diff --git a/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go b/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
index 0e166fd4..d65b5ee8 100644
--- a/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
+++ b/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.go
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ func params(logGroupName string, streamNames []*string, epochStartTime int64, ep
 	return params
 }
 
-func Tail(logGroupName *string, logStreamName *string, follow *bool, startTime *time.Time, endTime *time.Time, grep *string, printTimestamp *bool, printStreamName *bool) <-chan *string {
+func Tail(logGroupName *string, logStreamName *string, follow *bool, startTime *time.Time, endTime *time.Time, grep *string, printTimestamp *bool, printStreamName *bool, printEventId *bool) <-chan *string {
 	cwl := cwClient()
 
 	startTimeEpoch := timeutil.ParseTime(startTime.Format(timeutil.TimeFormat)).Unix()
@@ -59,36 +59,35 @@ func Tail(logGroupName *string, logStreamName *string, follow *bool, startTime *
 
 	ch := make(chan *string)
 	pageHandler := func(res *cloudwatchlogs.FilterLogEventsOutput, lastPage bool) bool {
-		if len(res.Events) == 0 {
-			time.Sleep(2 * time.Second)
-		} else {
-			for _, event := range res.Events {
-				eventTimestamp := *event.Timestamp / 1000
-				if eventTimestamp != lastSeenTimestamp {
-					ids = nil
-					lastSeenTimestamp = eventTimestamp
-				} else {
-					sort.Strings(ids)
-				}
-				idx := sort.SearchStrings(ids, *event.EventId)
-				if ids == nil || (idx == len(ids) || ids[idx] != *event.EventId) {
-					d := timeutil.FormatTimestamp(eventTimestamp)
-					var msg string
-					if *printTimestamp {
-						msg = fmt.Sprintf("%s - ", color.GreenString(d))
-					}
-					if *printStreamName {
-						msg = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s - ", msg, color.BlueString(*event.LogStreamName))
-					}
-					msg = fmt.Sprintf("%s%s", msg, *event.Message)
-					ch <- &msg
+		for _, event := range res.Events {
+			eventTimestamp := *event.Timestamp / 1000
+			if eventTimestamp != lastSeenTimestamp {
+				ids = nil
+				lastSeenTimestamp = eventTimestamp
+			} else {
+				sort.Strings(ids)
+			}
+			idx := sort.SearchStrings(ids, *event.EventId)
+			if ids == nil || (idx == len(ids) || ids[idx] != *event.EventId) {
 
+				msg := fmt.Sprintf("%s", *event.Message)
+				if *printEventId {
+					msg = fmt.Sprintf("%s - %s", color.YellowString(*event.EventId), msg)
 				}
-				ids = append(ids, *event.EventId)
+				if *printStreamName {
+					msg = fmt.Sprintf("%s - %s", color.BlueString(*event.LogStreamName), msg)
+				}
+				if *printTimestamp {
+					msg = fmt.Sprintf("%s - %s", color.GreenString(timeutil.FormatTimestamp(eventTimestamp)), msg)
+				}
+
+				ch <- &msg
+
 			}
+			ids = append(ids, *event.EventId)
 		}
+
 		if lastPage && !*follow {
-			time.Sleep(1 * time.Second)
 			close(ch)
 		}
 		return !lastPage
@@ -103,18 +102,21 @@ func Tail(logGroupName *string, logStreamName *string, follow *bool, startTime *
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
 	}
-	go func() {
-		for *follow || lastSeenTimestamp == startTimeEpoch {
-			logParam := params(*logGroupName, streams, lastSeenTimestamp, endTimeEpoch, grep, follow)
-			error := cwl.FilterLogEventsPages(logParam, pageHandler)
-			if error != nil {
-				if awsErr, ok := error.(awserr.Error); ok {
-					fmt.Println(awsErr.Message())
-					os.Exit(1)
+	if *follow || lastSeenTimestamp == startTimeEpoch {
+		ticker := time.NewTicker(time.Millisecond * 50)
+		go func() {
+			for range ticker.C {
+				logParam := params(*logGroupName, streams, lastSeenTimestamp, endTimeEpoch, grep, follow)
+				error := cwl.FilterLogEventsPages(logParam, pageHandler)
+				if error != nil {
+					if awsErr, ok := error.(awserr.Error); ok {
+						fmt.Println(awsErr.Message())
+						os.Exit(1)
+					}
 				}
 			}
-		}
-	}()
+		}()
+	}
 	return ch
 }
 
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index f4679784..0468f791 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ var (
 
 	follow          = tailCommand.Flag("follow", "Don't stop when the end of stream is reached, but rather wait for additional data to be appended.").Short('f').Default("false").Bool()
 	printTimestamp  = tailCommand.Flag("timestamp", "Print the event timestamp.").Short('t').Default("false").Bool()
+	printEventId    = tailCommand.Flag("event Id", "Print the event Id").Short('i').Default("false").Bool()
 	printStreamName = tailCommand.Flag("stream name", "Print the log stream name this event belongs to.").Short('s').Default("false").Bool()
 	grep            = tailCommand.Flag("grep", "Pattern to filter logs by. See http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/FilterAndPatternSyntax.html for syntax.").Short('g').Default("").String()
 	logGroupName    = tailCommand.Arg("group", "The log group name.").Required().HintAction(groupsCompletion).String()
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ func timestampToUTC(timeStamp *string) time.Time {
 }
 
 func main() {
-	kingpin.Version("1.2.0")
+	kingpin.Version("1.3.0")
 	command := kingpin.Parse()
 
 	switch command {
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ func main() {
 			et = timestampToUTC(endTime)
 		}
 
-		for msg := range cloudwatch.Tail(logGroupName, logStreamName, follow, &st, &et, grep, printTimestamp, printStreamName) {
+		for msg := range cloudwatch.Tail(logGroupName, logStreamName, follow, &st, &et, grep, printTimestamp, printStreamName, printEventId) {
 			fmt.Println(*msg)
 		}
 	}