diff --git a/project/pcComponents/core/src/main/kotlin/org/droidmate/api/ExplorationAPI.kt b/project/pcComponents/core/src/main/kotlin/org/droidmate/api/ExplorationAPI.kt
index d5e3755d..83d504ca 100644
--- a/project/pcComponents/core/src/main/kotlin/org/droidmate/api/ExplorationAPI.kt
+++ b/project/pcComponents/core/src/main/kotlin/org/droidmate/api/ExplorationAPI.kt
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ object ExplorationAPI {
 	 * Consequently the list of selectors is empty by default and if no watcher is specified the features listed in
 	 * [defaultReporter] are going to be used.
 	 */
-	suspend fun<M:AbstractModel<S,W>, S: State<W>,W: Widget> explore(
+	@JvmOverloads suspend fun<M:AbstractModel<S,W>, S: State<W>,W: Widget> explore(
 		cfg: ConfigurationWrapper,
 		strategies: List<AExplorationStrategy>,
 		selectors: List<AStrategySelector> = emptyList(),
diff --git a/project/pcComponents/exploration/src/main/kotlin/org/droidmate/exploration/ExplorationContext.kt b/project/pcComponents/exploration/src/main/kotlin/org/droidmate/exploration/ExplorationContext.kt
index 8452804e..c999514d 100644
--- a/project/pcComponents/exploration/src/main/kotlin/org/droidmate/exploration/ExplorationContext.kt
+++ b/project/pcComponents/exploration/src/main/kotlin/org/droidmate/exploration/ExplorationContext.kt
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ class ExplorationContext<M,S,W> @JvmOverloads constructor(val cfg: Configuration
 	init {
 		debugOutput = model.config[debugMode] // disable debug outputs if not in debug mode
 		measurePerformance = model.config[debugMode]
+		watcher.forEach { w -> if(w is ModelFeature) w.onAppExplorationStarted(this) }
 		if (model.config[enableCoverage]){
 			val coverageDir = Paths.get(cfg[ConfigProperties.Output.outputDir].path).toAbsolutePath().resolve(cfg[coverageDir]).toAbsolutePath()
 			val resourceDir = Paths.get(cfg[ConfigProperties.Output.outputDir].path).toAbsolutePath().resolve(EnvironmentConstants.dir_name_temp_extracted_resources).toAbsolutePath()
diff --git a/project/pcComponents/exploration/src/main/kotlin/org/droidmate/exploration/strategy/manual/action/ImgUtils.kt b/project/pcComponents/exploration/src/main/kotlin/org/droidmate/exploration/strategy/manual/action/ImgUtils.kt
index 45ceece1..61e1caa3 100644
--- a/project/pcComponents/exploration/src/main/kotlin/org/droidmate/exploration/strategy/manual/action/ImgUtils.kt
+++ b/project/pcComponents/exploration/src/main/kotlin/org/droidmate/exploration/strategy/manual/action/ImgUtils.kt
@@ -15,17 +15,23 @@ import java.awt.Color
 import java.awt.Font
 import java.awt.Graphics
 import java.io.File
+import java.nio.file.Path
 import javax.imageio.ImageIO
 
 val log: Logger = getLogger("ImageUtils")
-suspend fun showTargetsInImg(eContext: ExplorationContext<*,*,*>, toBeHighlighted: List<Widget>, imgFile: File, autoGenScreen: Boolean = true) {
+suspend fun showTargetsInImg(
+	eContext: ExplorationContext<*,*,*>,
+	toBeHighlighted: List<Widget>,
+	imgFile: File, autoGenScreen: Boolean = true,
+	imgSrcDir: Path = eContext.model.config.imgDst
+) {
 	withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
 		val trace = eContext.explorationTrace
 		// wait until file was pulled from device (done in ExploreCommand)
 		eContext.imgTransfer.coroutineContext[Job]?.children?.forEach { it.join() }
 
 		val filePath = if(autoGenScreen)
-			eContext.model.config.imgDst.resolve("${trace.last()?.actionId}.jpg").toString()
+			imgSrcDir.resolve("${trace.last()?.actionId}.jpg").toString()
 		// the ExtendedTrace did not yet finish to move/ copy the file to the new location
 		//trace.dstImgDir.resolve("${trace.interactions}.jpg").toString()
 		else ""