diff --git a/autotest-conf.yaml b/autotest-conf.yaml
index 2e795fe..07679fa 100644
--- a/autotest-conf.yaml
+++ b/autotest-conf.yaml
@@ -1,20 +1,20 @@
 repeats: 3
 
 options:
-  # x264enc:
-  #   bitrate: [ "10000", "20000", "5000" ]
-  #   speed-preset: [ "ultrafast", "fast", "medium" ]
-  #   tune: [ "zerolatency" ]
-  #   sliced-threads: [ "true", "false" ]
-  #   b-adapt: [ "true", "false" ]
-  #   rc-lookahead: [ "40", "0" ]
-  #   ref: [ "3", "0" ]
-  # nvh264enc:
-  #   bitrate: [ "10000", "20000", "5000" ]
-  #   preset: [ "4", "5", "1" ]
-  #   rc-lookahead: [ "0" ]
-  #   rc-mode: [ "2", "0", "5" ]
-  #   zerolatency: [ "true", "false" ]
+  x264enc:
+    bitrate: [ "10000", "20000", "5000" ]
+    speed-preset: [ "ultrafast", "fast", "medium" ]
+    tune: [ "zerolatency" ]
+    sliced-threads: [ "true", "false" ]
+    b-adapt: [ "true", "false" ]
+    rc-lookahead: [ "40", "0" ]
+    ref: [ "3", "0" ]
+  nvh264enc:
+    bitrate: [ "10000", "20000", "5000" ]
+    preset: [ "4", "5", "1" ]
+    rc-lookahead: [ "0" ]
+    rc-mode: [ "2", "0", "5" ]
+    zerolatency: [ "true", "false" ]
   nvv4l2h264enc:
     bitrate: [ "10000000", "20000000", "5000000" ]
     profile: [ "0", "1", "2" ]
diff --git a/extra.py b/extra.py
index 2df1948..9b12780 100644
--- a/extra.py
+++ b/extra.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from functools import wraps
+import logging
 
 
 def log_args_decorator(func):
@@ -11,9 +12,10 @@ def log_args_decorator(func):
         pos_args = dict(zip(arg_names, args))
         all_args = {**pos_args, **kwargs}
 
-        print(f"Calling function '{func.__name__}' with arguments: {all_args}")
+        logging.debug(
+            f"Calling function '{func.__name__}' with arguments: {all_args}")
         result = func(*args, **kwargs)
-        print(f"Function '{func.__name__}' returned: {result}")
+        logging.info(f"Function '{func.__name__}' returned: {result}")
         return result
     return wrapper
 
diff --git a/gstreamerAutotest.py b/gstreamerAutotest.py
index b42cf45..ed77494 100755
--- a/gstreamerAutotest.py
+++ b/gstreamerAutotest.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python
 from itertools import product
+from tqdm import tqdm
 import qa
 from latencyParse import getLatencyTable
 import os
@@ -15,10 +16,12 @@ import logging
 
 # Configure logging to show informational messages
 logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG,
-                    format='%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s')
+                    format='%(asctime)s - %(levelname)s - %(message)s',
+                    filename=f"{os.path.basename(__file__).split('.')[0]}.log")
 
 config = None
 
+
 def parse_args():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(prog=__file__)
     parser.add_argument('-c', '--config',
@@ -27,6 +30,7 @@ def parse_args():
                         help="Path to autotest configuration yaml file")
     return parser.parse_args()
 
+
 def get_config():
     global config
     if config is None:
@@ -168,7 +172,7 @@ def passwordAuth(proc):
 def printLog(file):
     with open(file, "r") as f:
         out = f.read()
-        print(out)
+        logging.debug(f"\n{out}")
 
 
 @is_docker
@@ -195,7 +199,7 @@ def time_trace(func):
         func()
         end_time = time.time()
         elapsed_time = end_time - start_time
-        print(emoji.emojize(
+        logging.info(emoji.emojize(
             f":alarm_clock: Total execution time: {elapsed_time} seconds"))
     return wrapper
 
