diff --git a/parl/utils/summary.py b/parl/utils/summary.py
index 575fc6b9976906e43dddeb7da2ea1ef32d4644c1..bc3578ef384222a4e55b7b9af90f36d9a7fccb4c 100644
--- a/parl/utils/summary.py
+++ b/parl/utils/summary.py
@@ -12,34 +12,7 @@
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
 
-from tensorboardX import SummaryWriter
-from parl.utils import logger
-
-__all__ = []
-
-_writer = None
-_WRITTER_METHOD = ['add_scalar', 'add_histogram', 'close', 'flush']
-
-
-def create_file_after_first_call(func_name):
-    def call(*args, **kwargs):
-        global _writer
-        if _writer is None:
-            logdir = logger.get_dir()
-            if logdir is None:
-                logdir = logger.auto_set_dir(action='d')
-                logger.warning(
-                    "[tensorboard] logdir is None, will save tensorboard files to {}"
-                    .format(logdir))
-            _writer = SummaryWriter(logdir=logger.get_dir())
-        func = getattr(_writer, func_name)
-        func(*args, **kwargs)
-        _writer.flush()
-
-    return call
-
-
-# export writter functions
-for func_name in _WRITTER_METHOD:
-    locals()[func_name] = create_file_after_first_call(func_name)
-    __all__.append(func_name)
+try:
+    from parl.utils.visualdl import *
+except:
+    from parl.utils.tensorboard import *
diff --git a/parl/utils/tensorboard.py b/parl/utils/tensorboard.py
index 575fc6b9976906e43dddeb7da2ea1ef32d4644c1..3fef518196216986f33f187c215b8aa4834003d5 100644
--- a/parl/utils/tensorboard.py
+++ b/parl/utils/tensorboard.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 from tensorboardX import SummaryWriter
 from parl.utils import logger
+from parl.utils.machine_info import get_ip_address
 
 __all__ = []
 
@@ -29,8 +30,8 @@ def create_file_after_first_call(func_name):
             if logdir is None:
                 logdir = logger.auto_set_dir(action='d')
                 logger.warning(
-                    "[tensorboard] logdir is None, will save tensorboard files to {}"
-                    .format(logdir))
+                    "[tensorboard] logdir is None, will save tensorboard files to {}\nView the data using: tensorboard --logdir=./{} --host={}"
+                    .format(logdir, logdir, get_ip_address()))
             _writer = SummaryWriter(logdir=logger.get_dir())
         func = getattr(_writer, func_name)
         func(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/parl/utils/tests/summary_test.py b/parl/utils/tests/summary_test.py
index 670abcccc35e3039cb1e93ea3462855bb84a503a..401051c5debd3ed69d3cba54bcdda1c9ef75f12c 100644
--- a/parl/utils/tests/summary_test.py
+++ b/parl/utils/tests/summary_test.py
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ import os
 
 class TestUtils(unittest.TestCase):
     def tearDown(self):
-        summary.flush()
+        if hasattr(summary, 'flush'):
+            summary.flush()
 
     def test_add_scalar(self):
         x = range(100)
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@ class TestUtils(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(os.path.exists('./train_log/summary_test'))
 
     def test_add_histogram(self):
+        if not hasattr(summary, 'add_histogram'):
+            return
         for i in range(10):
             x = np.random.random(1000)
             summary.add_histogram('distribution centers', x + i, i)
diff --git a/parl/utils/visualdl.py b/parl/utils/visualdl.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bbf1aa08e313440a47a73936d1be61ca9701f166
--- /dev/null
+++ b/parl/utils/visualdl.py
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#   Copyright (c) 2018 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from visualdl import LogWriter
+from parl.utils import logger
+from parl.utils.machine_info import get_ip_address
+
+__all__ = []
+
+_writer = None
+_WRITTER_METHOD = ['add_scalar']
+
+
+def create_file_after_first_call(func_name):
+    def call(*args, **kwargs):
+        global _writer
+        if _writer is None:
+            logdir = logger.get_dir()
+            if logdir is None:
+                logdir = logger.auto_set_dir(action='d')
+                logger.warning(
+                    "[VisualDL] logdir is None, will save VisualDL files to {}\nView the data using: visualdl --logdir=./{} --host={}"
+                    .format(logdir, logdir, get_ip_address()))
+            _writer = LogWriter(logdir=logger.get_dir())
+        func = getattr(_writer, func_name)
+        func(*args, **kwargs)
+        _writer.flush()
+
+    return call
+
+
+# export writter functions
+for func_name in _WRITTER_METHOD:
+    locals()[func_name] = create_file_after_first_call(func_name)
+    __all__.append(func_name)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 1e5e74ef9a26d7b21c736a107aee6809f3a89b33..90c6465024884e2dcc9de09a2bf737533cf417e0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -77,9 +77,10 @@ setup(
         "cloudpickle==1.2.1",
         "tensorboardX==1.8",
         "tb-nightly==1.15.0a20190801",
-        "flask==1.0.4",
+        "flask>=1.0.4",
         "click",
         "psutil>=5.6.2",
+        "visualdl>=2.0.0b;python_version>='3' and platform_system=='Linux'",
     ],
     classifiers=[
         'Intended Audience :: Developers',