diff --git a/algo/CMakeLists.txt b/algo/CMakeLists.txt
index b177933cbbbdad3e43a2797ff775734d13785ee0..bd7ba62570377200808723c5e79193cc0fe4bda4 100644
--- a/algo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/algo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -243,6 +243,76 @@ if (CBM_ONLINE_STANDALONE)
   add_subdirectory(../reco/app/cbmreco cbmreco)
 endif()
 
+##### Offline version without the NO_ROOT in order to get standard logger! #############################################
+if (NOT CBM_ONLINE_STANDALONE)
+  add_library(AlgoOffline SHARED ${SRCS})
+
+  target_include_directories(AlgoOffline
+    PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/data
+           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/base
+           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/evbuild
+           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/global
+           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/trigger
+           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/evselector
+           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/unpack
+           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/detectors
+           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/qa
+           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/qa/unpack
+           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/kf
+           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/kf/core
+           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/kf/core/utils
+           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ca
+           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ca/qa
+           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ca/core/data
+           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+           ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/core/data/global
+  )
+
+  target_link_libraries(AlgoOffline
+    PUBLIC    CbmData
+              KfCoreOffline
+              CaCoreOffline
+              ROOT::GenVector
+              GSL
+              fmt::fmt
+              Boost::program_options
+              Boost::filesystem
+              Boost::iostreams
+              Boost::headers
+              FairLogger::FairLogger
+              xpu
+              external::yaml-cpp
+              external::fles_logging
+              external::fles_ipc
+              external::fles_monitoring
+              cppzmq
+              poolstl
+  )
+  xpu_attach(AlgoOffline ${DEVICE_SRCS})
+
+  # Link against OpenMP if available
+  if (OpenMP_CXX_FOUND)
+    target_link_libraries(AlgoOffline PUBLIC OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX)
+  endif()
+
+  # Try to enable parallel execution in c++17 if TBB is available
+  if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
+    list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH "/opt/intel/oneapi/tbb/latest/")
+    find_package(TBB)
+
+    if (TBB_FOUND)
+      message(STATUS "AlgoOffline: Found TBB")
+      target_compile_definitions(AlgoOffline PUBLIC -DHAVE_TBB)
+      target_link_libraries(AlgoOffline PUBLIC TBB::tbb)
+    else()
+      message(STATUS "Algo Offline: TBB not found")
+    endif()
+
+  endif()
+  install(TARGETS AlgoOffline DESTINATION lib)
+endif()
+########################################################################################################################
+
 install(TARGETS Algo DESTINATION lib)
 install(DIRECTORY base/compat TYPE INCLUDE FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.h")
 install(DIRECTORY base/yaml TYPE INCLUDE FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.h")
diff --git a/algo/ca/core/CMakeLists.txt b/algo/ca/core/CMakeLists.txt
index d17ca0aa87630e4f1b4e3b3915b09a692d1c1e50..3d512ff818c2289679e734179d31e9358f0b9108 100644
--- a/algo/ca/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/algo/ca/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -66,6 +66,28 @@ target_link_libraries(CaCore
                       external::yaml-cpp
                      )
 
+##### Offline version without the NO_ROOT in order to get standard logger! #############################################
+if (NOT CBM_ONLINE_STANDALONE)
+  add_library(CaCoreOffline SHARED ${SRCS})
+
+  target_include_directories(CaCoreOffline
+    PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/data
+           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/utils
+           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/pars
+           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/qa
+           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tracking
+           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+  )
+
+  target_link_libraries(CaCoreOffline
+                 PUBLIC KfCoreOffline
+                        Boost::serialization
+                        external::yaml-cpp
+                       )
+  install(TARGETS CaCoreOffline DESTINATION lib)
+endif()
+########################################################################################################################
+
 install(TARGETS CaCore DESTINATION lib)
 install(DIRECTORY utils TYPE INCLUDE FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.h")
 install(DIRECTORY data TYPE INCLUDE FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.h")
@@ -115,7 +137,7 @@ install(
     tracking/CaTrackFinder.h
     tracking/CaTrackFinderWindow.h
     tracking/CaTrackFitter.h
-    tracking/CaTripletConstructor.h   
+    tracking/CaTripletConstructor.h
 
