diff --git a/src/main/java/li/strolch/agent/impl/ComponentContainerImpl.java b/src/main/java/li/strolch/agent/impl/ComponentContainerImpl.java
index 938de3abc..5f2cac788 100644
--- a/src/main/java/li/strolch/agent/impl/ComponentContainerImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/li/strolch/agent/impl/ComponentContainerImpl.java
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ public class ComponentContainerImpl implements ComponentContainer {
 
 		// initialize each component
 		for (ComponentController controller : controllers) {
+			if (controller.getState() == ComponentState.INITIALIZED)
+				continue;
+
 			StrolchComponent component = controller.getComponent();
 			String componentName = component.getName();
 			ComponentConfiguration componentConfiguration = this.strolchConfiguration
@@ -173,6 +176,9 @@ public class ComponentContainerImpl implements ComponentContainer {
 
 		// Start each component
 		for (ComponentController controller : controllers) {
+			if (controller.getState() == ComponentState.STARTED)
+				continue;
+
 			StrolchComponent component = controller.getComponent();
 			String msg = "Starting component {0}..."; //$NON-NLS-1$
 			String componentName = component.getName();
@@ -191,6 +197,9 @@ public class ComponentContainerImpl implements ComponentContainer {
 
 		// Stop each component
 		for (ComponentController controller : controllers) {
+			if (controller.getState() == ComponentState.STOPPED)
+				continue;
+
 			StrolchComponent component = controller.getComponent();
 			String msg = "Stopping component {0}..."; //$NON-NLS-1$
 			String componentName = component.getName();
@@ -208,6 +217,9 @@ public class ComponentContainerImpl implements ComponentContainer {
 
 		// Destroy each component
 		for (ComponentController controller : controllers) {
+			if (controller.getState() == ComponentState.DESTROYED)
+				continue;
+
 			StrolchComponent component = controller.getComponent();
 			String msg = "Destroying component {0}..."; //$NON-NLS-1$
 			String componentName = component.getName();
diff --git a/src/main/java/li/strolch/agent/impl/ComponentController.java b/src/main/java/li/strolch/agent/impl/ComponentController.java
index 90fe72f43..323ccda95 100644
--- a/src/main/java/li/strolch/agent/impl/ComponentController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/li/strolch/agent/impl/ComponentController.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import java.text.MessageFormat;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import li.strolch.agent.api.ComponentState;
 import li.strolch.agent.api.StrolchComponent;
 import li.strolch.runtime.configuration.StrolchConfigurationException;
 
@@ -36,6 +37,10 @@ public class ComponentController {
 		this.downstreamDependencies = new HashSet<>();
 	}
 
+	public ComponentState getState() {
+		return this.component.getState();
+	}
+
 	public StrolchComponent getComponent() {
 		return this.component;
 	}
diff --git a/src/main/java/li/strolch/agent/impl/ComponentDependencyAnalyzer.java b/src/main/java/li/strolch/agent/impl/ComponentDependencyAnalyzer.java
index 59f147d16..127c51979 100644
--- a/src/main/java/li/strolch/agent/impl/ComponentDependencyAnalyzer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/li/strolch/agent/impl/ComponentDependencyAnalyzer.java
@@ -25,8 +25,14 @@ import li.strolch.runtime.configuration.ComponentConfiguration;
 import li.strolch.runtime.configuration.StrolchConfiguration;
 import li.strolch.runtime.configuration.StrolchConfigurationException;
 
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import ch.eitchnet.utils.helper.StringHelper;
+
 public class ComponentDependencyAnalyzer {
 
+	private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ComponentDependencyAnalyzer.class);
 	private StrolchConfiguration strolchConfiguration;
 	private Map<String, ComponentController> controllerMap;
 
@@ -134,5 +140,21 @@ public class ComponentDependencyAnalyzer {
 				controller.addUpstreamDependency(dependency);
 			}
 		}
+
+		logDependencies(0, findRootUpstreamComponents());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param components
+	 */
+	private void logDependencies(int depth, Set<ComponentController> components) {
+		if (depth == 0) {
+			logger.info("Dependency tree:");
+		}
+		String inset = StringHelper.normalizeLength("  ", depth * 2, false, ' ');
+		for (ComponentController controller : components) {
+			logger.info(inset + controller.getComponent().getName());
+			logDependencies(depth + 1, controller.getDownstreamDependencies());
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/li/strolch/runtime/test/component/ConfigurationParserTest.java b/src/test/java/li/strolch/runtime/test/component/ConfigurationParserTest.java
index 3f680338c..de60bdad8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/li/strolch/runtime/test/component/ConfigurationParserTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/li/strolch/runtime/test/component/ConfigurationParserTest.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package li.strolch.runtime.test.component;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 
 import java.io.File;
 
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ public class ConfigurationParserTest {
 		assertEquals("li.strolch.runtime.privilege.DefaultStrolchPrivilegeHandler",
 				privilegeHandlerConfiguration.getImpl());
 		assertEquals(1, privilegeHandlerConfiguration.getPropertyKeys().size());
+		assertTrue(privilegeHandlerConfiguration.getDependencies().contains("PersistenceHandler"));
 		assertEquals("PrivilegeConfig.xml", privilegeHandlerConfiguration.getString("privilegeConfigFile", null));
 
 		//	<Component>
diff --git a/src/test/resources/configtest/config/StrolchConfiguration.xml b/src/test/resources/configtest/config/StrolchConfiguration.xml
index 2c737c4e9..008c3327a 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/configtest/config/StrolchConfiguration.xml
+++ b/src/test/resources/configtest/config/StrolchConfiguration.xml
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@
 		<name>ResourceGeneratorHandler</name>
 		<api>li.strolch.runtime.test.component.model.ResourceGeneratorHandlerTest</api>
 		<impl>li.strolch.runtime.test.component.model.ResourceGeneratorHandlerTestImpl</impl>
+		<depends>PersistenceHandler</depends>
+		<depends>ServiceHandler</depends>
 		<Properties>
 			<verbose>true</verbose>
 		</Properties>