diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Services/RecipeManager.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Services/RecipeManager.cs
index c1626fe5a..641069691 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Services/RecipeManager.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Recipes/Services/RecipeManager.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Orchard.Localization;
 using Orchard.Logging;
 using Orchard.Recipes.Models;
@@ -21,21 +22,25 @@ namespace Orchard.Recipes.Services {
             if (recipe == null)
                 return;
 
+            var executionId = Guid.NewGuid().ToString("n");
             var recipeContext = new RecipeContext { Recipe = recipe };
 
             // TODO: Run each step inside a transaction boundary.
-            // TODO: Output should go into a report.
-            // TODO: Eventually return a guid.tostring("n") execution id
+            // TODO: Enqueue steps for the step executor.
             foreach (var recipeStep in recipe.RecipeSteps) {
                 recipeContext.RecipeStep = recipeStep;
                 recipeContext.Executed = false;
-                foreach (var handler in _recipeHandlers) {
-                    handler.ExecuteRecipeStep(recipeContext);
+                foreach (var recipeHandler in _recipeHandlers) {
+                    recipeHandler.ExecuteRecipeStep(recipeContext);
                 }
                 if (!recipeContext.Executed) {
                     Logger.Error("Could not execute recipe step '{0}' because the recipe handler was not found.", recipeContext.RecipeStep.Name);
                 }
             }
+
+            // TODO: figure out shell settings and shell descriptor for processing engine to run under
+            // _processingEngine.AddTask(null, null, "IRecipeStepEvents_DoWork", null);
+
         }
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Services/SetupService.cs b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Services/SetupService.cs
index 3d194bbf3..d9a3eddd4 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Services/SetupService.cs
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Modules/Orchard.Setup/Services/SetupService.cs
@@ -216,11 +216,6 @@ namespace Orchard.Setup.Services {
         }
 
         private void CreateTenantData(SetupContext context, IWorkContextScope environment) {
-            var recipeManager = environment.Resolve<IRecipeManager>();
-            if (context.Recipe != null) {
-                recipeManager.Execute(Recipes().Where(r => r.Name == context.Recipe).FirstOrDefault());
-            }
-
             // create superuser
             var membershipService = environment.Resolve<IMembershipService>();
             var user =
@@ -349,6 +344,11 @@ Modules are created by other users of Orchard just like you so if you feel up to
             menuItem.As<MenuPart>().OnMainMenu = true;
             menuItem.As<MenuItemPart>().Url = "";
 
+            var recipeManager = environment.Resolve<IRecipeManager>();
+            if (context.Recipe != null) {
+                recipeManager.Execute(Recipes().Where(r => r.Name == context.Recipe).FirstOrDefault());
+            }
+
             //null check: temporary fix for running setup in command line
             if (HttpContext.Current != null) {
                 authenticationService.SignIn(user, true);
diff --git a/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/SafeMode/Styles/site.css b/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/SafeMode/Styles/site.css
index ba152b7d8..de43f6a99 100644
--- a/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/SafeMode/Styles/site.css
+++ b/src/Orchard.Web/Themes/SafeMode/Styles/site.css
@@ -128,8 +128,10 @@ input[type="password"] {
     width:98%;
 }
 
-select  {
-    width:100%; 
+select {
+    padding:3px;
+    border:1px solid #bdbcbc;
+    width:100%;
 }
 
 button.primaryAction, .button.primaryAction, .button.primaryAction:link, .button.primaryAction:visited {
diff --git a/src/Orchard/Orchard.Framework.csproj b/src/Orchard/Orchard.Framework.csproj
index ca2f998a6..92b3b083f 100644
--- a/src/Orchard/Orchard.Framework.csproj
+++ b/src/Orchard/Orchard.Framework.csproj
@@ -193,11 +193,15 @@
     <Compile Include="Mvc\ViewEngines\Razor\IRazorCompilationEvents.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Recipes\Models\Recipe.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Recipes\Models\RecipeContext.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Recipes\Models\RecipeJournal.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Recipes\Models\RecipeStep.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Recipes\Services\IRecipeHandler.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Recipes\Services\IRecipeHarvester.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Recipes\Services\IRecipeJournal.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Recipes\Services\IRecipeManager.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Recipes\Services\IRecipeParser.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Recipes\Services\IRecipeStepExecutor.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Recipes\Services\IRecipeStepQueue.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Security\IEncryptionService.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Security\CurrentUserWorkContext.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Security\Providers\DefaultEncryptionService.cs" />
diff --git a/src/Orchard/Recipes/Models/RecipeJournal.cs b/src/Orchard/Recipes/Models/RecipeJournal.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ac162e2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Orchard/Recipes/Models/RecipeJournal.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+
+namespace Orchard.Recipes.Models {
+    public class RecipeJournal {
+        public string ExecutionId { get; set; }
+        public RecipeJournalStatus Status { get; set; }
+        public IEnumerable<JournalMessage> Messages { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public class JournalMessage {
+        public string Message { get; set; }
+    }
+
+    public enum RecipeJournalStatus {
+        Running,
+        Complete,
+        Failed
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Orchard/Recipes/Services/IRecipeJournal.cs b/src/Orchard/Recipes/Services/IRecipeJournal.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c850b87d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Orchard/Recipes/Services/IRecipeJournal.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+using Orchard.Recipes.Models;
+
+namespace Orchard.Recipes.Services {
+    public interface IRecipeJournal {
+        void StartExecution(string executionId);
+        void ExecutionComplete(string executionId);
+        void ExecutionFailed(string executionId);
+        void WriteJournalEntry(string executionId, string message);
+        RecipeJournal GetRecipeJournal(string executionId);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Orchard/Recipes/Services/IRecipeStepExecutor.cs b/src/Orchard/Recipes/Services/IRecipeStepExecutor.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4777781a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Orchard/Recipes/Services/IRecipeStepExecutor.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+namespace Orchard.Recipes.Services {
+    public interface IRecipeStepExecutor : IDependency {
+        bool ExecuteNextStep();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Orchard/Recipes/Services/IRecipeStepQueue.cs b/src/Orchard/Recipes/Services/IRecipeStepQueue.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..be6b5f8b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Orchard/Recipes/Services/IRecipeStepQueue.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+using System;
+using Orchard.Recipes.Models;
+
+namespace Orchard.Recipes.Services {
+    public interface IRecipeStepQueue : IDependency {
+        void Enqueue(RecipeStep step, string executionId);
+        Tuple<RecipeStep, string> Dequeue();
+    }
+}