diff --git a/installer/conf/td-agent-bit.conf b/installer/conf/td-agent-bit.conf
index b01b3a352..2553f405f 100644
--- a/installer/conf/td-agent-bit.conf
+++ b/installer/conf/td-agent-bit.conf
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@
     Parser docker
     Mem_Buf_Limit 30m
     Path_Key filepath
-    Buffer_Chunk_Size 1m
-    Buffer_Max_Size 1m
     Skip_Long_Lines On
 
 [OUTPUT]
diff --git a/source/code/go/src/plugins/telemetry.go b/source/code/go/src/plugins/telemetry.go
index 621d88eec..b1bc4439b 100644
--- a/source/code/go/src/plugins/telemetry.go
+++ b/source/code/go/src/plugins/telemetry.go
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ const (
 	metricNameAvgFlushRate              = "ContainerLogAvgRecordsFlushedPerSec"
 	defaultTelemetryPushIntervalSeconds = 300
 
-	// EventNameContainerLogInit name of the event
-	EventNameContainerLogInit = "ContainerLogPluginInitialized"
+	eventNameContainerLogInit   = "ContainerLogPluginInitialized"
+	eventNameDaemonSetHeartbeat = "ContainerLogDaemonSetHeartbeatEvent"
 )
 
 // Initialize initializes the telemetry artifacts
@@ -111,9 +111,10 @@ func SendContainerLogFlushRateMetric(telemetryPushIntervalProperty string, agent
 		runtime.Goexit()
 	}
 
-	SendEvent(EventNameContainerLogInit, make(map[string]string))
+	SendEvent(eventNameContainerLogInit, make(map[string]string))
 
 	for ; true; <-ContainerLogTelemetryTicker.C {
+		SendEvent(eventNameDaemonSetHeartbeat, make(map[string]string))
 		DataUpdateMutex.Lock()
 		flushRate := FlushedRecordsCount / FlushedRecordsTimeTaken * 1000
 		Log("Flushed Records : %f Time Taken : %f flush Rate : %f", FlushedRecordsCount, FlushedRecordsTimeTaken, flushRate)