diff --git a/python/ray/tune/__init__.py b/python/ray/tune/__init__.py
index 1e341b265..17c5fa2db 100644
--- a/python/ray/tune/__init__.py
+++ b/python/ray/tune/__init__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import
 from __future__ import division
 from __future__ import print_function
 
+import logging
+
 from ray.tune.error import TuneError
 from ray.tune.tune import run_experiments
 from ray.tune.experiment import Experiment
@@ -9,6 +11,20 @@ from ray.tune.registry import register_env, register_trainable
 from ray.tune.trainable import Trainable
 from ray.tune.suggest import grid_search, function, sample_from
 
+
+def _setup_logger():
+    logger = logging.getLogger("ray.tune")
+    handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+    handler.setFormatter(
+        logging.Formatter(
+            "%(asctime)s\t%(levelname)s %(filename)s:%(lineno)s -- %(message)s"
+        ))
+    logger.addHandler(handler)
+    logger.propagate = False
+
+
+_setup_logger()
+
 __all__ = [
     "Trainable",
     "TuneError",
diff --git a/python/ray/tune/log_sync.py b/python/ray/tune/log_sync.py
index 2046165c0..a63d7b1b7 100644
--- a/python/ray/tune/log_sync.py
+++ b/python/ray/tune/log_sync.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ class _LogSyncer(object):
         self.sync_process = None
         self.local_ip = ray.services.get_node_ip_address()
         self.worker_ip = None
-        logger.info("Created LogSyncer for {} -> {}".format(
+        logger.debug("Created LogSyncer for {} -> {}".format(
             local_dir, remote_dir))
 
     def set_worker_ip(self, worker_ip):
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class _LogSyncer(object):
     def sync_now(self, force=False):
         self.last_sync_time = time.time()
         if not self.worker_ip:
-            logger.info("Worker ip unknown, skipping log sync for {}".format(
+            logger.debug("Worker ip unknown, skipping log sync for {}".format(
                 self.local_dir))
             return
 
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class _LogSyncer(object):
                 if final_cmd:
                     final_cmd += " && "
                 final_cmd += local_to_remote_sync_cmd
-            logger.info("Running log sync: {}".format(final_cmd))
+            logger.debug("Running log sync: {}".format(final_cmd))
             self.sync_process = subprocess.Popen(final_cmd, shell=True)
 
     def wait(self):
diff --git a/python/ray/tune/ray_trial_executor.py b/python/ray/tune/ray_trial_executor.py
index 384f18802..a2e76f60e 100644
--- a/python/ray/tune/ray_trial_executor.py
+++ b/python/ray/tune/ray_trial_executor.py
@@ -234,10 +234,16 @@ class RayTrialExecutor(TrialExecutor):
         assert self._committed_resources.cpu >= 0
         assert self._committed_resources.gpu >= 0
 
-    def _update_avail_resources(self):
-        resources = ray.global_state.cluster_resources()
+    def _update_avail_resources(self, num_retries=5):
+        for i in range(num_retries):
+            resources = ray.global_state.cluster_resources()
+            if not resources:
+                logger.warning("Cluster resources not detected. Retrying...")
+                time.sleep(0.5)
+
         num_cpus = resources["CPU"]
         num_gpus = resources["GPU"]
+
         self._avail_resources = Resources(int(num_cpus), int(num_gpus))
         self._resources_initialized = True
 
diff --git a/python/ray/tune/trial.py b/python/ray/tune/trial.py
index 4ebfee187..7228c9fbd 100644
--- a/python/ray/tune/trial.py
+++ b/python/ray/tune/trial.py
@@ -355,9 +355,8 @@ class Trial(object):
             result.update(done=True)
         if self.verbose and (terminate or time.time() - self.last_debug >
                              DEBUG_PRINT_INTERVAL):
-            logger.info("Result for {}:".format(self))
-            logger.info("  {}".format(
-                pretty_print(result).replace("\n", "\n  ")))
+            print("Result for {}:".format(self))
+            print("  {}".format(pretty_print(result).replace("\n", "\n  ")))
             self.last_debug = time.time()
         self.last_result = result
         self.last_update_time = time.time()
diff --git a/python/ray/tune/tune.py b/python/ray/tune/tune.py
index 1714f4c4f..f93e3490b 100644
--- a/python/ray/tune/tune.py
+++ b/python/ray/tune/tune.py
@@ -163,15 +163,16 @@ def run_experiments(experiments,
             queue_trials=queue_trials,
             trial_executor=trial_executor)
 
-    logger.info(runner.debug_string(max_debug=99999))
+    print(runner.debug_string(max_debug=99999))
+
     last_debug = 0
     while not runner.is_finished():
         runner.step()
         if time.time() - last_debug > DEBUG_PRINT_INTERVAL:
-            logger.info(runner.debug_string())
+            print(runner.debug_string())
             last_debug = time.time()
 
-    logger.info(runner.debug_string(max_debug=99999))
+    print(runner.debug_string(max_debug=99999))
 
     wait_for_log_sync()