diff --git a/lib/logstash/inputs/sqs.rb b/lib/logstash/inputs/sqs.rb
index ac289db..bb3a036 100644
--- a/lib/logstash/inputs/sqs.rb
+++ b/lib/logstash/inputs/sqs.rb
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class LogStash::Inputs::SQS < LogStash::Inputs::Threadable
   include LogStash::PluginMixins::AwsConfig::V2
 
   MAX_TIME_BEFORE_GIVING_UP = 60
-  MAX_MESSAGES_TO_FETCH = 10 # Between 1-10 in the AWS-SDK doc
+  MAX_MESSAGES_TO_FETCH = 1 # Between 1-10 in the AWS-SDK doc
   SENT_TIMESTAMP = "SentTimestamp"
   SQS_ATTRIBUTES = [SENT_TIMESTAMP]
   BACKOFF_SLEEP_TIME = 1
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ def setup_queue
   end
 
   def polling_options
-    { 
+    {
       :max_number_of_messages => MAX_MESSAGES_TO_FETCH,
       :attribute_names => SQS_ATTRIBUTES,
       :wait_time_seconds => @polling_frequency
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ def decode_event(message)
       return event
     end
   end
-  
+
   def add_sqs_data(event, message)
     event.set(@id_field, message.message_id) if @id_field
     event.set(@md5_field, message.md5_of_body) if @md5_field
@@ -139,12 +139,10 @@ def run(output_queue)
     @logger.debug("Polling SQS queue", :polling_options => polling_options)
 
     run_with_backoff do
-      poller.poll(polling_options) do |messages, stats|
+      poller.poll(polling_options) do |message, stats|
         break if stop?
 
-        messages.each do |message|
-          output_queue << handle_message(message)
-        end
+        output_queue << handle_message(message)
 
         @logger.debug("SQS Stats:", :request_count => stats.request_count,
                       :received_message_count => stats.received_message_count,
@@ -169,7 +167,7 @@ def run_with_backoff(max_time = MAX_TIME_BEFORE_GIVING_UP, sleep_time = BACKOFF_
     rescue Aws::SQS::Errors::ServiceError => e
       @logger.warn("Aws::SQS::Errors::ServiceError ... retrying SQS request with exponential backoff", :queue => @queue, :sleep_time => sleep_time, :error => e)
       sleep(next_sleep)
-      next_sleep =  next_sleep > max_time ? sleep_time : sleep_time * BACKOFF_FACTOR 
+      next_sleep =  next_sleep > max_time ? sleep_time : sleep_time * BACKOFF_FACTOR
 
       retry
     end