diff --git a/app/controllers/messages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/messages_controller.rb
index 13d0f9f7..d47a6db5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/messages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/messages_controller.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ class MessagesController < ApplicationController
   
   # Renders the "inbox" action.
   def index
-    @messages = Message.all :order => 'created_at DESC', :limit => 100
+    @messages = Message.public.all :order => 'created_at DESC', :limit => 100
   end
     
   # Creates a new message object.
diff --git a/app/models/message.rb b/app/models/message.rb
index 274ca309..8fd1fb62 100644
--- a/app/models/message.rb
+++ b/app/models/message.rb
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ class Message < ActiveRecord::Base
   
   named_scope :pending, :conditions => { :email_state => 0 }
   named_scope :sent, :conditions => { :email_state => 1 }
+  named_scope :public, :conditions => {:private => false}
 
   # Values for the email_state attribute: :none, :pending, :sent, :failed
   EMAIL_STATE = {
diff --git a/app/views/messages/new.haml b/app/views/messages/new.haml
index fc15aec9..4af2e9e5 100644
--- a/app/views/messages/new.haml
+++ b/app/views/messages/new.haml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   = f.error_messages
 
   %p
+    Empfängerinnen
     %fieldset
       - if APP_CONFIG[:mailing_list].blank?
         = f.check_box :sent_to_all, :onchange => "Element.toggle('recipients')"
@@ -41,14 +42,19 @@
             %b Gruppe:
             %br/
             = f.select :group_id, groups_for_select, :prompt => " -- Gruppe auswählen --"
-    
+
   %p
-    = f.label :subject, "Betreff"
+    Privat
+    = f.check_box :private
+    %small{:style => "color:grey"} (Nachricht taucht nicht im Foodsoft-Nachrichteneingang auf)
+
+  %p
+    Betreff
     %br/
     = f.text_field :subject
 
   %p
-    = f.label :body, "Nachricht"
+    Nachricht
     %br/
     ~ f.text_area :body, :cols => '80', :rows => '20'