diff --git a/search.py b/search.py
index e0640f8..a75234c 100644
--- a/search.py
+++ b/search.py
@@ -1,37 +1,38 @@
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import logging
 import louis.db.api as api
 import louis.db as db
 from microbench import MicroBench, MBReturnValue, MBFunctionCall
 import pandas as pd
 
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
+
 class Bench(MicroBench, MBFunctionCall, MBReturnValue):
     pass
 
 
-outfile = "benchmarking/search_results.json"
+OUTFILE = "benchmarking/search_results.json"
 commit = subprocess.check_output(["git", "rev-parse", "HEAD"]).strip().decode("utf-8")
 basic_bench = Bench(
-    output_file=outfile, commit_version=commit, function_version="0.0.1"
+    output_file=OUTFILE, commit_version=commit, function_version="0.0.1"
 )
 
-
-def search(cursor, query):
-    """Execute the SQL search function"""
-    return api.search_from_text_query(cursor, query)
-
-
 @basic_bench
 def init_bench(query):
     """Initialize the benchmark by calling the function search"""
     connection = db.connect_db()
     with db.cursor(connection) as cursor:
-        return search(cursor, query)
+        return api.search_from_text_query(cursor, query)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    """How to execute: python3 -m search.py query"""
-    init_bench(" ".join(sys.argv[1:]))
-    with open(outfile, "r") as result_file:
+    """Execute the sql search function with the query passed as an argument. 
+    How to execute: python3 -m search.py query"""
+    query = " ".join(sys.argv[1:])  
+    logging.debug(f"Query is: {query}")
+    init_bench(query)
+    with open(OUTFILE, "r") as result_file:
         print(pd.read_json(result_file, lines=True))