diff --git a/cmd/cloudtrail/cloudtrail_test.go b/cmd/cloudtrail/cloudtrail_test.go
index 87047698..3364ce0f 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudtrail/cloudtrail_test.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudtrail/cloudtrail_test.go
@@ -94,9 +94,6 @@ func TestIgnoreListFilter(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestPermissonDeniedFilter(t *testing.T) {
 
-	var (
-		permissionDeniedErrorStr = ".*Client.UnauthorizedOperation.*"
-	)
 	// Test Case 1 (Ignored)
 	testUsername1 := "RH-SRE-xxx.openshift"
 	testCloudTrailEvent1 := `{"eventVersion": "1.08","userIdentity": {"sessionContext": {"sessionIssuer": {"arn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/test-12345-6-a7b8-kube-system-capa-controller-manager/RH-SRE-xxx.openshift"}}}, "errorCode": "Client.UnauthorizedOperation"}`
@@ -123,7 +120,7 @@ func TestPermissonDeniedFilter(t *testing.T) {
 
 		filtered, err := ctUtil.ApplyFilters(TestEvents,
 			func(event types.Event) (bool, error) {
-				return isforbiddenEvent(event, permissionDeniedErrorStr)
+				return isforbiddenEvent(event)
 			},
 		)
 		assert.Nil(t, err)
@@ -143,7 +140,7 @@ func TestPermissonDeniedFilter(t *testing.T) {
 
 		filtered, err := ctUtil.ApplyFilters(edgeCaseEvents,
 			func(event types.Event) (bool, error) {
-				return isforbiddenEvent(event, permissionDeniedErrorStr)
+				return isforbiddenEvent(event)
 			},
 		)
 		assert.Nil(t, err)
@@ -162,7 +159,7 @@ func TestPermissonDeniedFilter(t *testing.T) {
 
 		filtered, err := ctUtil.ApplyFilters(edgeCaseEvents,
 			func(event types.Event) (bool, error) {
-				return isforbiddenEvent(event, permissionDeniedErrorStr)
+				return isforbiddenEvent(event)
 			},
 		)
 		assert.Nil(t, err)
@@ -181,7 +178,7 @@ func TestPermissonDeniedFilter(t *testing.T) {
 		expected := []types.Event{}
 		filtered, err := ctUtil.ApplyFilters(edgeCaseEvents,
 			func(event types.Event) (bool, error) {
-				return isforbiddenEvent(event, permissionDeniedErrorStr)
+				return isforbiddenEvent(event)
 			},
 		)
 		assert.EqualErrorf(t, err, "[ERROR] failed to extract raw CloudTrail event details: cannot parse a nil input", "")
diff --git a/cmd/cloudtrail/permission-denied.go b/cmd/cloudtrail/permission-denied.go
index 2f81544e..f7ad34c0 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudtrail/permission-denied.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudtrail/permission-denied.go
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-var (
-	permissionDeniedErrorStr = ".*Client.UnauthorizedOperation.*"
-)
-
 type permissionDeniedEventsOptions struct {
 	ClusterID string
 	StartTime string
@@ -39,20 +35,17 @@ func newCmdPermissionDenied() *cobra.Command {
 		},
 	}
 	permissionDeniedCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.ClusterID, "cluster-id", "C", "", "Cluster ID")
-	permissionDeniedCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.StartTime, "since", "", "1h", "Specifies that only events that occur within the specified time are returned.Defaults to 1h. Valid time units are \"ns\", \"us\" (or \"µs\"), \"ms\", \"s\", \"m\", \"h\".")
+	permissionDeniedCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&opts.StartTime, "since", "", "5m", "Specifies that only events that occur within the specified time are returned.Defaults to 5m. Valid time units are \"ns\", \"us\" (or \"µs\"), \"ms\", \"s\", \"m\", \"h\".")
 	permissionDeniedCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&opts.PrintUrl, "url", "u", false, "Generates Url link to cloud console cloudtrail event")
 	permissionDeniedCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&opts.PrintRaw, "raw-event", "r", false, "Prints the cloudtrail events to the console in raw json format")
 	permissionDeniedCmd.MarkFlagRequired("cluster-id")
 	return permissionDeniedCmd
 }
 
-func isforbiddenEvent(event types.Event, value string) (bool, error) {
-
-	if value == "" {
-		return false, nil
-	}
+func isforbiddenEvent(event types.Event) (bool, error) {
+	permissionDeniedErrorRegexp := ".*Client.UnauthorizedOperation.*"
 