     DESTINATION
     include/
diff --git a/algo/kf/core/CMakeLists.txt b/algo/kf/core/CMakeLists.txt
index ad1a50b2638ebc263638762f1e2b3a54af034160..d818b5fb715375f2680b65774c543fb2cc08b760 100644
--- a/algo/kf/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/algo/kf/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ set(INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/utils
 )
 
-set(SRCS 
+set(SRCS
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/KfFramework.cxx
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/KfTrackKalmanFilter.cxx
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/data/KfTrackParam.cxx
@@ -53,12 +53,37 @@ target_link_libraries(KfCore
               PUBLIC  Vc::Vc     
                       OnlineDataLog          # needed for the logger
                       external::fles_logging # needed for the logger
-                      external::fles_ipc     # needed for the logger                 
+                      external::fles_ipc     # needed for the logger
              PRIVATE  Boost::serialization
                       fmt::fmt
                       external::yaml-cpp
                      )
 
+##### Offline version without the NO_ROOT in order to get standard logger! #############################################
+if (NOT CBM_ONLINE_STANDALONE)
+  add_library(KfCoreOffline SHARED ${SRCS})
+
+  target_include_directories(KfCoreOffline
+    PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/algo
+           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/data
+           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/geo
+           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/pars
+           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/utils
+           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+  )
+
+  target_link_libraries(KfCoreOffline
+                PUBLIC  Vc::Vc
+                        OnlineDataLog          # needed for the logger?
+                        FairLogger::FairLogger
+               PRIVATE  Boost::serialization
+                        fmt::fmt
+                        external::yaml-cpp
+                       )
+  install(TARGETS KfCoreOffline DESTINATION lib)
+endif()
+########################################################################################################################
+
 install(TARGETS KfCore DESTINATION lib)
 install(DIRECTORY kf TYPE INCLUDE FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.h")
 install(DIRECTORY kf/utils TYPE INCLUDE FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.h")
diff --git a/algo/kf/core/KfFramework.cxx b/algo/kf/core/KfFramework.cxx
index 5eb5bbbcae94ae89feedbc92dc86a83db05a99b0..ec16251f9ce7b4a51d0674be0e5383d3c1bc43ce 100644
--- a/algo/kf/core/KfFramework.cxx
+++ b/algo/kf/core/KfFramework.cxx
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 
 #include "KfFramework.h"
 
+#include "AlgoFairloggerCompat.h"
+
 using cbm::algo::kf::Framework;
 
 
diff --git a/algo/log/AlgoFairloggerCompat.h b/algo/log/AlgoFairloggerCompat.h
index 29098c49177aa2a979de4a2033f58898eb40d93f..4dfdddd3d6ff2dac438f2e7aa1a5a5abc72ff563 100644
--- a/algo/log/AlgoFairloggerCompat.h
+++ b/algo/log/AlgoFairloggerCompat.h
@@ -13,12 +13,30 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef CBM_ONLINE_USE_FAIRLOGGER
-
+// #warning "Using fair version of Logger" // Keeping in source but commented out until the main problem is resolved
 #include <fairlogger/Logger.h>
+#define L_(level) LOG(level)
 
 #else
 
 #ifndef LOG
+/*
+ *  // Keeping in source but commented out until the main problem is resolved
+#warning "Using algo/???? version of Logger"
+
+#if defined(NO_ROOT)
+#warning "Reason: NO_ROOT defined"
+#endif
+#if defined(__NVCC__)
+#warning "Reason: __NVCC__ defined"
+#endif
+#if defined(__HIPCC__)
+#warning "Reason: __HIPCC__ defined"
+#endif
+#if defined(SYCL_LANGUAGE_VERSION)
+#warning "Reason: SYCL_LANGUAGE_VERSION defined"
+#endif
+*/
 
