText = false;
 		this.hideCodes = true;
 		this.hideTypes = {
-				"sampleTypeCodes" : [],
+				"sampleTypeCodes" : ["GENERAL_ELN_SETTINGS"],
 				"experimentTypeCodes" : []
-		}		
+		}
+		this.hideSpaces = ["ELN_SETTINGS"];
+		
 		this.propertyReplacingCode = "NAME";
 		
 		this.sampleTypeDefinitionsExtension = {
diff --git a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/controllers/MainController.js b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/controllers/MainController.js
index 937bbc4a980d1910c3a051261df94f68b940d195..8443216a84794b2daafc945db0ff2fd1dca9b6b2 100644
--- a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/controllers/MainController.js
+++ b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/controllers/MainController.js
@@ -243,6 +243,14 @@ function MainController(profile) {
 		
 		try {
 			switch (newViewChange) {
+				case "showSettingsPage":
+					document.title = "Settings";
+					this._showSettingsPage(FormMode.VIEW);
+					break;
+				case "showEditSettingsPage":
+					document.title = "Edit Settings";
+					this._showSettingsPage(FormMode.EDIT);
+					break;
 				case "showExportTreePage":
 					document.title = "Export Builder";
 					var newView = new ExportTreeController(this);
@@ -640,6 +648,21 @@ function MainController(profile) {
 		return modificableViews;
 	}
 	
+	this._showSettingsPage = function(mode) {
+		var _this = this;
+		this.serverFacade.searchSamples({ "sampleIdentifier" : "/ELN_SETTINGS/GENERAL_ELN_SETTINGS" }, function(data) {
+			if(!data[0]) {
+				window.alert("The item is no longer available, refresh the page, if the problem persists tell your admin that the Lucene index is probably corrupted.");
+			} else {
+				var newView = new SettingsFormController(this, data[0], mode);
+				var views = _this._getNewViewModel(true, true, false);
+				newView.init(views);
+				_this.currentView = newView;
+				//window.scrollTo(0,0);
+			}
+		});
+	}
+	
 	this._showStorageManager = function() {
 		var views = this._getNewViewModel(true, true, false);
 		
diff --git a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/SettingsForm/SettingsFormController.js b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/SettingsForm/SettingsFormController.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..718c15c1d1a931b66d3df753242a68d80bdb9f35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/SettingsForm/SettingsFormController.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 ETH Zuerich, Scientific IT Services
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+function SettingsFormController(mainController, settingsSample, mode) {
+	this._mainController = mainController;
+	this._settingsFormModel = new SettingsFormModel(settingsSample, mode);
+	this._settingsFormView = new SettingsFormView(this, this._settingsFormModel);
+	
+	this.init = function(views) {
+		this._settingsFormView.repaint(views);
+	}
+	
+	this.save = function() {
+		alert("Save Clicked");
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/SettingsForm/SettingsFormModel.js b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/SettingsForm/SettingsFormModel.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..26ec6ab3a9d3d2f761098cf7e55af76cde111872
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/SettingsForm/SettingsFormModel.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 ETH Zuerich, Scientific IT Services
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+function SettingsFormModel(settingsSample, mode) {
+	this.settingsSample = settingsSample;
+	this.mode = mode;
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/SettingsForm/SettingsFormView.js b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/SettingsForm/SettingsFormView.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..da377ace2080d39f68a0ce87442656d0eab8f81c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/SettingsForm/SettingsFormView.js
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2014 ETH Zuerich, Scientific IT Services
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+function SettingsFormView(settingsFormController, settingsFormModel) {
+	this._settingsFormController = settingsFormController;
+	this._settingsFormModel = settingsFormModel;
+	
+	this.repaint = function(views) {
+		var _this = this;
+		var $container = views.content;
+		
+		var $form = $("<div>");
+		var $formColumn = $("<div>");
+			
+		$form.append($formColumn);
+		
+		var typeTitle = "Settings";
+		
+		var $formTitle = $("<h2>").append(typeTitle);
+		
+		//
+		// Toolbar
+		//
+		var toolbarModel = [];
+		
+		
+		if(this._settingsFormModel.mode === FormMode.VIEW) {
+			//Edit
+			var $editButton = FormUtil.getButtonWithIcon("glyphicon-edit", function () {
+				mainController.changeView('showEditSettingsPage');
+			});
+			toolbarModel.push({ component : $editButton, tooltip: "Edit" });
+		} else { //Create and Edit
+			//Save
+			var $saveBtn = FormUtil.getButtonWithIcon("glyphicon-floppy-disk", function() {
+				_this._settingsFormController.save();
+			}, "Save");
+			$saveBtn.removeClass("btn-default");
+			$saveBtn.addClass("btn-primary");
+			toolbarModel.push({ component : $saveBtn, tooltip: "Save" });
+		}
+		
+		var $header = views.header;
+		$header.append($formTitle);
+		$header.append(FormUtil.getToolbar(toolbarModel));
+		
+		$container.append($form);
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/SideMenu/SideMenuWidgetView.js b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/SideMenu/SideMenuWidgetView.js
index 3f856ce84e278bdb592192ab1718f90e604c34b0..10af15a01ba98a161cd4554ac9228a73d895d3e6 100644
--- a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/SideMenu/SideMenuWidgetView.js
+++ b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/views/SideMenu/SideMenuWidgetView.js
@@ -206,6 +206,11 @@ function SideMenuWidgetView(sideMenuWidgetController, sideMenuWidgetModel) {
         	treeModelUtils.push({ title : trashCanLink, entityType: "TRASHCAN", key : "TRASHCAN", folder : false, lazy : false, view : "showTrashcanPage", icon : "glyphicon glyphicon-trash" });
         }
         
