diff --git a/src/fairchem/core/_cli_hydra.py b/src/fairchem/core/_cli_hydra.py
index 9cc9f135e..b60206dbe 100644
--- a/src/fairchem/core/_cli_hydra.py
+++ b/src/fairchem/core/_cli_hydra.py
@@ -32,10 +32,12 @@
 from submitit.helpers import Checkpointable, DelayedSubmission
 
 from fairchem.core.common import distutils
+from fairchem.core.common.logger import WandBSingletonLogger
 from fairchem.core.common.utils import (
     get_commit_hash,
     get_timestamp_uid,
     setup_env_vars,
+    setup_logging,
 )
 
 # this effects the cli only since the actual job will be run in subprocesses or remoe
@@ -139,22 +141,27 @@ def _set_deterministic_mode() -> None:
 
 
 class Submitit(Checkpointable):
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        self.config = None
+        self.runner = None
+
     def __call__(self, dict_config: DictConfig) -> None:
         self.config = dict_config
         # TODO also load job config here
         setup_env_vars()
+        setup_logging()
         distutils.setup(map_job_config_to_dist_config(self.config.job))
         self._init_logger()
         _set_seeds(self.config.job.seed)
         if self.config.job.deterministic:
             _set_deterministic_mode()
 
-        runner: Runner = hydra.utils.instantiate(dict_config.runner)
-        runner.config = self.config
+        self.runner: Runner = hydra.utils.instantiate(dict_config.runner)
+        self.runner.config = self.config
         # must call resume state AFTER the runner has been initialized
         if self.config.job.runner_state_path:
-            runner.load_state(self.config.job.runner_state_path)
-        runner.run()
+            self.runner.load_state(self.config.job.runner_state_path)
+        self.runner.run()
         distutils.cleanup()
 
     def _init_logger(self) -> None:
@@ -164,7 +171,7 @@ def _init_logger(self) -> None:
             and not self.config.job.debug
         ):
             # get a partial function from the config and instantiate wandb with it
-            # currently this assume we use a wandb logger
+            # currently code assumes that we only use the WandBSingletonLogger
             logger_initializer = hydra.utils.instantiate(self.config.job.logger)
             simple_config = OmegaConf.to_container(
                 self.config, resolve=True, throw_on_missing=True
@@ -177,13 +184,14 @@ def _init_logger(self) -> None:
             )
 
     def checkpoint(self, *args, **kwargs) -> DelayedSubmission:
-        # TODO: this is yet to be tested properly
-        logging.info("Submitit checkpointing callback is triggered")
+        logging.error("Submitit checkpointing callback is triggered")
         save_path = self.config.job.metadata.preemption_checkpoint_dir
         self.runner.save_state(save_path)
-        logging.info("Submitit checkpointing callback is completed")
         cfg_copy = self.config.copy()
         cfg_copy.job.runner_state_path = save_path
+        if WandBSingletonLogger.initialized():
+            WandBSingletonLogger.get_instance().mark_preempting()
+        logging.info("Submitit checkpointing callback is completed")
         return DelayedSubmission(Submitit(), cfg_copy)
 
 
@@ -240,7 +248,11 @@ def get_hydra_config_from_yaml(
     config_directory = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(config_yml))
     config_name = os.path.basename(config_yml)
     hydra.initialize_config_dir(config_directory, version_base="1.1")
-    return hydra.compose(config_name=config_name, overrides=overrides_args)
+    cfg = hydra.compose(config_name=config_name, overrides=overrides_args)
+    # merge default structured config with initialized job object
+    cfg = OmegaConf.merge({"job": OmegaConf.structured(JobConfig)}, cfg)
+    # canonicalize config (remove top level keys that just used replacing variables)
+    return get_canonical_config(cfg)
 
 
 def runner_wrapper(config: DictConfig):
@@ -256,10 +268,6 @@ def main(
         args, override_args = parser.parse_known_args()
 
     cfg = get_hydra_config_from_yaml(args.config, override_args)
-    # merge default structured config with initialized job object
-    cfg = OmegaConf.merge({"job": OmegaConf.structured(JobConfig)}, cfg)
-    # canonicalize config (remove top level keys that just used replacing variables)
-    cfg = get_canonical_config(cfg)
     log_dir = cfg.job.metadata.log_dir
     os.makedirs(cfg.job.run_dir, exist_ok=True)
     os.makedirs(log_dir, exist_ok=True)
@@ -283,7 +291,7 @@ def main(
             slurm_qos=scheduler_cfg.slurm.qos,
             slurm_account=scheduler_cfg.slurm.account,
         )
-        job = executor.submit(runner_wrapper, cfg)
+        job = executor.submit(Submitit(), cfg)
         logging.info(
             f"Submitted job id: {cfg.job.timestamp_id}, slurm id: {job.job_id}, logs: {cfg.job.metadata.log_dir}"
         )
diff --git a/tests/core/test_hydra_cli.py b/tests/core/test_hydra_cli.py
index 65de8433a..baac71e47 100644
--- a/tests/core/test_hydra_cli.py
+++ b/tests/core/test_hydra_cli.py
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@
 import hydra
 import pytest
 
-from fairchem.core._cli_hydra import ALLOWED_TOP_LEVEL_KEYS, main
+from fairchem.core._cli_hydra import (
+    ALLOWED_TOP_LEVEL_KEYS,
+    get_hydra_config_from_yaml,
+    main,
+)
 from fairchem.core.common import distutils
 
 
@@ -58,3 +62,12 @@ def test_hydra_cli_throws_error_on_disallowed_top_level_keys():
     sys.argv[1:] = sys_args
     with pytest.raises(ValueError):
         main()
+
+
+def get_cfg_from_yaml():
+    yaml = "tests/core/test_hydra_cli.yml"
+    cfg = get_hydra_config_from_yaml(yaml)
+    # assert fields got initialized properly
+    assert cfg.job.run_name is not None
+    assert cfg.job.seed is not None
+    assert cfg.keys() == ALLOWED_TOP_LEVEL_KEYS