diff --git a/docker/event-generator/event_generator.cpp b/docker/event-generator/event_generator.cpp
index 5bbe844f..3311b6b0 100644
--- a/docker/event-generator/event_generator.cpp
+++ b/docker/event-generator/event_generator.cpp
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ void exfiltration()
 
 	shadow.open("/etc/shadow");
 
+	printf("Reading /etc/shadow and sending to 10.5.2.6:8197...\n");
+
 	if(!shadow.is_open())
 	{
 		fprintf(stderr, "Could not open /etc/shadow for reading: %s", strerror(errno));
@@ -219,7 +221,7 @@ void write_rpm_database() {
 }
 
 void spawn_shell() {
-	printf("Spawning a shell using system()...\n");
+	printf("Spawning a shell to run \"ls > /dev/null\" using system()...\n");
 	int rc;
 
 	if ((rc = system("ls > /dev/null")) != 0)
@@ -259,6 +261,7 @@ void mkdir_binary_dirs() {
 
 void change_thread_namespace() {
 	printf("Calling setns() to change namespaces...\n");
+	printf("NOTE: does not result in a falco notification in containers, unless container run with --privileged or --security-opt seccomp=unconfined\n");
 	// It doesn't matter that the arguments to setns are
 	// bogus. It's the attempt to call it that will trigger the
 	// rule.
@@ -268,6 +271,7 @@ void change_thread_namespace() {
 void system_user_interactive() {
 	pid_t child;
 
+	printf("Forking a child that becomes user=daemon and then tries to run /bin/login...\n");
 	// Fork a child and do everything in the child.
 	if ((child = fork()) == 0)
 	{
@@ -313,6 +317,8 @@ void system_procs_network_activity() {
 void non_sudo_setuid() {
 	pid_t child;
 
+	printf("Forking a child that becomes \"daemon\" user and then \"root\"...\n");
+
 	// Fork a child and do everything in the child.
 	if ((child = fork()) == 0)
 	{
@@ -367,6 +373,9 @@ map<string, action_t> defined_actions = {{"write_binary_dir", write_binary_dir},
 					 {"user_mgmt_binaries", user_mgmt_binaries},
 					 {"exfiltration", exfiltration}};
 
+// Some actions don't directly result in suspicious behavior. These
+// actions are excluded from the ones run with -a all.
+set<string> exclude_from_all_actions = {"exec_ls", "network_activity"};
 
 void create_symlinks(const char *program)
 {
@@ -394,9 +403,9 @@ void run_actions(map<string, action_t> &actions, int interval, bool once)
 	{
 		for (auto action : actions)
 		{
-			sleep(interval);
 			printf("***Action %s\n", action.first.c_str());
 			action.second();
+			sleep(interval);
 		}
 		if(once)
 		{
@@ -428,7 +437,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	// Parse the args
 	//
 	while((op = getopt_long(argc, argv,
-				"ha:i:l:",
+				"ha:i:l:o",
 				long_options, &long_index)) != -1)
 	{
 		switch(op)
@@ -437,12 +446,16 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			usage(argv[0]);
 			exit(1);
 		case 'a':
-			if((it = defined_actions.find(optarg)) == defined_actions.end())
+			// "all" is already implied
+			if (strcmp(optarg, "all") != 0)
 			{
-				fprintf(stderr, "No action with name \"%s\" known, exiting.\n", optarg);
-				exit(1);
+				if((it = defined_actions.find(optarg)) == defined_actions.end())
+				{
+					fprintf(stderr, "No action with name \"%s\" known, exiting.\n", optarg);
+					exit(1);
+				}
+				actions.insert(*it);
 			}
-			actions.insert(*it);
 			break;
 		case 'i':
 			interval = atoi(optarg);
@@ -482,7 +495,13 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 
 	if(actions.size() == 0)
 	{
-		actions = defined_actions;
+		for(auto &act : defined_actions)
+		{
+			if(exclude_from_all_actions.find(act.first) == exclude_from_all_actions.end())
+			{
+				actions.insert(act);
+			}
+		}
 	}
 
 	setvbuf(stdout, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
diff --git a/examples/nodejs-bad-rest-api/demo.yml b/examples/nodejs-bad-rest-api/demo.yml
index a826ab6e..ab0b4988 100644
--- a/examples/nodejs-bad-rest-api/demo.yml
+++ b/examples/nodejs-bad-rest-api/demo.yml
@@ -20,5 +20,4 @@ falco:
     - /boot:/host/boot:ro
     - /lib/modules:/host/lib/modules:ro
     - /usr:/host/usr:ro
-    - ${PWD}/../../rules/falco_rules.yaml:/etc/falco_rules.yaml
   tty: true
diff --git a/rules/falco_rules.yaml b/rules/falco_rules.yaml
index 4e411648..13cb0e68 100644
--- a/rules/falco_rules.yaml
+++ b/rules/falco_rules.yaml
@@ -345,7 +345,8 @@
 