-	check, err := regexp.Compile(value)
+	check, err := regexp.Compile(permissionDeniedErrorRegexp)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, fmt.Errorf("failed to compile regex: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -106,14 +99,14 @@ func (p *permissionDeniedEventsOptions) run() error {
 	fmt.Printf("[INFO] Checking Permission Denied History since %v for AWS Account %v as %v \n", startTime, accountId, arn)
 	cloudTrailclient := cloudtrail.NewFromConfig(cfg)
 	fmt.Printf("[INFO] Fetching %v Event History...", cfg.Region)
-	lookupOutput, err := ctAws.GetEvents(cloudTrailclient, startTime)
+	lookupOutput, err := ctAws.GetEvents(cloudTrailclient, startTime, false)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
 	filteredEvents, err := ctUtil.ApplyFilters(lookupOutput,
 		func(event types.Event) (bool, error) {
-			return isforbiddenEvent(event, permissionDeniedErrorStr)
+			return isforbiddenEvent(event)
 		},
 	)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -136,13 +129,13 @@ func (p *permissionDeniedEventsOptions) run() error {
 			HTTPClient:  cfg.HTTPClient,
 		})
 		fmt.Printf("[INFO] Fetching Cloudtrail Global Permission Denied Event History from %v Region...", defaultConfig.Region)
-		lookupOutput, err := ctAws.GetEvents(defaultCloudtrailClient, startTime)
+		lookupOutput, err := ctAws.GetEvents(defaultCloudtrailClient, startTime, false)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		filteredEvents, err := ctUtil.ApplyFilters(lookupOutput,
 			func(event types.Event) (bool, error) {
-				return isforbiddenEvent(event, permissionDeniedErrorStr)
+				return isforbiddenEvent(event)
 			},
 		)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/cloudtrail/pkg/aws/aws.go b/cmd/cloudtrail/pkg/aws/aws.go
index 16dd83d5..ff9210eb 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudtrail/pkg/aws/aws.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudtrail/pkg/aws/aws.go
@@ -77,16 +77,19 @@ func Whoami(stsClient sts.Client) (accountArn string, accountId string, err erro
 
 // getWriteEvents retrieves cloudtrail events since the specified time
 // using the provided cloudtrail client and starttime from since flag.
-func GetEvents(cloudtailClient *cloudtrail.Client, startTime time.Time) ([]types.Event, error) {
+func GetEvents(cloudtailClient *cloudtrail.Client, startTime time.Time, writeOnly bool) ([]types.Event, error) {
 
 	alllookupEvents := []types.Event{}
 	input := cloudtrail.LookupEventsInput{
 		StartTime: &startTime,
 		EndTime:   aws.Time(time.Now()),
-		LookupAttributes: []types.LookupAttribute{
+	}
+
+	if writeOnly {
+		input.LookupAttributes = []types.LookupAttribute{
 			{AttributeKey: "ReadOnly",
 				AttributeValue: aws.String("false")},
-		},
+		}
 	}
 
 	paginator := cloudtrail.NewLookupEventsPaginator(cloudtailClient, &input, func(c *cloudtrail.LookupEventsPaginatorOptions) {})
diff --git a/cmd/cloudtrail/write-events.go b/cmd/cloudtrail/write-events.go
index 79f521ac..ed5f9fe5 100644
--- a/cmd/cloudtrail/write-events.go
+++ b/cmd/cloudtrail/write-events.go
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ func (o *writeEventsOptions) run() error {
 	fmt.Printf("[INFO] Checking write event history since %v for AWS Account %v as %v \n", startTime, accountId, arn)
 	cloudTrailclient := cloudtrail.NewFromConfig(cfg)
 	fmt.Printf("[INFO] Fetching %v Event History...", cfg.Region)
-	queriedEvents, err := ctAws.GetEvents(cloudTrailclient, startTime)
+	queriedEvents, err := ctAws.GetEvents(cloudTrailclient, startTime, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func (o *writeEventsOptions) run() error {
 			HTTPClient:  cfg.HTTPClient,
 		})
 		fmt.Printf("[INFO] Fetching Cloudtrail Global Event History from %v Region...", defaultConfig.Region)
-		lookupOutput, err := ctAws.GetEvents(defaultCloudtrailClient, startTime)
+		lookupOutput, err := ctAws.GetEvents(defaultCloudtrailClient, startTime, true)
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}