diff --git a/moesifdjango/job_scheduler.py b/moesifdjango/job_scheduler.py
index af3fb14..1f2495f 100644
--- a/moesifdjango/job_scheduler.py
+++ b/moesifdjango/job_scheduler.py
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ def fetch_app_config(self, config, config_etag, sampling_percentage, last_update
 
 
     def batch_events(self, api_client, moesif_events_queue, debug, batch_size):
-        print("Starting batch events job")
         batch_events = []
         try:
             while not moesif_events_queue.empty():
@@ -65,12 +64,10 @@ def batch_events(self, api_client, moesif_events_queue, debug, batch_size):
                 # Set the last time event job ran after sending events
                 batch_send_time = datetime.utcnow()
                 delta = batch_send_time - req_time
-                if debug and delta.total_seconds() > 0:
+                if debug and delta.total_seconds() > 60:
                     print("Warning: It took %s seconds to send events to Moesif. req.time=%s now=%s"%(delta.total_seconds(), req_time, batch_send_time))
                 return batch_response_config_etag, batch_response_rules_etag, batch_send_time
             else:
-                if debug:
-                    print("No events to send")
                 # Set the last time event job ran but no message to read from the queue
                 return None, None, datetime.utcnow()
         except Exception as e:
diff --git a/moesifdjango/middleware.py b/moesifdjango/middleware.py
index 0c9ef35..aa9758f 100644
--- a/moesifdjango/middleware.py
+++ b/moesifdjango/middleware.py
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ def schedule_event_background_job(self):
             if not self.scheduler.get_jobs():
                 self.scheduler.add_listener(self.event_listener, EVENT_JOB_EXECUTED | EVENT_JOB_ERROR)
                 self.scheduler.start()
+                print("Starting batch events job")
                 self.scheduler.add_job(
                     func=lambda: self.job_scheduler.batch_events(self.api_client, self.mo_events_queue, self.DEBUG,
                                                                  self.event_batch_size),