 - macro: trusted_containers
   condition: (container.image startswith sysdig/agent or
-              container.image startswith sysdig/falco or
+              (container.image startswith sysdig/falco and
+               not container.image startswith sysdig/falco-event-generator) or
               container.image startswith sysdig/sysdig or
               container.image startswith gcr.io/google_containers/hyperkube or
               container.image startswith gcr.io/google_containers/kube-proxy)
diff --git a/test/falco_test.py b/test/falco_test.py
index d6ce9b87..afb7c4f8 100644
--- a/test/falco_test.py
+++ b/test/falco_test.py
@@ -56,6 +56,16 @@ class FalcoTest(Test):
         for rule in self.disabled_rules:
             self.disabled_args = self.disabled_args + "-D " + rule + " "
 
+        self.detect_counts = self.params.get('detect_counts', '*', default=False)
+        if self.detect_counts == False:
+            self.detect_counts = {}
+        else:
+            detect_counts = {}
+            for item in self.detect_counts:
+                for item2 in item:
+                    detect_counts[item2[0]] = item2[1]
+            self.detect_counts = detect_counts
+
         self.rules_warning = self.params.get('rules_warning', '*', default=False)
         if self.rules_warning == False:
             self.rules_warning = sets.Set()
@@ -161,6 +171,23 @@ class FalcoTest(Test):
                     if not events_detected > 0:
                         self.fail("Detected {} events at level {} when should have detected > 0".format(events_detected, level))
 
+    def check_detections_by_rule(self, res):
+        # Get the number of events detected for each rule. Must match the expected counts.
+        match = re.search('Triggered rules by rule name:(.*)', res.stdout, re.DOTALL)
+        if match is None:
+            self.fail("Could not find a block 'Triggered rules by rule name: ...' in falco output")
+
+        triggered_rules = match.group(1)
+
+        for rule, count in self.detect_counts.iteritems():
+            expected_line = '{}: {}'.format(rule, count)
+            match = re.search(expected_line, triggered_rules)
+
+            if match is None:
+                self.fail("Could not find a line '{}' in triggered rule counts '{}'".format(expected_line, triggered_rules))
+            else:
+                self.log.debug("Found expected count for {}: {}".format(rule, match.group()))
+
     def check_outputs(self):
         for output in self.outputs:
             # Open the provided file and match each line against the
@@ -222,6 +249,8 @@ class FalcoTest(Test):
         if len(self.rules_events) > 0:
             self.check_rules_events(res)
         self.check_detections(res)
+        if len(self.detect_counts) > 0:
+            self.check_detections_by_rule(res)
         self.check_json_output(res)
         self.check_outputs()
         pass
diff --git a/test/falco_tests.yaml.in b/test/falco_tests.yaml.in
index a973e8fe..977b7d4c 100644
--- a/test/falco_tests.yaml.in
+++ b/test/falco_tests.yaml.in
@@ -181,3 +181,22 @@ trace_files: !mux
     trace_file: trace_files/cat_write.scap
     outputs:
       - /tmp/falco_outputs/program_output.txt: Warning An open was seen
+
+  detect_counts:
+    detect: True
+    detect_level: WARNING
+    trace_file: traces-positive/falco-event-generator.scap
+    detect_counts:
+      - "Write below binary dir": 1
+      - "Read sensitive file untrusted": 3
+      - "Run shell in container": 1
+      - "Write below rpm database": 1
+      - "Write below etc": 1
+      - "System procs network activity": 1
+      - "Mkdir binary dirs": 1
+      - "System user interactive": 1
+      - "DB program spawned process": 1
+      - "Non sudo setuid": 1
+      - "Create files below dev": 1
+      - "Modify binary dirs": 2
+      - "Change thread namespace": 2