+        if(profile.mainMenu.showSettings) {
+        	var settingsLink = _this.getLinkForNode("Settings", "SETTINGS", "showSettingsPage", null);
+        	treeModelUtils.push({ title : settingsLink, entityType: "SETTINGS", key : "SETTINGS", folder : false, lazy : false, view : "showSettingsPage", icon : "glyphicon glyphicon-cog" });
+        }
+        
         treeModel.push({ title : "Utilities", entityType: "UTILITIES", key : "UTILITIES", folder : true, lazy : false, expanded : true, children : treeModelUtils, icon : "glyphicon glyphicon-wrench" });
         treeModel.push({ title : "About", entityType: "ABOUT", key : "ABOUT", folder : false, lazy : false, view : "showAbout", icon : "glyphicon glyphicon-info-sign" });
         
@@ -244,7 +249,8 @@ function SideMenuWidgetView(sideMenuWidgetController, sideMenuWidgetModel) {
     	                for (var i = 0; i < spaces.length; i++) {
     	                    var space = spaces[i];
     	                    var isInventorySpace = profile.isInventorySpace(space.code);
-        	                if((type === "LAB_NOTEBOOK" && !isInventorySpace) || (type === "INVENTORY" && isInventorySpace)) {
+    	                    var isHiddenSpace = profile.isHiddenSpace(space.code);
+        	                if(((type === "LAB_NOTEBOOK" && !isInventorySpace) || (type === "INVENTORY" && isInventorySpace)) && !isHiddenSpace) {
         	                	var normalizedSpaceTitle = Util.getDisplayNameFromCode(space.code);
         	                	
         	                	var spaceLink = _this.getLinkForNode(normalizedSpaceTitle, space.getCode(), "showSpacePage", space.getCode());
diff --git a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/eln-lims-api/script.py b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/eln-lims-api/script.py
index 2434b75559c72bb7634e56b9915d17a9f059db40..6c926ccdf14cf88d5bd2df91944f7aa05bcc9295 100644
--- a/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/eln-lims-api/script.py
+++ b/openbis_standard_technologies/dist/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/dss/reporting-plugins/eln-lims-api/script.py
@@ -354,6 +354,12 @@ def insertExperimentIfMissing(tr, experimentIdentifier, experimentType, experime
 		experiment.setPropertyValue("NAME", experimentName);
 	return experiment;
 
+def insertSampleIfMissing(tr, sampleIdentifier, sampleType):
+	sample = tr.getSample(sampleIdentifier);
+	if sample == None:
+		sample = tr.createNewSample(sampleIdentifier,	sampleType);
+	return sample;
+	
 def init(tr, parameters, tableBuilder):
 	projectsCache = {};
 	installedTypes = getSampleTypes(tr, parameters);
@@ -363,9 +369,10 @@ def init(tr, parameters, tableBuilder):
 	isNewInstallation = inventorySpace == None and methodsSpace == None and materialsSpace == None;
 			
 	## Installing Mandatory Spaces/Projects on every login if missing
+	insertSpaceIfMissing(tr, "ELN_SETTINGS");
 	insertSpaceIfMissing(tr, "METHODS");
 	insertSpaceIfMissing(tr, "MATERIALS");
-	
+
 	if isSampleTypeAvailable(installedTypes, "SUPPLIER") and isSampleTypeAvailable(installedTypes, "PRODUCT") and isSampleTypeAvailable(installedTypes, "REQUEST") and isSampleTypeAvailable(installedTypes, "ORDER"):
 		insertSpaceIfMissing(tr, "STOCK_CATALOG");
 		insertProjectIfMissing(tr, "/STOCK_CATALOG/PRODUCTS", projectsCache);
@@ -387,6 +394,9 @@ def init(tr, parameters, tableBuilder):
 	
 	# On new installations check if the default types are installed to create their respective PROJECT/EXPERIMENTS
 	if isNewInstallation:
+		if isSampleTypeAvailable(installedTypes, "GENERAL_ELN_SETTINGS"):
+			insertSampleIfMissing(tr, "/ELN_SETTINGS/GENERAL_ELN_SETTINGS", "GENERAL_ELN_SETTINGS");
+			
 		if isSampleTypeAvailable(installedTypes, "ANTIBODY"):
 			insertProjectIfMissing(tr, "/MATERIALS/REAGENTS", projectsCache);
 			insertExperimentIfMissing(tr, "/MATERIALS/REAGENTS/ANTIBODY_COLLECTION_1", "MATERIALS", "Antibody Collection 1");