diff --git a/prowler b/prowler
index 0babb90b..35a4fd23 100755
--- a/prowler
+++ b/prowler
@@ -45,23 +45,28 @@ RED=""
 YELLOW=""
 WHITE=""
 
-DEFULT_AWS_PROFILE="default"
-DEFAULT_AWS_REGION="us-east-1"
+# Set the defaults for these getopts variables
+PROFILE="default"
+REGION="us-east-1"
+FILTERREGION=""
+MAXITEMS=100
 
 # Command usage menu
 usage(){
   echo -e "\nUSAGE:
       `basename $0` -p <profile> -r <region> [ -h ]
   Options:
-      -p <profile>  specify your AWS profile to use (i.e.: default)
-      -r <region>   specify a desired AWS region to use (i.e.: us-east-1)
-      -c <checknum> specify a check number or group from the AWS CIS benchmark (i.e.: check11 for check 1.1 or check3 for entire section 3)
-      -h            this help
+      -p <profile>        specify your AWS profile to use (i.e.: default)
+      -r <region>         specify an AWS region to direct API requests to (i.e.: us-east-1)
+      -c <checknum>       specify a check number or group from the AWS CIS benchmark (i.e.: check11 for check 1.1 or check3 for entire section 3)
+      -f <filterregion>   specify an AWS region to run checks against (i.e.: us-west-1)
+      -m <maxitems>       specify the maximum number of items to return for long-running requests (default: 100)
+      -h                  this help
   "
   exit
 }
 
-while getopts "hp:r:c:" OPTION; do
+while getopts "hp:r:c:f:m:" OPTION; do
    case $OPTION in
      h )
         usage
@@ -76,6 +81,12 @@ while getopts "hp:r:c:" OPTION; do
      c )
         CHECKNUMBER=$OPTARG
         ;;
+     f )
+        FILTERREGION=$OPTARG
+        ;;
+     m )
+        MAXITEMS=$OPTARG
+        ;;
      : )
         echo -e "\n$RED ERROR!$NORMAL  -$OPTARG requires an argument\n"
         exit 1
@@ -160,11 +171,6 @@ else
       exit
 fi
 
-if [[ "$#" -le 2 ]]; then
-  PROFILE=$DEFULT_AWS_PROFILE
-  REGION=$DEFAULT_AWS_REGION
-fi
-
 if [[ ! -f ~/.aws/credentials ]]; then
   echo -e "\n$RED ERROR!$NORMAL AWS credentials file not found (~/.aws/credentials). Run 'aws configure' first. \n"
   return 1
@@ -196,7 +202,7 @@ echo -e " |_|$NORMAL$BLUE CIS based AWS Account Hardening Tool$NORMAL\n"
 # Get whoami in AWS, who is the user running this shell script
 getWhoami() {
   echo -e "\nThis report is being generated using credentials below:\n"
-  echo -e "AWS-CLI Profile: $NOTICE[$PROFILE]$NORMAL AWS Region: $NOTICE[$REGION]$NORMAL\n"
+  echo -e "AWS-CLI Profile: $NOTICE[$PROFILE]$NORMAL AWS API Region: $NOTICE[$REGION]$NORMAL AWS Filter Region: $NOTICE[${FILTERREGION:-all}]\n"
   $AWSCLI sts get-caller-identity --output table --profile $PROFILE --region $REGION
 }
 
@@ -232,7 +238,8 @@ cleanTemp(){
 REGIONS=$($AWSCLI ec2 describe-regions --query 'Regions[].RegionName' \
   --output text \
   --profile $PROFILE \
-  --region $REGION)
+  --region $REGION \
+  --region-names $FILTERREGION)
 
 infoReferenceLong(){
   # Report review note:
@@ -1002,7 +1009,7 @@ check315(){
     TOPICS_LIST=$($AWSCLI sns list-topics --profile $PROFILE --region $regx --output text --query 'Topics[*].TopicArn')
     if [[ $TOPICS_LIST ]];then
         for topic in $TOPICS_LIST; do
-          CHECK_TOPIC_LIST=$($AWSCLI sns list-subscriptions-by-topic --topic-arn $topic --profile $PROFILE --region $regx --query 'Subscriptions[*].{Endpoint:Endpoint,Protocol:Protocol}' --output text)
+          CHECK_TOPIC_LIST=$($AWSCLI sns list-subscriptions-by-topic --topic-arn $topic --profile $PROFILE --region $regx --query 'Subscriptions[*].{Endpoint:Endpoint,Protocol:Protocol}' --output text --max-items $MAXITEMS | grep -v "None")
           if [[ $CHECK_TOPIC_LIST ]]; then
             TOPIC_SHORT=$(echo $topic | awk -F: '{ print $7 }')
             echo -e "     $NOTICE Region $regx with Topic $TOPIC_SHORT: $NORMAL "