diff --git a/optimizely/event/event_processor.py b/optimizely/event/event_processor.py
index 3f82a7fe..dac1faa5 100644
--- a/optimizely/event/event_processor.py
+++ b/optimizely/event/event_processor.py
@@ -175,16 +175,16 @@ def start(self):
         self.executor.start()
 
     def _run(self):
-        """ Triggered as part of the thread which batches events or flushes event_queue and sleeps
-    periodically if queue is empty.
+        """ Triggered as part of the thread which batches events or flushes event_queue and hangs on get
+    for flush interval if queue is empty.
     """
         try:
             while True:
                 if self._get_time() >= self.flushing_interval_deadline:
-                    self._flush_queue()
+                    self._flush_batch()
                     self.flushing_interval_deadline = self._get_time() + \
                         self._get_time(self.flush_interval.total_seconds())
-                    self.logger.debug('Flush interval deadline. Flushed queue.')
+                    self.logger.debug('Flush interval deadline. Flushed batch.')
 
                 try:
                     interval = self.flushing_interval_deadline - self._get_time()
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ def _run(self):
 
                 if item == self._FLUSH_SIGNAL:
                     self.logger.debug('Received flush signal.')
-                    self._flush_queue()
+                    self._flush_batch()
                     continue
 
                 if isinstance(item, UserEvent):
@@ -213,19 +213,22 @@ def _run(self):
 
         finally:
             self.logger.info('Exiting processing loop. Attempting to flush pending events.')
-            self._flush_queue()
+            self._flush_batch()
 
     def flush(self):
         """ Adds flush signal to event_queue. """
 
         self.event_queue.put(self._FLUSH_SIGNAL)
 
-    def _flush_queue(self):
-        """ Flushes event_queue by dispatching events. """
-
-        if len(self._current_batch) == 0:
+    def _flush_batch(self):
+        """ Flushes current batch by dispatching event. """
+        batch_len = len(self._current_batch)
+        if batch_len == 0:
+            self.logger.debug('Nothing to flush.')
             return
 
+        self.logger.debug('Flushing batch size ' + str(batch_len))
+
         with self.LOCK:
             to_process_batch = list(self._current_batch)
             self._current_batch = list()
@@ -267,8 +270,8 @@ def _add_to_batch(self, user_event):
       user_event: UserEvent Instance.
     """
         if self._should_split(user_event):
-            self._flush_queue()
-            self._current_batch = list()
+            self.logger.debug('Flushing batch on split.')
+            self._flush_batch()
 
         # Reset the deadline if starting a new batch.
         if len(self._current_batch) == 0:
@@ -277,7 +280,8 @@ def _add_to_batch(self, user_event):
         with self.LOCK:
             self._current_batch.append(user_event)
         if len(self._current_batch) >= self.batch_size:
-            self._flush_queue()
+            self.logger.debug('Flushing on batch size.')
+            self._flush_batch()
 
     def _should_split(self, user_event):
         """ Method to check if current event batch should split into two.
diff --git a/tests/test_event_processor.py b/tests/test_event_processor.py
index a8a954f4..40b28467 100644
--- a/tests/test_event_processor.py
+++ b/tests/test_event_processor.py
@@ -191,8 +191,9 @@ def test_flush_once_max_timeout(self):
         self.assertEqual(0, self.event_processor.event_queue.qsize())
         self.assertTrue(mock_config_logging.debug.called)
         mock_config_logging.debug.assert_any_call('Received event of type ConversionEvent for user test_user.')
-        mock_config_logging.debug.assert_any_call('Flush interval deadline. Flushed queue.')
-        self.assertTrue(mock_config_logging.debug.call_count == 2)
+        mock_config_logging.debug.assert_any_call('Flushing batch size 1')
+        mock_config_logging.debug.assert_any_call('Flush interval deadline. Flushed batch.')
+        self.assertTrue(mock_config_logging.debug.call_count == 3)
         self.optimizely.logger = SimpleLogger()
 
     def test_flush_max_batch_size(self):