diff --git a/backend/src/ee/services/event/event-sse-service.ts b/backend/src/ee/services/event/event-sse-service.ts
index f8c025e77..bb85f667c 100644
--- a/backend/src/ee/services/event/event-sse-service.ts
+++ b/backend/src/ee/services/event/event-sse-service.ts
@@ -13,11 +13,9 @@ const AUTH_REFRESH_INTERVAL = 60 * 1000;
 const HEART_BEAT_INTERVAL = 15 * 1000;
 
 export const sseServiceFactory = (bus: TEventBusService, redis: Redis) => {
-  let heartbeatInterval: NodeJS.Timeout | null = null;
-
   const clients = new Set<EventStreamClient>();
 
-  heartbeatInterval = setInterval(() => {
+  const heartbeatInterval = setInterval(() => {
     for (const client of clients) {
       if (client.stream.closed) continue;
       void client.ping();
diff --git a/backend/src/ee/services/event/event-sse-stream.ts b/backend/src/ee/services/event/event-sse-stream.ts
index 4c5fcf779..258783c2e 100644
--- a/backend/src/ee/services/event/event-sse-stream.ts
+++ b/backend/src/ee/services/event/event-sse-stream.ts
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export function createEventStreamClient(redis: Redis, options: IEventStreamClien
         ...(hasConditions
           ? {
               environment: r.conditions?.environmentSlug ?? "",
-              secretPath: r.conditions?.recursive ? { $glob: `${secretPath}/**` } : secretPath
+              secretPath: { $glob: secretPath }
             }
           : {})
       }
diff --git a/backend/src/ee/services/event/types.ts b/backend/src/ee/services/event/types.ts
index 72227c863..721e6ea13 100644
--- a/backend/src/ee/services/event/types.ts
+++ b/backend/src/ee/services/event/types.ts
@@ -117,8 +117,7 @@ export const EventRegisterSchema = z.object({
   conditions: z
     .object({
       secretPath: z.string().optional().default("/"),
-      environmentSlug: z.string(),
-      recursive: z.boolean().optional().default(false)
+      environmentSlug: z.string()
     })
     .optional()
 });
diff --git a/backend/src/server/routes/v1/event-router.ts b/backend/src/server/routes/v1/event-router.ts
index c37908944..19dc296bf 100644
--- a/backend/src/server/routes/v1/event-router.ts
+++ b/backend/src/server/routes/v1/event-router.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export const registerEventRouter = async (server: FastifyZodProvider) => {
       description: "Subscribe to project events",
       body: z.object({
         projectId: z.string().trim().describe(EventSubscriptions.SUBSCRIBE_PROJECT_EVENTS.projectId),
-        register: z.array(EventRegisterSchema).max(10)
+        register: z.array(EventRegisterSchema).min(1).max(10)
       }),
       produces: ["text/event-stream"]
     },