diff --git a/cmd/servicelog/common.go b/cmd/servicelog/common.go
index 6168839d..4b9410a6 100644
--- a/cmd/servicelog/common.go
+++ b/cmd/servicelog/common.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ func createConnection() *sdk.Connection {
 
 // generateQuery returns an OCM search query to retrieve all clusters matching an expression (ie- "foo%")
 func generateQuery(clusterIdentifier string) string {
-	return strings.TrimSpace(fmt.Sprintf("id like '%[1]s' or external_id like '%[1]s' or display_name like '%[1]s'", clusterIdentifier))
+	return strings.TrimSpace(fmt.Sprintf("(id like '%[1]s' or external_id like '%[1]s' or display_name like '%[1]s')", clusterIdentifier))
 }
 
 // getFilteredClusters retrieves clusters in OCM which match the filters given
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ func applyFilters(ocmClient *sdk.Connection, filters []string) ([]*v1.Cluster, e
 
 	requestSize := 50
 	full_filters := strings.Join(filters, " and ")
+
+	log.Infof(`running the command: 'ocm list clusters --parameter=search="%s"'`, full_filters)
+
 	request := ocmClient.ClustersMgmt().V1().Clusters().List().Search(full_filters).Size(requestSize)
 	response, err := request.Send()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/cmd/servicelog/list.go b/cmd/servicelog/list.go
index 9ea1f247..92431c50 100644
--- a/cmd/servicelog/list.go
+++ b/cmd/servicelog/list.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ var listCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Args:          cobra.ArbitraryArgs,
 	SilenceErrors: true,
 	RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		if len(args) != 1 {
+		if len(args) == 0 {
 			cmd.Help()
 			return fmt.Errorf("cluster-identifier was not provided. please provide a cluster id, UUID, or name")
 		}
diff --git a/cmd/servicelog/post.go b/cmd/servicelog/post.go
index e08c114c..7f83ff64 100644
--- a/cmd/servicelog/post.go
+++ b/cmd/servicelog/post.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ var postCmd = &cobra.Command{
 		readFilterFile()      // parse the ocm filters in file provided via '-f' flag
 		readTemplate()        // parse the given JSON template provided via '-t' flag
 
-		if len(args) < 1 && filtersFromFile == "" && clustersFile == "" {
+		if len(args) == 0 && len(filterParams) == 0 && clustersFile == "" {
 			log.Fatalf("No cluster identifier has been found.")
 		}
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ var postCmd = &cobra.Command{
 				cluster := ClustersFile.Clusters[i]
 				query = append(query, generateQuery(cluster))
 			}
-			filterParams = query
+			filterParams = append(filterParams, strings.Join(query, " or "))
 		}
 
 		clusters, err := applyFilters(ocmClient, filterParams)
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ func init() {
 	postCmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&filterParams, "query", "q", filterParams, "Specify a search query (eg. -q \"name like foo\") for a bulk-post to matching clusters.")
 	postCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&skipPrompts, "yes", "y", false, "Skips all prompts.")
 	postCmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&filterFiles, "query-file", "f", filterFiles, "File containing search queries to apply. All lines in the file will be concatenated into a single query. If this flag is called multiple times, every file's search query will be combined with logical AND.")
-	postCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&clustersFile, "clusters-file", "c", clustersFile, "Read a list of clusters to post the servicelog to")
+	postCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&clustersFile, "clusters-file", "c", clustersFile, `Read a list of clusters to post the servicelog to. the format of the file is: {"clusters":["$CLUSTERID"]}`)
 }
 
 // parseUserParameters parse all the '-p FOO=BAR' parameters and checks for syntax errors