def run_locally(self, steps=None, **kwargs):
        """A convenience method to run the same result as a SLURM job
        but locally in a non-blocking way."""
        self.slurm_job = LoggedJobSLURM(self.command(steps),
                                        base_dir = self.parent.p.logs_dir,
                                        modules  = self.modules,
                                        **kwargs)
        self.slurm_job.run_locally()