diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 76895463c8..530aae1fe5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -303,7 +303,12 @@ The user has two options for building:
     ```bash
     cd build && cmake --build . -- -j check
     ```
+## Logging
 
+To enable error messages logging to '/tmp/rocprofiler_log.txt':
+   ```bash
+   $ export ROCPROFILER_LOG=1
+   ```
 ## Documentation
 
 We make use of doxygen to automatically generate API documentation. Generated document can be found in the following path:
diff --git a/src/utils/logger.h b/src/utils/logger.h
index b2d548831a..0bfe35d921 100644
--- a/src/utils/logger.h
+++ b/src/utils/logger.h
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class Logger {
   static void endl() { Instance().ResetStreaming(false); }
 
   const std::string& LastMessage() {
-    std::lock_guard lock(mutex_);
+    std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> lock(mutex_);
     return message_[GetTid()];
   }
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class Logger {
   }
 
   void ResetStreaming(const bool messaging) {
-    std::lock_guard lock(mutex_);
+    std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> lock(mutex_);
     if (messaging) {
       message_[GetTid()] = "";
     } else if (streaming_) {
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ class Logger {
   }
 
   void Put(const std::string& m) {
-    std::lock_guard lock(mutex_);
+    std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> lock(mutex_);
     if (messaging_) {
       message_[GetTid()] += m;
     }
diff --git a/tests-v2/featuretests/profiler/profiler_gtest.cpp b/tests-v2/featuretests/profiler/profiler_gtest.cpp
index b229825d23..818e1e9b41 100644
--- a/tests-v2/featuretests/profiler/profiler_gtest.cpp
+++ b/tests-v2/featuretests/profiler/profiler_gtest.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ THE SOFTWARE.
 #include "src/utils/helper.h"
 #include "utils/test_utils.h"
 #include "utils/csv_parser.h"
-
+#include "src/utils/logger.h"
 
 std::string running_path;
 std::string lib_path;
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ std::string profiler_api_lib_path = "";
 
 static void init_test_path() {
   if (is_installed_path()) {
+    INFO_LOGGING("operating from /opt/rocm");
     running_path = "share/rocprofiler/tests/runFeatureTests";
     lib_path = "lib/rocprofiler/librocprofiler_tool.so";
     golden_trace_path = "share/rocprofiler/tests/featuretests/profiler/apps/goldentraces/";
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ static void init_test_path() {
     binary_path = "bin/rocprofv2";
     profiler_api_lib_path = "/lib";
   } else {
+    INFO_LOGGING("operating from ./build/");
     running_path = "tests-v2/featuretests/profiler/runFeatureTests";
     lib_path = "librocprofiler_tool.so";
     golden_trace_path = "tests-v2/featuretests/profiler/apps/goldentraces/";