diff --git a/src/main/resources/synthetic.xml b/src/main/resources/synthetic.xml
index f4dfbd4..9eb5e8f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/synthetic.xml
+++ b/src/main/resources/synthetic.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
         <property name="deployedProperties" category="input" default="" required="false" description="A dictionary with key value pairs" />
         <property name="rollbackOnError" category="input" kind="boolean" />
         <property name="failOnPause" category="input" kind="boolean" default="true" />
-
+        <property name="displayStepLogs" category="input" kind="boolean" default="true" />
     </type>
 
     <type type="xldeploy.UndeployTask" extends="xldeploy.TaskRunningTask" description="Executes an undeployment in XL Deploy">
diff --git a/src/main/resources/xldeploy/deployTask.py b/src/main/resources/xldeploy/deployTask.py
index 98575d8..8fe7487 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/xldeploy/deployTask.py
+++ b/src/main/resources/xldeploy/deployTask.py
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@
 print "Execute task with id: %s" % taskId
 taskState = xldClient.invoke_task_and_wait_for_result(taskId, pollingInterval, numberOfPollingTrials, continueIfStepFails, numberOfContinueRetrials, failOnPause)
 
-xldClient.display_step_logs(taskId)
+if displayStepLogs:
+    print "Display the step logs"
+    xldClient.display_step_logs(taskId)
 
 if taskState in ('DONE', 'EXECUTED'):
     print "Deployment ended in %s \n" % taskState