diff --git a/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.py b/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.py
index 5a3a5bd..8457dcb 100644
--- a/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.py
+++ b/cloudwatch/cloudwatch.py
@@ -84,20 +84,12 @@ def __init__(self,
     logging.Handler.__init__(self)
 
   def send_log(self, timestamp, log_entry):
-    #Send the message to AWS (function depends if there is a token or not)
-    if self.next_sequence_token:
-      response = self.logs.put_log_events(logGroupName=self.log_group,
+    #Send the message to AWS
+    self.logs.put_log_events(logGroupName=self.log_group,
         logStreamName=self.log_stream,
-        sequenceToken = self.next_sequence_token,
+        sequenceToken="", # ignored by PutLogEvents
         logEvents=[{'timestamp': timestamp,'message': log_entry}])
-    else:
-      response = self.logs.put_log_events(logGroupName=self.log_group,
-        logStreamName=self.log_stream,
-        logEvents=[{'timestamp': timestamp,'message': log_entry}])
-
-    #Store the next token
-    self.next_sequence_token = response['nextSequenceToken']
-
+    
   def emit(self, record):
     """This is the overriden function from the handler to send logs to AWS
     """