diff --git a/recOrder/cli/apply_inverse_transfer_function.py b/recOrder/cli/apply_inverse_transfer_function.py
index afb31e01..c12159bd 100644
--- a/recOrder/cli/apply_inverse_transfer_function.py
+++ b/recOrder/cli/apply_inverse_transfer_function.py
@@ -344,8 +344,8 @@ def apply_inverse_transfer_function_cli(
         f"{gb_ram_request} GB of memory per CPU."
     )
     
-    name_without_ext = os.path.splitext(Path(output_dirpath).name)[0]
-    executor_folder = os.path.join(Path(output_dirpath).parent.absolute(), name_without_ext + "_logs")
+    # name_without_ext = os.path.splitext(Path(output_dirpath).name)[0]
+    executor_folder = output_dirpath.parent / "slurm_output"
     executor = submitit.AutoExecutor(folder=Path(executor_folder))
     
     executor.update_parameters(
@@ -375,21 +375,28 @@ def apply_inverse_transfer_function_cli(
         f"{num_jobs} job{'s' if num_jobs > 1 else ''} submitted {'locally' if executor.cluster == 'local' else 'via ' + executor.cluster}."
     )
 
-    doPrint = True # CLI prints Job status when used as cmd line
-    if unique_id != "": # no unique_id means no job submission info being listened to
-        JM.start_client()
-        i=0
-        for j in jobs:           
-            job : submitit.Job = j
-            job_idx : str = job.job_id
-            position = input_position_dirpaths[i]
-            JM.put_Job_in_list(job, unique_id, str(job_idx), position, str(executor.folder.absolute()))
-            i += 1
-        JM.send_data_thread()
-        JM.set_shorter_timeout()
-        doPrint = False # CLI printing disabled when using GUI
-
-    monitor_jobs(jobs, input_position_dirpaths, doPrint)
+    # doPrint = True # CLI prints Job status when used as cmd line
+    # if unique_id != "" and unique_id !="-1": # no unique_id means no job submission info being listened to
+    #     JM.start_client()
+    #     i=0
+    #     for j in jobs:           
+    #         job : submitit.Job = j
+    #         job_idx : str = job.job_id
+    #         position = input_position_dirpaths[i]
+    #         JM.put_Job_in_list(job, unique_id, str(job_idx), position, str(executor.folder.absolute()))
+    #         i += 1
+    #     JM.send_data_thread()
+    #     JM.set_shorter_timeout()
+    #     doPrint = False # CLI printing disabled when using GUI
+    # elif unique_id==-1: # CLI used to run automatic pipeline
+    #     doPrint = False
+
+    job_ids = [job.job_id for job in jobs]  # Access job IDs after batch submission
+    log_path = Path(executor_folder/"submitit_jobs_ids.log")
+    with log_path.open("w") as log_file:
+        log_file.write("\n".join(job_ids))
+
+  #  monitor_jobs(jobs, input_position_dirpaths, doPrint)
 
 
 @click.command()
diff --git a/recOrder/cli/utils.py b/recOrder/cli/utils.py
index 681aabbb..95307d69 100644
--- a/recOrder/cli/utils.py
+++ b/recOrder/cli/utils.py
@@ -90,6 +90,11 @@ def apply_inverse_to_zyx_and_save(
     # Load data
     czyx_uint16_numpy = position.data.oindex[t_idx, input_channel_indices]
 
+    # Check if all values in czyx_uint16_numpy are not zeros or Nan
+    if _check_nan_n_zeros(czyx_uint16_numpy):
+        click.echo(f"All values at t={t_idx} are zero or Nan, skipping reconstruction.")
+        return
+
     # convert to np.int32 (torch doesn't accept np.uint16), then convert to tensor float32
     czyx_data = torch.tensor(np.int32(czyx_uint16_numpy), dtype=torch.float32)
 
@@ -104,3 +109,9 @@ def apply_inverse_to_zyx_and_save(
         ] = reconstruction_czyx
     click.echo(f"Finished Writing.. t={t_idx}")
 
+
+def _check_nan_n_zeros(input_array):
+    """
+    Checks if data are all zeros or nan
+    """
+    return np.all(np.isnan(input_array)) or np.all(input_array == 0)