diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c3563e3..895a9ff 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,6 +66,23 @@ last_number, all_numbers = lax.scan(step, 0, jnp.arange(n))
 
 will update every other step.
 
+### Progress bar type
+
+You can select the [tqdm](https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm) [submodule](https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm/tree/master?tab=readme-ov-file#submodules) manually with the `tqdm_type` option. The options are `'std'`, `'notebook'`, or `'auto'`.
+```python
+from jax_tqdm import scan_tqdm
+from jax import lax
+import jax.numpy as jnp
+
+n = 10_000
+
+@scan_tqdm(n, print_rate=1, tqdm_type='std') # tqdm_type='std' or 'notebook' or 'auto'
+def step(carry, x):
+    return carry + 1, carry + 1
+
+last_number, all_numbers = lax.scan(step, 0, jnp.arange(n))
+```
+
 ### Progress bar options
 
 Any additional keyword arguments are passed to the [tqdm](https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm)
diff --git a/jax_tqdm/pbar.py b/jax_tqdm/pbar.py
index 6c85f71..4c68bf8 100644
--- a/jax_tqdm/pbar.py
+++ b/jax_tqdm/pbar.py
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 import typing
 
 import jax
+import tqdm.auto
+import tqdm.notebook
+import tqdm.std
 from jax.debug import callback
-from tqdm.auto import tqdm
 
 
 def scan_tqdm(
     n: int,
     print_rate: typing.Optional[int] = None,
+    tqdm_type: str = "auto",
     **kwargs,
 ) -> typing.Callable:
     """
@@ -29,7 +32,7 @@ def scan_tqdm(
         Progress bar wrapping function.
     """
 
-    _update_progress_bar, close_tqdm = build_tqdm(n, print_rate, **kwargs)
+    _update_progress_bar, close_tqdm = build_tqdm(n, print_rate, tqdm_type, **kwargs)
 
     def _scan_tqdm(func):
         """Decorator that adds a tqdm progress bar to `body_fun` used in `jax.lax.scan`.
@@ -55,6 +58,7 @@ def wrapper_progress_bar(carry, x):
 def loop_tqdm(
     n: int,
     print_rate: typing.Optional[int] = None,
+    tqdm_type: str = "auto",
     **kwargs,
 ) -> typing.Callable:
     """
@@ -76,7 +80,7 @@ def loop_tqdm(
         Progress bar wrapping function.
     """
 
-    _update_progress_bar, close_tqdm = build_tqdm(n, print_rate, **kwargs)
+    _update_progress_bar, close_tqdm = build_tqdm(n, print_rate, tqdm_type, **kwargs)
 
     def _loop_tqdm(func):
         """
@@ -97,12 +101,20 @@ def wrapper_progress_bar(i, val):
 def build_tqdm(
     n: int,
     print_rate: typing.Optional[int],
+    tqdm_type: str,
     **kwargs,
 ) -> typing.Tuple[typing.Callable, typing.Callable]:
     """
     Build the tqdm progress bar on the host
     """
 
+    if tqdm_type not in ("auto", "std", "notebook"):
+        raise ValueError(
+            'tqdm_type should be one of "auto", "std", or "notebook" '
+            f'but got "{tqdm_type}"'
+        )
+    pbar = getattr(tqdm, tqdm_type).tqdm
+
     desc = kwargs.pop("desc", f"Running for {n:,} iterations")
     message = kwargs.pop("message", desc)
     for kwarg in ("total", "mininterval", "maxinterval", "miniters"):
@@ -127,7 +139,7 @@ def build_tqdm(
     remainder = n % print_rate
 
     def _define_tqdm(arg, transform):
-        tqdm_bars[0] = tqdm(range(n), **kwargs)
+        tqdm_bars[0] = pbar(range(n), **kwargs)
         tqdm_bars[0].set_description(message, refresh=False)
 
     def _update_tqdm(arg, transform):