diff --git a/lib/logstash/inputs/cloudwatch_logs.rb b/lib/logstash/inputs/cloudwatch_logs.rb
index 41ce7ce..bc32c74 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/inputs/cloudwatch_logs.rb
+++ b/lib/logstash/inputs/cloudwatch_logs.rb
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ class LogStash::Inputs::CloudWatch_Logs < LogStash::Inputs::Base
   # seconds before now to read back from.
   config :start_position, :default => 'beginning'
 
-
   # def register
   public
   def register
@@ -60,9 +59,9 @@ def register
     @sincedb = {}
 
     check_start_position_validity
-
-    Aws::ConfigService::Client.new(aws_options_hash)
     @cloudwatch = Aws::CloudWatchLogs::Client.new(aws_options_hash)
+    @tag_cache = {}
+    Aws::ConfigService::Client.new(aws_options_hash)
 
     if @sincedb_path.nil?
       if settings
@@ -203,12 +202,19 @@ def process_group(group)
     @priority << group
   end #def process_group
 
-  # def process_log
+  def fetch_tags(log_group_name)
+    if @tag_cache.key?(log_group_name)
+      return @tag_cache[log_group_name][:tags]
+    else
+      tags = fetch_tags_from_cloudwatch(log_group_name)
+      @tag_cache[log_group_name] = { tags: tags}
+      return tags
+    end
+  end
+
   private
-  def process_log(log, group)
-    tag_params = {
-      :log_group_name => group
-    }
+  def fetch_tags_from_cloudwatch(log_group_name)
+    tag_params = { log_group_name: log_group_name}
     response = @cloudwatch.list_tags_log_group(tag_params)
     tags = response.tags
 
@@ -219,6 +225,13 @@ def process_log(log, group)
         tags.delete(key)
       end
     end
+    tags
+  end
+
+  # def process_log
+  private
+  def process_log(log, group)
+    tags = fetch_tags(group)
 
     @logger.debug("processing_log #{log}")
     @codec.decode(log.message.to_str) do |event|
diff --git a/logstash-input-cloudwatch_logs.gemspec b/logstash-input-cloudwatch_logs.gemspec
index 6158020..4eb734b 100644
--- a/logstash-input-cloudwatch_logs.gemspec
+++ b/logstash-input-cloudwatch_logs.gemspec
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.name            = 'logstash-input-cloudwatch_logs'
-  s.version         = '1.1.0'
+  s.version         = '1.1.1'
   s.licenses        = ['Apache-2.0']
   s.summary         = 'Stream events from CloudWatch Logs.'
   s.description     = 'This gem is a logstash plugin required to be installed on top of the Logstash core pipeline using $LS_HOME/bin/plugin install gemname. This gem is not a stand-alone program'
   s.homepage        = ''
   s.require_paths = ['lib']
-
+  s.authors = 'Cloud-gov'
   # Files
   s.files = Dir['lib/**/*','spec/**/*','vendor/**/*','*.gemspec','*.md','CONTRIBUTORS','Gemfile','LICENSE','NOTICE.TXT']