 #include <log.hpp>
 static constexpr severity_level warn = severity_level::warning;
diff --git a/analysis/common/analysis_tree_converter/steer/CMakeLists.txt b/analysis/common/analysis_tree_converter/steer/CMakeLists.txt
index d417be3123a27a2470683b47324d899cb0cb6bd7..185eafc14d3ce794f4cd564b9300e3df32a39257 100644
--- a/analysis/common/analysis_tree_converter/steer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/analysis/common/analysis_tree_converter/steer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ set(PRIVATE_DEPENDENCIES
   CbmSimSteer
   L1
   KF
-  Algo
+  AlgoOffline
   )
 
 generate_cbm_library()
diff --git a/core/qa/CMakeLists.txt b/core/qa/CMakeLists.txt
index db91d744b8152e83bf0e31ec72b80a91c83923ec..f115de3c754e01846f7da67301a72ca007a73a0f 100644
--- a/core/qa/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/core/qa/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,29 +23,29 @@ set(SRCS
   checker/CbmQaCheckerObjectHandler.cxx
   checker/CbmQaCheckerProfile1DHandler.cxx
   checker/CbmQaCheckerObjectDB.cxx
-  report/CbmQaReportBuilder.cxx 
+  report/CbmQaReportBuilder.cxx
   report/CbmQaReportBeamerEngine.cxx
   report/CbmQaReportLatexEngine.cxx
   report/CbmQaReportLatexFormat.cxx
   report/CbmQaReportHtmlEngine.cxx
-  report/CbmQaReportSection.cxx 
+  report/CbmQaReportSection.cxx
   report/CbmQaReportTable.cxx
   )
 
 set(HEADERS
   CbmQaConstants.h
-  report/CbmQaReportDefines.h 
-  report/CbmQaReportElement.h 
-  report/CbmQaReportEngine.h 
-  report/CbmQaReportFigure.h 
-  report/CbmQaReportHeader.h 
+  report/CbmQaReportDefines.h
+  report/CbmQaReportElement.h
+  report/CbmQaReportEngine.h
+  report/CbmQaReportFigure.h
+  report/CbmQaReportHeader.h
   report/CbmQaReportTail.h
   )
 
 set(LIBRARY_NAME CbmQaBase)
 set(LINKDEF ${LIBRARY_NAME}LinkDef.h)
 set(PUBLIC_DEPENDENCIES
-  Algo
+  AlgoOffline
   FairRoot::Base
   FairLogger::FairLogger
   external::yaml-cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ set(INTERFACE_DEPENDENCIES
 
 generate_cbm_library()
 
-Install(FILES 
+Install(FILES
         CbmQaOnlineInterface.h
         CbmQaCompare.h
         CbmQaManager.h
@@ -81,18 +81,18 @@ Install(FILES
         CbmQaConstants.h
         CbmQaCmpDrawer.h
         checker/CbmQaCheckerTypedefs.h
-      
-        report/CbmQaReportDefines.h 
+
+        report/CbmQaReportDefines.h
         report/CbmQaReportBuilder.h
         report/CbmQaReportLatexEngine.h
         report/CbmQaReportBeamerEngine.h
         report/CbmQaReportHtmlEngine.h
         report/CbmQaReportSection.h
         report/CbmQaReportTable.h
-        report/CbmQaReportElement.h 
-        report/CbmQaReportEngine.h 
-        report/CbmQaReportFigure.h 
-        report/CbmQaReportHeader.h 
+        report/CbmQaReportElement.h
+        report/CbmQaReportEngine.h
+        report/CbmQaReportFigure.h
+        report/CbmQaReportHeader.h
         report/CbmQaReportTail.h
         DESTINATION include
         )
diff --git a/core/qa/CbmQaOnlineInterface.h b/core/qa/CbmQaOnlineInterface.h
index 64a48f8440a4ca48e09f5fa09c67de417952e047..3b6bed4b086ad538783dd2f650e9a394b5f28d85 100644
--- a/core/qa/CbmQaOnlineInterface.h
+++ b/core/qa/CbmQaOnlineInterface.h
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 #include "TProfile.h"
 #include "TProfile2D.h"
 
