diff --git a/glennopt/base/optimizer.py b/glennopt/base/optimizer.py
index 997b7d3f..d227a91e 100644
--- a/glennopt/base/optimizer.py
+++ b/glennopt/base/optimizer.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 import math
 import pprint
 import logging
+from warnings import catch_warnings
 import pandas as pd
 """
     External Modules
@@ -54,8 +55,12 @@ def __init__(self,name:str,eval_command:str, eval_folder:str = None,opt_folder:s
         self.name = name        
         assert opt_folder is not None
 
-        logging.basicConfig(filename=os.path.join(opt_folder,'log.dat'),  level=logging.DEBUG)
-        self.logger = logging.getLogger()
+        try:
+            logging.basicConfig(filename=os.path.join(opt_folder,'log.dat'),  level=logging.DEBUG)
+            self.logger = logging.getLogger()
+        except:
+            self.logger = None
+        
 
         if (not os.path.isabs(eval_folder)):
             eval_folder = os.path.join(os.getcwd(),eval_folder)
@@ -458,7 +463,8 @@ def __write_proc_log__(self,p:subprocess.Popen,pop:int,ind_name:str):
         """
         if p is not None:     
             for line in p.stdout:
-                self.logger.debug('POP {0} Indivudual: {1} Message: {2}'.format(pop,ind_name,line.decode("utf-8").replace('\n', ' ').replace('\r', '')).strip())
+                if (self.logger):
+                    self.logger.debug('POP {0} Indivudual: {1} Message: {2}'.format(pop,ind_name,line.decode("utf-8").replace('\n', ' ').replace('\r', '')).strip())
         
     def load_history_file(self):
         """Reads the history file if exists 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 6b5040e1..d61e9413 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "GlennOPT"
-version = "1.4.3"
+version = "1.4.4"
 description = "Multi and single objective optimization tool for cfd/computer simulations."
 authors = ["Paht Juangphanich <paht.juangphanich@nasa.gov>"]