diff --git a/Contractor/EdgeBasedGraphFactory.cpp b/Contractor/EdgeBasedGraphFactory.cpp
index 7a2ce3e0b..af78b46eb 100644
--- a/Contractor/EdgeBasedGraphFactory.cpp
+++ b/Contractor/EdgeBasedGraphFactory.cpp
@@ -24,14 +24,30 @@
 #include <algorithm>
 #endif
 #include <boost/foreach.hpp>
+#include <boost/lexical_cast.hpp>
+#include <boost/property_tree/ptree.hpp>
+#include <boost/property_tree/ini_parser.hpp>
 
 #include "../Util/OpenMPReplacement.h"
 #include "EdgeBasedGraphFactory.h"
 
 template<>
-EdgeBasedGraphFactory::EdgeBasedGraphFactory(int nodes, std::vector<NodeBasedEdge> & inputEdges, std::vector<NodeID> & bn, std::vector<NodeID> & tl, std::vector<_Restriction> & irs, std::vector<NodeInfo> & nI, std::string & srtm)
+EdgeBasedGraphFactory::EdgeBasedGraphFactory(int nodes, std::vector<NodeBasedEdge> & inputEdges, std::vector<NodeID> & bn, std::vector<NodeID> & tl, std::vector<_Restriction> & irs, std::vector<NodeInfo> & nI, boost::property_tree::ptree speedProfile, std::string & srtm)
 : inputRestrictions(irs), inputNodeInfoList(nI)/*, srtmLookup(srtm) */{
 
+    std::string usedSpeedProfile(speedProfile.get_child("").begin()->first);
+    BOOST_FOREACH(boost::property_tree::ptree::value_type &v, speedProfile.get_child(usedSpeedProfile)) {
+        if("trafficSignalPenalty" ==  v.first) {
+            std::string value = v.second.get<std::string>("");
+            try {
+                trafficSignalPenalty = 10*boost::lexical_cast<int>(v.second.get<std::string>(""));
+            } catch(boost::bad_lexical_cast &) {
+                trafficSignalPenalty = 0;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    INFO("Using traffic signal penalty: " << trafficSignalPenalty );
+
 #ifdef _GLIBCXX_PARALLEL
     __gnu_parallel::sort(inputRestrictions.begin(), inputRestrictions.end(), CmpRestrictionByFrom);
 #else
@@ -225,6 +241,10 @@ void EdgeBasedGraphFactory::Run() {
                         unsigned nameID = _nodeBasedGraph->GetEdgeData(e2).nameID;
                         short turnInstruction = AnalyzeTurn(u, v, w);
 
+                        if(_trafficLights.find(v) != _trafficLights.end()) {
+                            distance += trafficSignalPenalty;
+                        }
+
                         //create edge-based graph edge
                         EdgeBasedEdge newEdge(edgeBasedSource, edgeBasedTarget, v,  nameID, distance, true, false, turnInstruction);
                         edgeBasedEdges.push_back(newEdge);
diff --git a/Contractor/EdgeBasedGraphFactory.h b/Contractor/EdgeBasedGraphFactory.h
index 9476a1cc0..4d457d71a 100644
--- a/Contractor/EdgeBasedGraphFactory.h
+++ b/Contractor/EdgeBasedGraphFactory.h
@@ -26,8 +26,13 @@
 #define EDGEBASEDGRAPHFACTORY_H_
 
 #include <boost/shared_ptr.hpp>
+#include <boost/property_tree/ptree.hpp>
+#include <boost/property_tree/ini_parser.hpp>
+
 #include <vector>
 
