diff --git a/caas/kubernetes/pod/README.md b/caas/kubernetes/pod/README.md
index 1dbae32..b662d31 100644
--- a/caas/kubernetes/pod/README.md
+++ b/caas/kubernetes/pod/README.md
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ Creates DataDog monitors with the following checks:
 | error\_message | Custom message for Pod errors monitor | string | `""` | no |
 | error\_threshold\_critical | error critical threshold | string | `"0.5"` | no |
 | error\_threshold\_warning | error warning threshold | string | `"0"` | no |
-| error\_time\_aggregator | Monitor aggregator for Pod errors [available values: min, max or avg] | string | `"sum"` | no |
+| error\_time\_aggregator | Monitor aggregator for Pod errors [available values: min, max or avg] | string | `"min"` | no |
 | error\_timeframe | Monitor timeframe for Pod errors [available values: `last_#m` (1, 5, 10, 15, or 30), `last_#h` (1, 2, or 4), or `last_1d`] | string | `"last_15m"` | no |
 | evaluation\_delay | Delay in seconds for the metric evaluation | string | `"15"` | no |
 | filter\_tags\_custom | Tags used for custom filtering when filter_tags_use_defaults is false | string | `"*"` | no |
diff --git a/caas/kubernetes/pod/inputs.tf b/caas/kubernetes/pod/inputs.tf
index 73f74da..86de175 100644
--- a/caas/kubernetes/pod/inputs.tf
+++ b/caas/kubernetes/pod/inputs.tf
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ variable "error_message" {
 variable "error_time_aggregator" {
   description = "Monitor aggregator for Pod errors [available values: min, max or avg]"
   type        = string
-  default     = "sum"
+  default     = "min"
 }
 
 variable "error_timeframe" {
diff --git a/caas/kubernetes/pod/monitors-k8s-pod.tf b/caas/kubernetes/pod/monitors-k8s-pod.tf
index ab5154c..a531f52 100644
--- a/caas/kubernetes/pod/monitors-k8s-pod.tf
+++ b/caas/kubernetes/pod/monitors-k8s-pod.tf
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ resource "datadog_monitor" "error" {
 
   query = <<EOQ
     ${var.error_time_aggregator}(${var.error_timeframe}):
-      sum:kubernetes_state.container.status_report.count.waiting${module.filter-tags-nocontainercreating.query_alert} by {namespace,pod,reason}.as_count()
+      sum:kubernetes_state.container.status_report.count.waiting${module.filter-tags-nocontainercreating.query_alert} by {namespace,pod,reason}
     > ${var.error_threshold_critical}
 EOQ