diff --git a/pkg/node/wait.go b/pkg/node/wait.go
index d6870fbe..d2cf5ca0 100644
--- a/pkg/node/wait.go
+++ b/pkg/node/wait.go
@@ -108,10 +108,9 @@ func WaitK0sDynamicConfigReady(ctx context.Context, h *cluster.Host) error {
 // WaitEventsScheduled blocks until the node has started scheduling pods or context is cancelled
 func WaitEventsScheduled(ctx context.Context, h *cluster.Host) error {
 	since := time.Now()
-	sinceStr := since.Format(time.RFC3339)
 
 	return retry(ctx, func(_ context.Context) error {
-		output, err := h.ExecOutput(h.Configurer.KubectlCmdf(h, h.K0sDataDir(), `-n kube-system get events --field-selector reason=Scheduled --since-time="%s"`, sinceStr), exec.Sudo(h))
+		output, err := h.ExecOutput(h.Configurer.KubectlCmdf(h, h.K0sDataDir(), "-n kube-system get events --field-selector reason=Scheduled"), exec.Sudo(h))
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to get node events: %w", err)
 		}
@@ -127,9 +126,10 @@ func WaitEventsScheduled(ctx context.Context, h *cluster.Host) error {
 				continue
 			}
 			if e.EventTime.Before(since) {
-				log.Debugf("%s: skipping event %s at %s - too old", h, e.Reason, e.EventTime)
+				log.Debugf("%s: skipping event: %s is too old", h, e.EventTime)
 				continue
 			}
+			log.Debugf("%s: found a 'Scheduled' event occuring after api start-up", h)
 			return nil
 		}
 		return fmt.Errorf("node not scheduled")