diff --git a/beater/pubsubbeat.go b/beater/pubsubbeat.go
index e11478679..a4e5a89ea 100644
--- a/beater/pubsubbeat.go
+++ b/beater/pubsubbeat.go
@@ -50,10 +50,15 @@ type Pubsubbeat struct {
 	logger       *logp.Logger
 }
 
-var cycleTime int64 = 10 //will be in seconds
-var receivedLogs int64
-var counterLock sync.RWMutex
-var ch = make(chan bool, 1)
+const cycleTime = 10 //will be in seconds
+
+var (
+	receivedLogsInCycle int64
+	counterLock         sync.RWMutex
+	logsReceived        int64
+)
+
+var stopCh = make(chan struct{})
 
 func New(b *beat.Beat, cfg *common.Config) (beat.Beater, error) {
 	config, err := config.GetAndValidateConfig(cfg)
@@ -163,7 +168,7 @@ func (bt *Pubsubbeat) Run(b *beat.Beat) error {
 		})
 
 		counterLock.Lock()
-		receivedLogs = receivedLogs + 1
+		receivedLogsInCycle = receivedLogsInCycle + 1
 		counterLock.Unlock()
 
 		// TODO: Evaluate using AckHandler.
@@ -179,7 +184,7 @@ func (bt *Pubsubbeat) Run(b *beat.Beat) error {
 
 func (bt *Pubsubbeat) Stop() {
 	bt.client.Close()
-	ch <- true
+	close(stopCh)
 	close(bt.done)
 }
 
@@ -249,21 +254,22 @@ func getOrCreateSubscription(client *pubsub.Client, config *config.Config) (*pub
 func cycleRoutine(n time.Duration) {
 	for {
 		select {
-		case <-ch:
+		case <-stopCh:
 			break
 		default:
 		}
 
 		time.Sleep(n * time.Second)
 		counterLock.Lock()
-		logsReceived := receivedLogs
+		logsReceived = logsReceived + receivedLogsInCycle
 		var recordsPerSecond int64
-		if logsReceived > 0 {
-			recordsPerSecond = logsReceived / int64(cycleTime)
+		if receivedLogsInCycle > 0 {
+			recordsPerSecond = receivedLogsInCycle / int64(cycleTime)
 		}
-		receivedLogs = 0
+		logp.Info("Total number of logs received in current cycle :  %d", receivedLogsInCycle)
+		receivedLogsInCycle = 0
 		counterLock.Unlock()
 		logp.Info("Total number of logs received :  %d", logsReceived)
-		logp.Info("Events Flush Rate:  %v per second", recordsPerSecond)
+		logp.Info("Events Flush Rate:  %v messages per second", recordsPerSecond)
 	}
 }