diff --git a/cli/submit.py b/cli/submit.py
index c9db026..c93927f 100644
--- a/cli/submit.py
+++ b/cli/submit.py
@@ -5,19 +5,18 @@
 import requests
 import yaml
 
-from ebi_eva_common_pyutils.logger import logging_config, AppLogger
+from ebi_eva_common_pyutils.logger import AppLogger
 from retry import retry
 
 from cli.auth import get_auth
 
-logger = logging_config.get_logger(__name__)
 SUB_CLI_CONFIG_FILE = ".eva-sub-cli-config.yml"
 SUB_CLI_CONFIG_KEY_SUBMISSION_ID = "submission_id"
 SUB_CLI_CONFIG_KEY_SUBMISSION_UPLOAD_URL = "submission_upload_url"
 SUBMISSION_INITIATE_URL = "http://www.ebi.ac.uk/eva/v1/submission/initiate"
 
 
-class StudySubmitter:
+class StudySubmitter(AppLogger):
     def __init__(self, vcf_files, metadata_file, submission_initiate_url=SUBMISSION_INITIATE_URL):
         self.auth = get_auth()
         self.submission_initiate_url = submission_initiate_url
@@ -50,11 +49,13 @@ def upload_submission(self, submission_dir, submission_upload_url=None):
             self.upload_file(submission_upload_url, f)
         self.upload_file(submission_upload_url, self.metadata_file)
 
-    @retry(tries=5, delay=10, backoff=5, logger=logger)
+    @retry(tries=5, delay=10, backoff=5)
     def upload_file(self, submission_upload_url, input_file):
         base_name = os.path.basename(input_file)
+        self.info(f'Transfer {base_name} to EVA FTP')
         r = requests.put(urljoin(submission_upload_url, base_name), data=open(input_file, 'rb'))
         r.raise_for_status()
+        self.info(f'Upload of {base_name} completed')
 
     def verify_submission_dir(self, submission_dir):
         if not os.path.exists(submission_dir):
@@ -69,6 +70,6 @@ def submit(self, submission_dir):
                                           'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + self.auth.token})
         response.raise_for_status()
         response_json = response.json()
-        logger.info("Submission ID {} received!!".format(response_json["submissionId"]))
+        self.info("Submission ID {} received!!".format(response_json["submissionId"]))
         self.create_submission_config_file(submission_dir, response_json["submissionId"], response_json["uploadUrl"])
         self.upload_submission(submission_dir, response_json["uploadUrl"])