diff --git a/mq/esworker_papertrail.conf b/mq/esworker_papertrail.conf
index e3afcc1d..3d5a379e 100644
--- a/mq/esworker_papertrail.conf
+++ b/mq/esworker_papertrail.conf
@@ -5,4 +5,3 @@ esservers=http://localhost:9200
 papertrailinterval=60
 papertrailbackoff=300
 papertrailaccount=<add_papertrailaccount>
-papertrailmaxevents=2000
diff --git a/mq/esworker_papertrail.py b/mq/esworker_papertrail.py
index caed85c3..4e8158fa 100755
--- a/mq/esworker_papertrail.py
+++ b/mq/esworker_papertrail.py
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class PTRequestor(object):
             if resp.status_code == 200:
                 break
             else:
-                logger.debug("Received invalid status code: {0}: {1}".format(resp.status_code, resp.text))
+                logger.error("Received invalid status code: {0}: {1}".format(resp.status_code, resp.text))
                 total_retries += 1
                 if total_retries < max_retries:
                     logger.debug("Sleeping a bit then retrying")
@@ -97,9 +97,6 @@ class PTRequestor(object):
             maxid = self.makerequest(query, stime, etime, maxid)
             if maxid is None:
                 break
-            if len(self._events.keys()) > self._evmax:
-                logger.warning("papertrail esworker hitting event request limit")
-                break
         # cache event ids we return to allow for some duplicate filtering checks
         # during next run
         self._evidcache = list(self._events.keys())
@@ -235,10 +232,12 @@ class taskConsumer(object):
     def run(self):
         while True:
             try:
-                curRequestTime = toUTC(datetime.now()) - timedelta(seconds=options.ptbackoff)
+                curRequestTime = toUTC(datetime.now())
+                logger.debug("Looking at {} : {}".format(self.lastRequestTime, curRequestTime))
                 records = self.ptrequestor.request(options.ptquery, self.lastRequestTime, curRequestTime)
                 # update last request time for the next request
                 self.lastRequestTime = curRequestTime
+                logger.debug("Num of events received: {}".format(len(records)))
                 for msgid in records:
                     msgdict = records[msgid]
 
@@ -352,7 +351,7 @@ def main():
         logger.info("started without uwsgi")
 
     # establish api interface with papertrail
-    ptRequestor = PTRequestor(options.ptapikey, evmax=options.ptquerymax)
+    ptRequestor = PTRequestor(options.ptapikey)
 
     # consume our queue
     taskConsumer(ptRequestor, es).run()
@@ -372,7 +371,6 @@ def initConfig():
     options.ptquery = getConfig("papertrailquery", "", options.configfile)
     options.ptbackoff = getConfig("papertrailbackoff", 300, options.configfile)
     options.ptacctname = getConfig("papertrailaccount", "unset", options.configfile)
-    options.ptquerymax = getConfig("papertrailmaxevents", 2000, options.configfile)
 
     # How long to sleep between polling
     options.sleep_time = getConfig("sleep_time", 60, options.configfile)