@@ -204,15 +208,14 @@ def time_trace(func):
 def run_autotest():
     qualityDataframe = pd.DataFrame()
     latencyDataframe = pd.DataFrame()
-
     encoders = generateEncoderStrings()
-    for encoder, combinations in encoders.items():
+    for encoder, combinations in tqdm(encoders.items(), desc="Encoder loop"):
         qualityDataframe = pd.DataFrame()
         latencyDataframe = pd.DataFrame()
-        for params in combinations:
+        for params in tqdm(combinations, desc="params combination loop", leave=False):
             for profile in get_config().profiles:
-                for videoName, videoPath in get_config().videos.items():
-                    for _ in range(get_config().repeats):
+                for videoName, videoPath in tqdm(get_config().videos.items(), desc="videos loop", leave=False):
+                    for _ in tqdm(range(get_config().repeats), desc="repeat loop", leave=False):
                         filename = "autotest-" + encoder + "-" + \
                             profile + "-test-" + videoName + ".mp4"
                         pipeline = Pipeline()
@@ -238,7 +241,7 @@ def run_autotest():
                         )
                         dfPsnr = qa.parse_quality_report(
                             psnr_metrics, ssim_metrics)
-                        print("-----")
+                        logging.info("-----")
                         dfLatency = getLatencyTable(
                             get_config().latency_filename)
                         columnsQ = pd.MultiIndex.from_tuples(
@@ -255,10 +258,10 @@ def run_autotest():
                             [qualityDataframe, dfPsnr], axis=1)
                         latencyDataframe = pd.concat(
                             [latencyDataframe, dfLatency], axis=1)
-                        print("="*50)
-                        print("Current results:")
-                        print(dfPsnr)
-                        print(dfLatency)
+                        logging.info("="*50)
+                        logging.info("Current results:")
+                        logging.info(f"\n{dfPsnr}")
+                        logging.info(f"\n{dfLatency}")
         qualityDataframe.to_csv(
             get_config().results_dir + f"qualityResults{encoder}.csv")
         latencyDataframe.to_csv(
diff --git a/latencyParse.py b/latencyParse.py
index ecaa3dc..a52b266 100644
--- a/latencyParse.py
+++ b/latencyParse.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/python3
 import pandas as pd
 import numpy as np
+import logging
 # Idea is next:
 # on set of experiments we are calculating all latency information -> each element avg, std, max numbers, total is not calculated, because it requires
 # additional parsing for parallel branches (from tee)
@@ -17,7 +18,8 @@ def findWord(words, wordToSearch):
                 return words[idx]
             else:
                 if idx >= len(words):
-                    print(f"ERROR: trying to access index={idx} while: {words}")
+                    logging.error(
+                        f"ERROR: trying to access index={idx} while: {words}")
     for word in words:
         if word.startswith(wordToSearch):
             idx = words.index(word)
@@ -70,7 +72,7 @@ def readAndParse(filename):
 def getLatencyTable(filename):
     parsed = readAndParse(filename)
     df = pd.DataFrame(parsed)
-    print(df)
+    logging.debug(f"\n{df}")
     latency_row = df.loc['latency']
     ts_list = df.loc['ts']
 
@@ -90,8 +92,9 @@ def getLatencyTable(filename):
     resultDf = pd.concat(
         [df_dt_max, max_latency, avg_latency, median_latency, std_latency], axis=1)
     resultDf.columns = ['dTmax', 'max', 'avg', 'median', 'std']
-    print(resultDf)
+    logging.debug(f"\n{resultDf}")
     return resultDf
 
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     getLatencyTable("latency_traces-x264enc-kpop-test-10.log")
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 3ef2559..365c9b6 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -14,4 +14,5 @@ python-dotenv==1.1.1
 pytz==2025.2
 PyYAML==6.0.3
 six==1.17.0
+tqdm==4.67.1
 tzdata==2025.2