diff --git a/scripts/solve_network.py b/scripts/solve_network.py
index 1104d845..1b31efff 100644
--- a/scripts/solve_network.py
+++ b/scripts/solve_network.py
@@ -616,6 +616,10 @@ def add_existing(n):
         n.meta = dict(snakemake.config, **dict(wildcards=dict(snakemake.wildcards)))
         n.export_to_netcdf(snakemake.output[0])
 
+    # logging output to the terminal
+    print("Objective function: {}".format(n.objective))
+
+    # logging output to file
     logger.info("Objective function: {}".format(n.objective))
     logger.info("Objective constant: {}".format(n.objective_constant))
     logger.info("Maximum memory usage: {}".format(mem.mem_usage))
diff --git a/test/config.test1.yaml b/test/config.test1.yaml
index c4d344fe..388f8a44 100644
--- a/test/config.test1.yaml
+++ b/test/config.test1.yaml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ scenario:
   opts:
   - "Co2L"
   sopts:
-  - "144H"
+  - "24H"
   demand:
   - "AB"
 
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ solving:
   options:
     formulation: kirchhoff
     clip_p_max_pu: 1.e-2
-    load_shedding: false
+    load_shedding: true
     noisy_costs: true
     skip_iterations: true
     track_iterations: false
diff --git a/test/config.test_myopic.yaml b/test/config.test_myopic.yaml
index c241574a..758cbf1c 100644
--- a/test/config.test_myopic.yaml
+++ b/test/config.test_myopic.yaml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ scenario:
   opts:
   - "Co2L"
   sopts:
-  - "144H"
+  - "24H"
   demand:
   - "DF"
 
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ solving:
   options:
     formulation: kirchhoff
     clip_p_max_pu: 1.e-2
-    load_shedding: false
+    load_shedding: true
     noisy_costs: true
     skip_iterations: true
     track_iterations: false