diff --git a/ReadMe.md b/ReadMe.md
index 868fba439..98b046fee 100644
--- a/ReadMe.md
+++ b/ReadMe.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Minosoft is an open source minecraft client, written from scratch in java. It ai
 - Multi protocol support (1.7 - latest)
 - Stable modding API
 - Unsafe modding API
-- Fast performance (incredible start time of 3 - 5 seconds on modern hardware)
+- Bleeding edge performance (incredible start time of 3 - 5 seconds on modern hardware)
 - Free (as far as we consider original minecraft as free) and open source
 - Multi accounting (also multiple account vendors: Offline, Mojang, Microsoft)
 - Multi "sessions" (Connections to a server)
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/other/HotbarHUDElement.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/other/HotbarHUDElement.kt
index 1d071a948..a9ff39b58 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/other/HotbarHUDElement.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/other/HotbarHUDElement.kt
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ package de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.hud.elements.other
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.config.config.game.controls.KeyBindingsNames
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.Gamemodes
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.mappings.ResourceLocation
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.text.TextComponent
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.RenderConstants
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.hud.HUDElementProperties
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.hud.HUDRenderer
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.hud.atlas.HUDAtlasElement
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.hud.elements.HUDElement
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.hud.elements.primitive.ElementListElement
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.hud.elements.primitive.ImageElement
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.hud.elements.primitive.ProgressBar
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.gui.rendering.hud.elements.primitive.TextElement
 import glm_.vec2.Vec2
 
 class HotbarHUDElement(
@@ -71,10 +74,15 @@ class HotbarHUDElement(
 
 
         if (hudRenderer.connection.player.gamemode != Gamemodes.CREATIVE) {
-            // experience bar
-            val experienceBarEnd = Vec2(hotbarBaseAtlasElement.binding.size.x, experienceBarAtlasElement.emptyAtlasElement.binding.size.y)
+            // experience
+            val levelText = TextElement(TextComponent(hudRenderer.connection.player.level.toString()).setColor(RenderConstants.EXPERIENCE_BAR_LEVEL_COLOR), hudRenderer.renderWindow.font, Vec2(0, elementList.size.y), 3, false)
+            levelText.start.x = (hotbarBaseAtlasElement.binding.size.x - levelText.size.x) / 2
+            elementList.addChild(levelText)
 
-            val experienceBar = ProgressBar(Vec2(), experienceBarEnd, experienceBarAtlasElement, hudRenderer.connection.player.experienceBarProgress, 1)
+            // experience bar
+            val experienceBarEnd = Vec2(hotbarBaseAtlasElement.binding.size.x, experienceBarAtlasElement.emptyAtlasElement.binding.size.y + elementList.size.y - ELEMENT_PADDING)
+
+            val experienceBar = ProgressBar(Vec2(0, elementList.size.y - ELEMENT_PADDING), experienceBarEnd, experienceBarAtlasElement, hudRenderer.connection.player.experienceBarProgress, 1)
             elementList.addChild(experienceBar)
         }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/primitive/ProgressBar.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/primitive/ProgressBar.kt
index 62cd8e6ea..73ff2254a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/primitive/ProgressBar.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/primitive/ProgressBar.kt
@@ -36,33 +36,6 @@ class ProgressBar(
         size = atlasElement.emptyAtlasElement.binding.size
     }
 
-    // fun draw(elementMesh: ElementMesh, start: Vec2, end: Vec2, progress: Float, z: Int = 1) {
-    //   elementMesh.addElement(start, end, emptyAtlasElement, z)
-
-    //   if (progress == 0.0f) {
-    //       return
-    //   }
-
-    //   val xDiff = abs(end.x - start.x)
-
-    //   val ourXDiff = xDiff * progress
-
-    //   val textureStart = Vec2((fullAtlasElement.binding.start.x * fullAtlasElement.texture.widthFactor) / fullAtlasElement.texture.width.toFloat(), (fullAtlasElement.binding.start.y * fullAtlasElement.texture.heightFactor) / fullAtlasElement.texture.height.toFloat())
-    //   var textureEnd = Vec2(((fullAtlasElement.binding.end.x + 1) * fullAtlasElement.texture.widthFactor) / (fullAtlasElement.texture.width + 1.0f), ((fullAtlasElement.binding.end.y + 1) * fullAtlasElement.texture.heightFactor) / (fullAtlasElement.texture.height + 1.0f))
-
-    //   textureEnd = Vec2((textureEnd.x - textureStart.x) * progress, textureEnd.y)
-
-    //   elementMesh.addElement(start, Vec2(start.x + ourXDiff, end.y), object : TextureLike {
-    //       override val texture: Texture
-    //           get() = fullAtlasElement.texture
-    //       override val uvStart: Vec2
-    //           get() = textureStart
-    //       override val uvEnd: Vec2
-    //           get() = textureEnd
-
-    //   }, z + 1)
-//    }
-
     override fun prepareVertices(start: Vec2, scaleFactor: Float, hudMesh: HUDMesh, matrix: Mat4, z: Int) {
         val emptyImageElement = ImageElement(this.start, end, atlasElement.emptyAtlasElement, z)
 
@@ -84,6 +57,5 @@ class ProgressBar(
         }, z + 1)
 
         fullImageElement.prepareVertices(start, scaleFactor, hudMesh, matrix, z)
-
     }
 }