diff --git a/hymd/configure_runtime.py b/hymd/configure_runtime.py
index c374c87e..37c0d46b 100644
--- a/hymd/configure_runtime.py
+++ b/hymd/configure_runtime.py
@@ -161,15 +161,6 @@ def configure_runtime(args_in, comm):
     # check if we have at least one rank per replica
     if comm.Get_size() < len(args.replica_dirs) and comm.Get_rank() == 0:
         raise ValueError("You should have at least one MPI rank per replica.")
-    
-    # block destdir with replicas
-    if (len(args.replica_dirs) > 0) and args.destdir != "." and comm.Get_rank() == 0:
-        raise ValueError("You should not specify a destination directory when using replicas.")
-
-    if comm.Get_rank() == 0:
-        os.makedirs(args.destdir, exist_ok=True)
-
-    comm.barrier()
 
     # Safely define seeds
     seeds = None
@@ -208,6 +199,11 @@ def configure_runtime(args_in, comm):
         intracomm = comm
         intercomm = None
 
+    if intracomm.Get_rank() == 0:
+        os.makedirs(args.destdir, exist_ok=True)
+
+    intracomm.barrier()
+
     # Setup logger
     Logger.setup(
         default_level=logging.INFO,
diff --git a/hymd/logger.py b/hymd/logger.py
index 822b757e..41deaade 100644
--- a/hymd/logger.py
+++ b/hymd/logger.py
@@ -56,6 +56,28 @@ def filter(self, record):
         return True
 
 
+class MPIFilterStdout(logging.Filter):
+    """Log output Filter wrapper class for filtering STDOUT log"""
+
+    def filter(self, record):
+        """Log event message filter
+
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        record : logging.LogRecord
+            LogRecord object corresponding to the log event.
+        """
+        if record.funcName == "<module>":
+            record.funcName = "main"
+        record.funcName = "replica 0 " + record.funcName
+        if MPI.COMM_WORLD.Get_rank() == 0:
+            record.rank = MPI.COMM_WORLD.Get_rank()
+            record.size = MPI.COMM_WORLD.Get_size()
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
+
+
 class Logger:
     """Log output handler class
 
@@ -157,6 +179,7 @@ def setup(cls, default_level=logging.INFO, log_file=None, verbose=False, comm=MP
             cls.stdout_handler.setLevel(level)
             cls.stdout_handler.setStream(sys.stdout)
             cls.stdout_handler.setFormatter(cls.formatter)
+            cls.stdout_handler.addFilter(MPIFilterStdout())
 
             cls.rank0.addHandler(cls.stdout_handler)
             cls.all_ranks.addHandler(cls.stdout_handler)