diff --git a/dartwrf/workflows.py b/dartwrf/workflows.py
index 0b711bb61203085eb304e14bed28af9b6747b4fe..d53fc9a43e15e2bf15576a37699b626859c4c4ab 100644
--- a/dartwrf/workflows.py
+++ b/dartwrf/workflows.py
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ import importlib
 from dartwrf.utils import script_to_str
 from config.cfg import exp
 
-
-
-
 def dict_to_py(d, outfile):
     with open(outfile, 'w') as f:
         txt = '# this file is autogenerated \nobs_kind_nrs = {'
@@ -23,6 +20,33 @@ def dict_to_py(d, outfile):
         txt += '}'
         f.write(txt)
 
+def _obskind_read():
+    """Read dictionary of observation types + ID numbers ("kind") 
+    from DART f90 script
+    """
+    definitionfile = self.cluster.dart_srcdir+'/../../../assimilation_code/modules/observations/obs_kind_mod.f90'
+    with open(definitionfile, 'r') as f:
+        kind_def_f = f.readlines()
+
+    obskind_nrs = {}
+    for i, line in enumerate(kind_def_f):
+        if 'Integer definitions for DART OBS TYPES' in line:
+            # data starts below this line
+            i_start = i
+            break
+    for line in kind_def_f[i_start+1:]:
+        if 'MAX_DEFINED_TYPES_OF_OBS' in line:
+            # end of data
+            break
+        if '::' in line:
+            # a line looks like this
+            # integer, parameter, public ::       MSG_4_SEVIRI_TB =   261
+            data = line.split('::')[-1].split('=')
+            kind_str = data[0].strip()
+            kind_nr = int(data[1].strip())
+            obskind_nrs[kind_str] = kind_nr
+    return obskind_nrs
+
 class WorkFlows(object):
     def __init__(self, exp_config='cfg.py', server_config='server.py'):
         """Set up the experiment folder in `archivedir`.
@@ -30,10 +54,14 @@ class WorkFlows(object):
         Args:
             exp (str): Path to exp config file
             config (str): Path to the cluster config file
+
+        Note:
+            in WorkFlows, we load the config from the git cloned folder
+            in all other dartwrf scripts, load the config from cluster.scripts_rundir
         """
-        # in WorkFlows, we load the config from the git cloned folder
-        # in all other dartwrf scripts, load the config from cluster.scripts_rundir
+        print('------ start exp from ', exp_config, ' and ', server_config, ' ------')
         # exp = __import__('config/'+exp_config)
+        # load python config file
         self.cluster = importlib.import_module('config.'+server_config.strip('.py')).cluster
 
         # Set paths and backup scripts
@@ -42,38 +70,11 @@ class WorkFlows(object):
 
         if self.cluster.use_slurm:
             self.cluster.slurm_scripts_dir = self.cluster.archivedir+'/slurm-scripts/'
-            print('scripts, which are submitted to SLURM:', self.cluster.slurm_scripts_dir)
+            print('SLURM scripts will be in', self.cluster.slurm_scripts_dir)
 
         # copy obs kind def to config, we will read a table from there
         # file needs to exist within package so sphinx can read it
-        def obskind_read():
-            """Read dictionary of observation types + ID numbers ("kind") 
-            from DART f90 script
-            """
-            definitionfile = self.cluster.dart_srcdir+'/../../../assimilation_code/modules/observations/obs_kind_mod.f90'
-            with open(definitionfile, 'r') as f:
-                kind_def_f = f.readlines()
-
-            obskind_nrs = {}
-            for i, line in enumerate(kind_def_f):
-                if 'Integer definitions for DART OBS TYPES' in line:
-                    # data starts below this line
-                    i_start = i
-                    break
-            for line in kind_def_f[i_start+1:]:
-                if 'MAX_DEFINED_TYPES_OF_OBS' in line:
-                    # end of data
-                    break
-                if '::' in line:
-                    # a line looks like this
-                    # integer, parameter, public ::       MSG_4_SEVIRI_TB =   261
-                    data = line.split('::')[-1].split('=')
-                    kind_str = data[0].strip()
-                    kind_nr = int(data[1].strip())
-                    obskind_nrs[kind_str] = kind_nr
-            return obskind_nrs
-        
-        dict_to_py(obskind_read(), self.cluster.scriptsdir+'/../config/obskind.py')
+        dict_to_py(_obskind_read(), self.cluster.scriptsdir+'/../config/obskind.py')
             
         # Copy scripts to self.cluster.archivedir folder
         os.makedirs(self.cluster.archivedir, exist_ok=True)
@@ -93,6 +94,8 @@ class WorkFlows(object):
         
         # probably not needed
         # shutil.copy('config/'+server_config, 'config/cluster.py')  # whatever server, the config name is always the same!
+        print('------ dartwrf experiment initialized ------')
+        print('--------------------------------------------')
         
     def prepare_WRFrundir(self, init_time):
         """Create WRF/run directories and wrfinput files