diff --git a/examples/katib/mnist_with_summary.py b/examples/katib/mnist_with_summary.py
index 24a99ffce..b733dfba7 100644
--- a/examples/katib/mnist_with_summary.py
+++ b/examples/katib/mnist_with_summary.py
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 from torchvision import datasets, transforms
 from torch.autograd import Variable
 from tensorboardX import SummaryWriter
-writer = SummaryWriter('runs')
 # Training settings
 parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='PyTorch MNIST Example')
 parser.add_argument('--batch-size', type=int, default=64, metavar='N',
@@ -26,6 +25,8 @@
                     help='random seed (default: 1)')
 parser.add_argument('--log-interval', type=int, default=10, metavar='N',
                     help='how many batches to wait before logging training status')
+parser.add_argument('--dir', default='logs', metavar='L',
+                    help='directory where summary logs are stored')
 args = parser.parse_args()
 args.cuda = not args.no_cuda and torch.cuda.is_available()
 
@@ -72,7 +73,8 @@ def forward(self, x):
 if args.cuda:
     model.cuda()
 
-print('Learning rate: {} Momentum: {}'.format(args.lr, args.momentum))
+print('Learning rate: {} Momentum: {} Logs dir: {}'.format(args.lr, args.momentum, args.dir))
+writer = SummaryWriter(args.dir)
 optimizer = optim.SGD(model.parameters(), lr=args.lr, momentum=args.momentum)
 
 def train(epoch):