diff --git a/bootstrap.php b/bootstrap.php
index 0b12d7f57294ad7d8ede658c32917012616bbb62..5876a6eedba4bb0d1db3065e47c55147853f37f5 100644
--- a/bootstrap.php
+++ b/bootstrap.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-require_once './constants.php';
+require_once __DIR__.'/constants.php';
 
 if ($_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] !== 'POST') {
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ if (isset($config['useConfigFromDb']) === FALSE || (isset($config['useConfigFrom
 
 //get the config from the db
 
-include_once './sqlHelper.php';
+include_once __DIR__.'/sqlHelper.php';
 
 
 $conn = connectToDb($config['dbConfigServer'], $config['dbConfigName'], $config['dbConfigUser'], $config['dbConfigPw']);
diff --git a/constants.php b/constants.php
index f84beaba30a75e6589a4d7889e78bdeb05e0d2d4..8fa2af315d42f506466270343e0b5776c597f958 100644
--- a/constants.php
+++ b/constants.php
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # variables
 
 //use this to know which version we published
-$versionString = '1.1.1';
+$versionString = '1.1.2';
 $rootDirNameToUseString = 'work';
 
 $isDebug = false; //logs debug to STDOUT
diff --git a/helpers.php b/helpers.php
index c468ce9a95e77eadf7a0da74268bd5be910d57b7..ab48153fdc0e4f1f6ed2a3257d883217986e05a7 100644
--- a/helpers.php
+++ b/helpers.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
-include_once './constants.php';
-include_once './transactionHelper.php';
+include_once __DIR__.'/constants.php';
+include_once __DIR__.'/transactionHelper.php';
 
 
 /**
diff --git a/sqlHelper.php b/sqlHelper.php
index f6ea80364fc445583c080bc1b7a3715e0dfd2b21..16bd40846f21012a1bcc671254015cc06e42abdd 100644
--- a/sqlHelper.php
+++ b/sqlHelper.php
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
-require_once './constants.php';
+require_once __DIR__.'/constants.php';
 
 //
 //from http://stackoverflow.com/questions/834303/startswith-and-endswith-functions-in-php
diff --git a/stats/private.php b/stats/private.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6597bbe6328945e1486217f1cefed88185aaea05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stats/private.php
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?php
+
+//return the test server stats
+
+
+//NOTE: only post is allowed!!
+
+#requires some helper function to e.g. create / delete dirs, handle output...
+
+$config = require __DIR__.'/../bootstrap.php';
+
+require_once __DIR__.'/../constants.php';
+
+$response = array(
+    "workingDirFullPath" => $config["workingDirFullPath"],
+    "hardGlobalTimeoutInMs" => $config["hardGlobalTimeoutInMs"],
+    "maxParallelTests" => $config["maxParallelTests"],
+    "maxNumberOfTestsWithOneRequest" => $config["maxNumberOfTestsWithOneRequest"],
+    //"runner" => $config["runner"], //maybe not needed
+    "maxLinesToRead" => $config["maxLinesToRead"],
+    "maxErrLinesToRead" => $config["maxErrLinesToRead"],
+    "maxLinesToWrite" => $config["maxLinesToWrite"],
+    "showTestRunnerDebugOutput" => $config["showTestRunnerDebugOutput"],
+
+    "dbServer" => $config["dbServer"],
+    "dbName" => $config["dbName"],
+
+    "useConfigFromDb" => $config["useConfigFromDb"],
+    "dbConfigServer" => $config["dbConfigServer"],
+    "dbConfigName" => $config["dbConfigName"],
+
+    "environmentVars" => $config["environmentVars"],
+);
+
+
+if ($isDebug) {
+    debug(json_encode($respone));
+}
+
+output($status_code_Ok, "", $response);
diff --git a/stats/public.php b/stats/public.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d7e60b659deebd9b568cfb3ae34d35f656684774
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stats/public.php
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+
+//return the test server stats
+
+
+//NOTE: only post is allowed!!
+
+$config = require '../bootstrap.php';
+
+require_once __DIR__.'/../constants.php';
+
+#requires some helper function to e.g. create / delete dirs, handle output...
+
+
+$response = array(
+    "hardGlobalTimeoutInMs" => $config["hardGlobalTimeoutInMs"],
+    "maxNumberOfTestsWithOneRequest" => $config["maxNumberOfTestsWithOneRequest"],
+    "maxLinesToRead" => $config["maxLinesToRead"],
+    "maxErrLinesToRead" => $config["maxErrLinesToRead"],
+    "maxLinesToWrite" => $config["maxLinesToWrite"],
+    "showTestRunnerDebugOutput" => $config["showTestRunnerDebugOutput"],
+);
+
+
+if ($isDebug) {
+    debug(json_encode($respone));
+}
+
+output($status_code_Ok, "", $response);
diff --git a/transactionHelper.php b/transactionHelper.php
index cdb116381aab1c3fe9d700bafa232392d5ee543f..0fc6f2c59857b47633142209d12d870a028d7c76 100644
--- a/transactionHelper.php
+++ b/transactionHelper.php
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?php
 
-include_once './constants.php';
-include_once './sqlHelper.php';
+include_once __DIR__.'/constants.php';
+include_once __DIR__.'/sqlHelper.php';
 
 /**
  * registers/starts a test run (a transaction)