diff --git a/includes/rest-api/wpem-rest-events-controller.php b/includes/rest-api/wpem-rest-events-controller.php
index e665239..231e2d8 100644
--- a/includes/rest-api/wpem-rest-events-controller.php
+++ b/includes/rest-api/wpem-rest-events-controller.php
@@ -213,7 +213,13 @@ protected function prepare_objects_query( $request )
         $args = parent::prepare_objects_query($request);
 
         // Set post_status.
-        $args['post_status'] = $request['status'];
+
+        if (isset($request['status']) && $request['status'] !== 'any') {
+            $args['post_status'] = $request['status'];
+        } else {
+            unset($args['post_status']);
+        }
+
 
         // Taxonomy query to filter events by type, category,
         // tag
diff --git a/readme.txt b/readme.txt
index cf71039..3b2d7ed 100755
--- a/readme.txt
+++ b/readme.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Contributors: wpeventmanager,ashokdudhat,hiteshmakvana
 Donate link: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=55FRYATTFLA5N
 Tags: event manager, Event, events, event manager api , listings
 Requires at least: 4.1
-Tested up to: 5.8
+Tested up to: 5.9
 Stable tag: 1.0.0
 Requires PHP: 5.6
 License: GPLv3
@@ -12,8 +12,16 @@ License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html
 
 WP Event Manager Rest API
 
-== Description ==
+== Changelog ==
+
+= 1.0.1 [ May 17th, 2022 ] =
 
+Fixed - Past events search.
+Fixed - Message and status code improvements.
+Fixed - Data improvements.
+
+
+== Description ==
 
 WP Event Manager Rest API
 
diff --git a/wpem-rest-api.php b/wpem-rest-api.php
index 49ddedd..a4a8702 100644
--- a/wpem-rest-api.php
+++ b/wpem-rest-api.php
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ public function __construct()
         }
 
         // Define constants
-        define('WPEM_REST_API_VERSION', '1.0.0');
+        define('WPEM_REST_API_VERSION', '1.0.1');
         define('WPEM_REST_API_FILE', __FILE__);
         define('WPEM_REST_API_PLUGIN_DIR', untrailingslashit(plugin_dir_path(__FILE__)));
         define('WPEM_REST_API_PLUGIN_URL', untrailingslashit(plugins_url(basename(plugin_dir_path(__FILE__)), basename(__FILE__))));