diff --git a/scripts/finetune.py b/scripts/finetune.py
index 5c50aeb85..cb9d7e94e 100644
--- a/scripts/finetune.py
+++ b/scripts/finetune.py
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ def train(
         model = model.merge_and_unload()
 
         if cfg.local_rank == 0:
-            print("saving merged model")
+            logging.info("saving merged model")
             model.save_pretrained(str(Path(cfg.output_dir) / "merged"))
         return