-#include <log.hpp>
+//#include <log.hpp>
 #include <type_traits>
 
 namespace
diff --git a/reco/KF/KF.cmake b/reco/KF/KF.cmake
index f07853a0323eca333c7aeeb6140d04d8c6367da4..1143c637c3e6d2ddbf0fcc62a3dfb2bc9796619f 100644
--- a/reco/KF/KF.cmake
+++ b/reco/KF/KF.cmake
@@ -9,24 +9,24 @@ set(INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
   )
 
 set(SRCS
-  CbmKF.cxx 
-  CbmKFFieldMath.cxx 
-  CbmKFHit.cxx 
-  CbmKFMaterial.cxx 
-  CbmKFMath.cxx 
-  CbmKFPixelMeasurement.cxx 
-  CbmKFPrimaryVertexFinder.cxx 
-  CbmKFTrackInterface.cxx 
-  CbmKFVertexInterface.cxx 
+  CbmKF.cxx
+  CbmKFFieldMath.cxx
+  CbmKFHit.cxx
+  CbmKFMaterial.cxx
+  CbmKFMath.cxx
+  CbmKFPixelMeasurement.cxx
+  CbmKFPrimaryVertexFinder.cxx
+  CbmKFTrackInterface.cxx
+  CbmKFVertexInterface.cxx
   CbmKfTrackFitter.cxx
   CbmKfFitTracksTask.cxx
 
-  Interface/CbmKFStsHit.cxx 
-  Interface/CbmKFTrack.cxx 
-  Interface/CbmKFVertex.cxx 
-  Interface/CbmPVFinderKF.cxx 
-  Interface/CbmPVFinderKFGlobal.cxx 
-  Interface/CbmStsKFTrackFitter.cxx 
+  Interface/CbmKFStsHit.cxx
+  Interface/CbmKFTrack.cxx
+  Interface/CbmKFVertex.cxx
+  Interface/CbmPVFinderKF.cxx
+  Interface/CbmPVFinderKFGlobal.cxx
+  Interface/CbmStsKFTrackFitter.cxx
   ParticleFitter/CbmL1PFFitter.cxx
   )
 
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ EndIf()
 IF (SSE_FOUND)
   Message(STATUS "KF will be compiled with SSE support")
   ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DHAVE_SSE)
-  SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(${SRCS} PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS 
+  SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(${SRCS} PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS
   "-msse -O3")
 ELSE (SSE_FOUND)
   MESSAGE(STATUS "KF will be compiled without SSE support")
-  SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(${SRCS} PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS 
+  SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(${SRCS} PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS
   "-O3")
 ENDIF (SSE_FOUND)
 
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ ENDIF (SSE_FOUND)
 set(LIBRARY_NAME KF)
 set(LINKDEF ${LIBRARY_NAME}LinkDef.h)
 set(PUBLIC_DEPENDENCIES
-  CaCore
+  CaCoreOffline
   CbmBase
   CbmData
   CbmRecoBase
diff --git a/reco/L1/CMakeLists.txt b/reco/L1/CMakeLists.txt
index 1eb1b6f2e0731e2139a1968f83930cc6430cb3fa..8201ea78ec448e95585d7edb171267f7586fd47c 100644
--- a/reco/L1/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/reco/L1/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ set(PUBLIC_DEPENDENCIES
   CbmStsBase
   CbmTofBase
   CbmTrdBase
-  CaCore
+  CaCoreOffline
   CbmBase
   CbmData
   CbmQaBase
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ set(PUBLIC_DEPENDENCIES
 )
 
