diff --git a/infrastructure/modules/lambda/README.md b/infrastructure/modules/lambda/README.md
index 8e238e7..44c1fdc 100644
--- a/infrastructure/modules/lambda/README.md
+++ b/infrastructure/modules/lambda/README.md
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 | <a name="input_region"></a> [region](#input\_region) | The AWS Region | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_runtime"></a> [runtime](#input\_runtime) | The runtime to use for the lambda function | `string` | n/a | yes |
 | <a name="input_schedule"></a> [schedule](#input\_schedule) | The fully qualified Cloudwatch Events schedule for when to run the lambda function, e.g. rate(1 day) or a cron() expression. Default disables all events resources | `string` | `""` | no |
-| <a name="input_send_to_firehose"></a> [send\_to\_firehose](#input\_send\_to\_firehose) | Enable sending logs to firehose | `bool` | `false` | no |
+| <a name="input_send_to_firehose"></a> [send\_to\_firehose](#input\_send\_to\_firehose) | Enable sending logs to firehose | `bool` | `true` | no |
 | <a name="input_sns_destination"></a> [sns\_destination](#input\_sns\_destination) | SNS Topic ARN to be used for on-failure Lambda invocation records | `string` | `null` | no |
 | <a name="input_sns_destination_kms_key"></a> [sns\_destination\_kms\_key](#input\_sns\_destination\_kms\_key) | KMS Key ARN to be used for SNS Topic for on-failure Lambda invocation records | `string` | `null` | no |
 | <a name="input_system_log_level"></a> [system\_log\_level](#input\_system\_log\_level) | The detail level of the Lambda platform event logs sent to CloudWatch | `string` | `"WARN"` | no |
diff --git a/infrastructure/modules/lambda/cloudwatch_log_subscription_filter_firehose.tf b/infrastructure/modules/lambda/cloudwatch_log_subscription_filter_firehose.tf
index cdf0605..ced23fa 100644
--- a/infrastructure/modules/lambda/cloudwatch_log_subscription_filter_firehose.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/modules/lambda/cloudwatch_log_subscription_filter_firehose.tf
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 resource "aws_cloudwatch_log_subscription_filter" "firehose" {
-  count           = var.send_to_firehose ? 1 : 0 # Keeping this optional for now as don't want to break all lambdas using this, can make this mandatory later
+  count           = var.send_to_firehose ? 1 : 0
   name            = trim(replace(aws_cloudwatch_log_group.main.name, "/", "-"), "-")
   log_group_name  = aws_cloudwatch_log_group.main.name
   filter_pattern  = var.filter_pattern
diff --git a/infrastructure/modules/lambda/variables.tf b/infrastructure/modules/lambda/variables.tf
index 1a103c9..33dbe13 100644
--- a/infrastructure/modules/lambda/variables.tf
+++ b/infrastructure/modules/lambda/variables.tf
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ variable "lambda_at_edge" {
 variable "send_to_firehose" {
   type        = bool
   description = "Enable sending logs to firehose"
-  default     = false
+  default     = true
 }
 
 variable "filter_pattern" {