diff --git a/src/www/widgets/include/system_log.inc b/src/www/widgets/include/system_log.inc
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+++ b/src/www/widgets/include/system_log.inc
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+<?php
+//set variable for custom title
+$system_log_title = "System Log";
+$system_log_title_link = "diag_logs.php";
diff --git a/src/www/widgets/widgets/system_log.widget.php b/src/www/widgets/widgets/system_log.widget.php
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+++ b/src/www/widgets/widgets/system_log.widget.php
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+<?php
+require_once("functions.inc");
+require_once("guiconfig.inc");
+require_once('notices.inc');
+include_once("includes/functions.inc.php");
+require_once("script/load_phalcon.php");
+
+$system_logfile = '/var/log/system.log';
+if (!$config['widgets']['systemlogfiltercount'])
+{
+  $syslogEntriesToFetch = $config['syslog']['nentries'];
+  if (!$syslogEntriesToFetch) { $syslogEntriesToFetch = 20;  }
+}
+else
+{
+$syslogEntriesToFetch = $config['widgets']['systemlogfiltercount'];
+}
+
+if(is_numeric($_POST['logfiltercount']))
+{
+ $countReceived =  $_POST['logfiltercount'];
+ $config['widgets']['systemlogfiltercount'] = $countReceived;
+ write_config("Saved Widget System Log Filter Setting");
+ Header("Location: /");
+ exit(0);
+}
+
+?>
+
+<div class="table-responsive">
+	<table class="table table-striped table-sort" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
+		<? dump_clog($system_logfile, $syslogEntriesToFetch, true, array(), array("ppp")); ?>
+	</table>
+	<table class="table" style="margin-bottom:0px;text-align:center;">
+
+		<tr class="formselect">
+		<td>Number of Log lines to display: </td>
+
+		<td>
+		<form action="/widgets/widgets/system_log.widget.php" method="post" name="iform">
+                <select name="logfiltercount" id="logfiltercount">
+		<?php for ($i = 1; $i <= 50; $i++) {?>
+		<option value="<?php echo $i;?>" <?php if ($syslogEntriesToFetch == $i) { echo "selected=\"selected\"";}?>><?php echo $i;?></option>
+		<?php } ?>
+		</td>
+		<td>
+		<input id="submit" name="submit" type="submit" class="btn btn-primary formbtn" value="Save" autocomplete="off">
+		</form>
+		</td>
+		</tr>
+	</table>
+</div>