+#include <cstdlib>
+
 #include "../typedefs.h"
 #include "../DataStructures/DynamicGraph.h"
 #include "../DataStructures/ExtractorStructs.h"
@@ -35,6 +40,8 @@
 #include "../DataStructures/ImportEdge.h"
 #include "../DataStructures/Percent.h"
 #include "../DataStructures/TurnInstructions.h"
+#include "../Util/BaseConfiguration.h"
+
 //#include "../Util/SRTMLookup.h"
 
 class EdgeBasedGraphFactory {
@@ -82,12 +89,13 @@ public:
     };
 
 private:
-    boost::shared_ptr<_NodeBasedDynamicGraph> _nodeBasedGraph;
-    boost::unordered_map<NodeID, bool> _barrierNodes;
-    boost::unordered_map<NodeID, bool> _trafficLights;
+    boost::shared_ptr<_NodeBasedDynamicGraph>   _nodeBasedGraph;
+    boost::unordered_map<NodeID, bool>          _barrierNodes;
+    boost::unordered_map<NodeID, bool>          _trafficLights;
 
     std::vector<_Restriction> & inputRestrictions;
-    std::vector<NodeInfo> & inputNodeInfoList;
+    std::vector<NodeInfo> &     inputNodeInfoList;
+    int trafficSignalPenalty;
 
     std::vector<EdgeBasedEdge> edgeBasedEdges;
     std::vector<EdgeBasedNode> edgeBasedNodes;
@@ -98,7 +106,7 @@ private:
 
 public:
     template< class InputEdgeT >
-    explicit EdgeBasedGraphFactory(int nodes, std::vector<InputEdgeT> & inputEdges, std::vector<NodeID> & _bollardNodes, std::vector<NodeID> & trafficLights, std::vector<_Restriction> & inputRestrictions, std::vector<NodeInfo> & nI, std::string & srtm);
+    explicit EdgeBasedGraphFactory(int nodes, std::vector<InputEdgeT> & inputEdges, std::vector<NodeID> & _bollardNodes, std::vector<NodeID> & trafficLights, std::vector<_Restriction> & inputRestrictions, std::vector<NodeInfo> & nI, boost::property_tree::ptree speedProfile, std::string & srtm);
     virtual ~EdgeBasedGraphFactory();
 
     void Run();
diff --git a/createHierarchy.cpp b/createHierarchy.cpp
index 33eb762df..15df54150 100644
--- a/createHierarchy.cpp
+++ b/createHierarchy.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ or see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.txt.
 #endif
 
 #include <boost/foreach.hpp>
+#include <boost/property_tree/ptree.hpp>
+#include <boost/property_tree/ini_parser.hpp>
 
 #include <fstream>
 #include <istream>
@@ -81,14 +83,6 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[]) {
         INFO("Loading SRTM from/to " << SRTM_ROOT);
     omp_set_num_threads(numberOfThreads);
 
-    INFO("preprocessing data from input file " << argv[2] << " using STL "
-#ifdef _GLIBCXX_PARALLEL
-            "parallel (GCC)"
-#else
-            "serial"
-#endif
-            " mode");
-
     INFO("Using restrictions from file: " << argv[2]);
     std::ifstream restrictionsInstream(argv[2], ios::binary);
     _Restriction restriction;
@@ -118,7 +112,12 @@ int main (int argc, char *argv[]) {
     in.close();
     INFO("Loaded " << inputRestrictions.size() << " restrictions, " << bollardNodes.size() << " bollard nodes, " << trafficLightNodes.size() << " traffic lights");
 
-    EdgeBasedGraphFactory * edgeBasedGraphFactory = new EdgeBasedGraphFactory (nodeBasedNodeNumber, edgeList, bollardNodes, trafficLightNodes, inputRestrictions, internalToExternaleNodeMapping, SRTM_ROOT);
+    if(!testDataFile("speedprofile.ini")) {
+        ERR("Need speedprofile.ini to apply traffic signal penalty");
+    }
+    boost::property_tree::ptree speedProfile;
+    boost::property_tree::ini_parser::read_ini("speedprofile.ini", speedProfile);
+    EdgeBasedGraphFactory * edgeBasedGraphFactory = new EdgeBasedGraphFactory (nodeBasedNodeNumber, edgeList, bollardNodes, trafficLightNodes, inputRestrictions, internalToExternaleNodeMapping, speedProfile, SRTM_ROOT);
     edgeList.clear();
     std::vector<ImportEdge>().swap(edgeList);