diff --git a/auto_archive.py b/auto_archive.py
index 713928b..8c5643a 100644
--- a/auto_archive.py
+++ b/auto_archive.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def process_sheet(c: Config):
                     logger.debug(f'Trying {archiver} on {row=}')
 
                     try:
-                        result = archiver.download(url, check_if_exists=True)
+                        result = archiver.download(url, check_if_exists=c.check_if_exists)
                     except KeyboardInterrupt as e: raise e # so the higher level catch can catch it
                     except Exception as e:
                         result = False
diff --git a/configs/config.py b/configs/config.py
index c0be658..dfe786c 100644
--- a/configs/config.py
+++ b/configs/config.py
@@ -50,8 +50,10 @@ class Config:
         self.header = int(getattr_or(self.args, "header", execution.get("header", 1)))
         Storage.TMP_FOLDER = execution.get("tmp_folder", Storage.TMP_FOLDER)
         self.storage = getattr_or(self.args, "storage", execution.get("storage", "s3"))
-        if getattr_or(self.args, "save_logs", False):
+        self.save_logs = getattr(self.args, "save_logs") or execution.get("save_logs", False)
+        if self.save_logs:
             self.set_log_files()
+        self.check_if_exists = getattr(self.args, "check_if_exists") or execution.get("check_if_exists", False)
 
         # Column names come from config and can be overwritten by CMD
         # in the end all are considered as lower case
@@ -150,6 +152,8 @@ class Config:
         parser.add_argument('--storage', action='store', dest='storage', help='which storage to use [execution.storage in config.yaml]', choices=Config.AVAILABLE_STORAGES)
         parser.add_argument('--sheet', action='store', dest='sheet', help='the name of the google sheets document [execution.sheet in config.yaml]')
         parser.add_argument('--header', action='store', dest='header', help='1-based index for the header row [execution.header in config.yaml]')
+        parser.add_argument('--check-if-exists', action='store_true', dest='check_if_exists', help='when possible checks if the URL has been archived before and does not archive the same URL twice [exceution.check_if_exists]')
+        parser.add_argument('--save-logs', action='store_true', dest='save_logs', help='creates or appends execution logs to files logs/LEVEL.log [exceution.save_logs]')
         parser.add_argument('--s3-private', action='store_true', help='Store content without public access permission (only for storage=s3) [secrets.s3.private in config.yaml]')
 
         for k, v in GWorksheet.COLUMN_NAMES.items():
@@ -210,6 +214,8 @@ class Config:
             "sheet": self.sheet,
             "storage": self.storage,
             "header": self.header,
+            "check_if_exists": self.check_if_exists,
+            "save_logs": self.save_logs,
             "tmp_folder": Storage.TMP_FOLDER,
             "selenium_config": asdict(self.selenium_config),
             "selenium_webdriver": self.webdriver != None,
diff --git a/example.config.yaml b/example.config.yaml
index a65360e..0c568c2 100644
--- a/example.config.yaml
+++ b/example.config.yaml
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ execution:
   header: 1
   # which storage to use, can be overwritten with CMD --storage=
   storage: s3
+  # defaults to false, when true will try to avoid duplicate URL archives
+  check_if_exists: true
   # optional configurations for the selenium browser that takes screenshots, these are the defaults
   selenium:
     # values under 10s might mean screenshots fail to grab screenshot