diff --git a/jsprit-core/src/main/java/jsprit/core/algorithm/io/VehicleRoutingAlgorithms.java b/jsprit-core/src/main/java/jsprit/core/algorithm/io/VehicleRoutingAlgorithms.java
index 428f0276..e1793c71 100644
--- a/jsprit-core/src/main/java/jsprit/core/algorithm/io/VehicleRoutingAlgorithms.java
+++ b/jsprit-core/src/main/java/jsprit/core/algorithm/io/VehicleRoutingAlgorithms.java
@@ -94,9 +94,6 @@ import org.apache.commons.configuration.HierarchicalConfiguration;
 import org.apache.commons.configuration.XMLConfiguration;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 
-
-
-
 public class VehicleRoutingAlgorithms {
 	
 	static class TypedMap {
@@ -583,7 +580,6 @@ public class VehicleRoutingAlgorithms {
 		if(config.containsKey("iterations")){
 			int iter = config.getInt("iterations");
 			metaAlgorithm.setNuOfIterations(iter);
-			log.info("set nuOfIterations to " + iter);
 		}
 		
 		
diff --git a/jsprit-core/src/test/java/jsprit/core/algorithm/VehicleRoutingAlgorithmTest.java b/jsprit-core/src/test/java/jsprit/core/algorithm/VehicleRoutingAlgorithmTest.java
index c8b8b2cd..166b2a3b 100644
--- a/jsprit-core/src/test/java/jsprit/core/algorithm/VehicleRoutingAlgorithmTest.java
+++ b/jsprit-core/src/test/java/jsprit/core/algorithm/VehicleRoutingAlgorithmTest.java
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 package jsprit.core.algorithm;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
+import jsprit.core.algorithm.SearchStrategy.DiscoveredSolution;
 import jsprit.core.algorithm.listener.IterationStartsListener;
+import jsprit.core.algorithm.termination.PrematureAlgorithmTermination;
 import jsprit.core.problem.VehicleRoutingProblem;
 import jsprit.core.problem.solution.VehicleRoutingProblemSolution;
 
@@ -38,13 +42,42 @@ public class VehicleRoutingAlgorithmTest {
 	
 	@Test
 	public void whenSettingIterations_iterAreExecutedCorrectly(){
+		SearchStrategyManager stratManager = mock(SearchStrategyManager.class); 
 		VehicleRoutingAlgorithm algorithm = new VehicleRoutingAlgorithm(mock(VehicleRoutingProblem.class),
-				mock(SearchStrategyManager.class));
-		algorithm.setNuOfIterations(100);
+				stratManager);
+		when(stratManager.getRandomStrategy()).thenReturn(mock(SearchStrategy.class));
+		when(stratManager.getProbabilities()).thenReturn(Arrays.asList(1.0));
+		algorithm.setNuOfIterations(1000);
 		CountIterations counter = new CountIterations();
 		algorithm.addListener(counter);
 		algorithm.searchSolutions();
-		assertEquals(100,counter.getCountIterations());
+		assertEquals(1000,counter.getCountIterations());
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void whenSettingPrematureTermination_itIsExecutedCorrectly(){
+		SearchStrategyManager stratManager = mock(SearchStrategyManager.class); 
+		VehicleRoutingAlgorithm algorithm = new VehicleRoutingAlgorithm(mock(VehicleRoutingProblem.class),
+				stratManager);
+		when(stratManager.getRandomStrategy()).thenReturn(mock(SearchStrategy.class));
+		when(stratManager.getProbabilities()).thenReturn(Arrays.asList(1.0));
+		algorithm.setNuOfIterations(1000);
+		PrematureAlgorithmTermination termination = new PrematureAlgorithmTermination() {
+			
+			private int nuOfIterations = 1;
+			
+			@Override
+			public boolean isPrematureBreak(DiscoveredSolution discoveredSolution) {
+				if(nuOfIterations == 50) return true;
+				nuOfIterations++;
+				return false;
+			}
+		};
+		CountIterations counter = new CountIterations();
+		algorithm.addListener(counter);
+		algorithm.setPrematureAlgorithmTermination(termination);
+		algorithm.searchSolutions();
+		assertEquals(50,counter.getCountIterations());
 	}
 
 }