 set(PRIVATE_DEPENDENCIES
-  CbmRecoSts
+  CbmRecoSts  # <==== !!!! was bringing dependency on the "online" version of the Algo library which brought the NO_ROOT flag !!!!!
   CbmSimSteer
   CbmRecoBase
   KfCbm
diff --git a/reco/detectors/rich/CMakeLists.txt b/reco/detectors/rich/CMakeLists.txt
index 5c1eed784454e8a59ecd1036ec234b62a08fedad..b38217bac8c2bb088e46ddd26e77a288c7ad8956 100644
--- a/reco/detectors/rich/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/reco/detectors/rich/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ set(NO_DICT_SRCS
   finder/CbmRichRingFinderHoughImpl.cxx
   finder/CbmRichRingFinderHough.cxx
   finder/CbmL1RichENNRingFinder.cxx
-  finder/CbmL1RichENNRingFinderParallel.cxx 
+  finder/CbmL1RichENNRingFinderParallel.cxx
 
   fitter/CbmRichRingFitterCircle.cxx
   fitter/CbmRichRingFitterCOP.cxx
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ set(PUBLIC_DEPENDENCIES
   CbmBase
   CbmData
   CbmRichBase
-  CaCore
+  CaCoreOffline
   L1
   Littrack
   FairRoot::Base
diff --git a/reco/detectors/sts/CMakeLists.txt b/reco/detectors/sts/CMakeLists.txt
index 7944e331201078365e7636381fbbc691ca4fac6a..b7fd122cf56be44c71ded2d37cfab960098e5f31 100644
--- a/reco/detectors/sts/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/reco/detectors/sts/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ set(SRCS
 set(LIBRARY_NAME CbmRecoSts)
 set(LINKDEF ${LIBRARY_NAME}LinkDef.h)
 set(PUBLIC_DEPENDENCIES
-  Algo
+  AlgoOffline
   CbmData
   CbmStsBase
   FairRoot::Base
diff --git a/reco/offline/steer/CMakeLists.txt b/reco/offline/steer/CMakeLists.txt
index 32fd4169f1e95ea9d92ffa3684ca1dbfd09387fe..a8b907183a1b72e25fb58222ae72c4e80f681ebb 100644
--- a/reco/offline/steer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/reco/offline/steer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ set(SRCS
   Run.cxx
   TaskFactory.cxx
   )
-  
+
 set(INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
-  
+
 if(OpenMP_CXX_FOUND)
   list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX)
 endif()
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ set(PRIVATE_DEPENDENCIES
   CbmSimSteer
   L1
   KF
-  Algo
+  AlgoOffline
   )
 
 # Check if the compiler supports std::execution in the respective STL
diff --git a/reco/tasks/CMakeLists.txt b/reco/tasks/CMakeLists.txt
index e16f986287de76cc2da9a0681360e50c28b01171..991210bd39038bfbeb58711f861e2ffef1f1952d 100644
--- a/reco/tasks/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/reco/tasks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ set(PUBLIC_DEPENDENCIES
   CbmTofBase
   CbmRecoSts
   FairRoot::Base
-  Algo
+  AlgoOffline
   ROOT::Core
   )
 
diff --git a/sim/response/steer/CMakeLists.txt b/sim/response/steer/CMakeLists.txt
index 314b990001aabc1664c4c6d21f5b6b22a198f0df..250a00737552303b8b4753377d38b2182a0fdff3 100644
--- a/sim/response/steer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sim/response/steer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ set(PRIVATE_DEPENDENCIES
   ROOT::RHTTP
   CbmSimSteer
   CbmSimResponse
-  Algo
+  AlgoOffline
   )
 
 generate_cbm_library()