diff --git a/docker-compose-env.yml b/docker-compose-env.yml
index fbe9f08..782e66d 100644
--- a/docker-compose-env.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-env.yml
@@ -1,68 +1,69 @@
 version: '3'
 services:
-    automation:
-        build:
-          context: .
-          dockerfile: Dockerfile
-        container_name: bd-automation
-        env_file:
-          - .env
-        networks:
-            - botdetector-network
-        depends_on:
-            - kafka
-            - api
-            - mysql
-    mysql:
-        build:
-          context: ../bot-detector-mysql
-          dockerfile: Dockerfile
-        image: bot-detector/bd-mysql:latest
-        environment:
-          - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root_bot_buster
-          - MYSQL_USER=botssuck
-          - MYSQL_PASSWORD=botdetector
-        volumes:
-          - ../bot-detector-mysql/mount:/var/lib/mysql
-          - '../bot-detector-mysql/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d:/docker-entrypoint-initdb.d'
-        ports:
-          - 3306:3306
-        networks:
-          - botdetector-network
-    api:
-        build:
-          context: ../Bot-Detector-Core-Files/
-          dockerfile: Dockerfile
-          target: base
-          args:
-            root_path: /
-            api_port: 5000
-        command: uvicorn src.core.server:app --host 0.0.0.0 --reload --reload-include src/*
-        container_name: bd-dev-api
-        environment:
-          - sql_uri=mysql+asyncmy://root:root_bot_buster@mysql:3306/playerdata
-          - discord_sql_uri=mysql+asyncmy://root:root_bot_buster@mysql:3306/discord
-          - token=verify_ban
-        volumes:
-          - ../Bot-Detector-Core-Files/src:/project/src:rw
-        ports:
-          - 5000:5000
-        networks:
-          - botdetector-network
-        depends_on:
-          - mysql
-    kafka:
-        image: bitnami/kafka:latest
-        environment:
-          - ALLOW_PLAINTEXT_LISTENER=yes
-          - KAFKA_CFG_LISTENERS=PLAINTEXT://:9092,CONTROLLER://:9093,EXTERNAL://:9094
-          - KAFKA_CFG_LISTENER_SECURITY_PROTOCOL_MAP=CONTROLLER:PLAINTEXT,PLAINTEXT:PLAINTEXT,EXTERNAL:PLAINTEXT
-          - KAFKA_CFG_ADVERTISED_LISTENERS=PLAINTEXT://kafka:9092,EXTERNAL://localhost:9094
-          - KAFKA_CFG_AUTO_CREATE_TOPICS_ENABLE=true
-        ports:
-          - 9094:9094
-        networks:
-          - botdetector-network
+  kafka:
+    container_name: kafka
+    image: bitnami/kafka:3.5.1-debian-11-r3
+    environment:
+      - ALLOW_PLAINTEXT_LISTENER=yes
+      - KAFKA_CFG_LISTENERS=PLAINTEXT://:9092,CONTROLLER://:9093,EXTERNAL://:9094
+      - KAFKA_CFG_LISTENER_SECURITY_PROTOCOL_MAP=CONTROLLER:PLAINTEXT,PLAINTEXT:PLAINTEXT,EXTERNAL:PLAINTEXT
+      - KAFKA_CFG_ADVERTISED_LISTENERS=PLAINTEXT://kafka:9092,EXTERNAL://localhost:9094
+      - KAFKA_CFG_AUTO_CREATE_TOPICS_ENABLE=false
+      # volumes:
+      #   - ./kafka:/bitnami/kafka:rw
+    ports:
+      - 9094:9094
+      - 9092:9092
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "kafka-topics.sh", "--list", "--bootstrap-server", "localhost:9092"]
+      interval: 30s
+      timeout: 10s
+      retries: 5
+    networks:
+      - botdetector-network
+
+  kafdrop:
+    container_name: kafdrop
+    image: obsidiandynamics/kafdrop:latest
+    environment:
+      - KAFKA_BROKERCONNECT=kafka:9092
+      - JVM_OPTS=-Xms32M -Xmx64M
+      - SERVER_SERVLET_CONTEXTPATH=/
+    ports:
+      - 9000:9000
+    restart: on-failure
+    networks:
+      - botdetector-network
+    depends_on:
+      kafka:
+        condition: service_healthy
+
+  kafka_setup:
+    image: bot-detector/kafka_setup
+    container_name: kafka_setup
+    build:
+      context: ./kafka_setup
+    environment:
+      - KAFKA_BROKER=kafka:9092
+    networks:
+      - botdetector-network
+    depends_on:
+      kafka:
+        condition: service_healthy
+
+  automation:
+    image: bot-detector/automation
+    build:
+      context: .
+      dockerfile: Dockerfile
+    container_name: bd-automation
+    env_file:
+      - .env
+    networks:
+        - botdetector-network
+    depends_on:
+      kafka:
+        condition: service_healthy
         
 networks:
     botdetector-network:
diff --git a/kafka_setup/.dockerignore b/kafka_setup/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..121473d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kafka_setup/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+kafka_data/*.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kafka_setup/Dockerfile b/kafka_setup/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9fec847
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kafka_setup/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+FROM python:3.11-slim
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+COPY requirements.txt .
+RUN pip install --no-cache-dir -r requirements.txt
+
+COPY . .
+
+# Set the KAFKA_BROKER environment variable during container runtime
+ENV KAFKA_BROKER=localhost:9094
+
+CMD ["python", "setup_kafka.py"]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kafka_setup/kafka_data/.gitkeep b/kafka_setup/kafka_data/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/kafka_setup/requirements.txt b/kafka_setup/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34aa892
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kafka_setup/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+kafka-python
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kafka_setup/setup_kafka.py b/kafka_setup/setup_kafka.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c68575
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kafka_setup/setup_kafka.py
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+# setup_kafka.py
+import json
+import os
+import time
+import zipfile
+
+from kafka import KafkaProducer
+from kafka.admin import KafkaAdminClient, NewTopic
+
+
+def create_topics():
+    # Get the Kafka broker address from the environment variable
+    kafka_broker = os.environ.get("KAFKA_BROKER", "localhost:9094")
+
+    # Create Kafka topics
+    admin_client = KafkaAdminClient(bootstrap_servers=kafka_broker)
+
+    topics = admin_client.list_topics()
+    print("existing topics", topics)
+
+    if not topics == []:
+        admin_client.delete_topics(topics)
+
+    res = admin_client.create_topics(
+        [
+            NewTopic(
+                name="player",
+                num_partitions=3,
+                replication_factor=1,
+            ),
+            NewTopic(
+                name="scraper",
+                num_partitions=4,
+                replication_factor=1,
+            ),
+            NewTopic(
+                name="reports",
+                num_partitions=4,
+                replication_factor=1,
+            ),
+        ]
+    )
+
+    print("created_topic", res)
+
+    topics = admin_client.list_topics()
+    print("all topics", topics)
+    return
+
+
+def send_json_to_kafka(file_path, producer, topic):
+    with open(file_path) as file:
+        data = json.load(file)
+
+    for record in data:
+        # record = json.dumps(record).encode("utf-8")
+        producer.send(topic, value=record)
+    return
+
+
+def insert_data():
+    # Get the Kafka broker address from the environment variable
+    kafka_broker = os.environ.get("KAFKA_BROKER", "localhost:9094")
+
+    zip_file_path = "kafka_data/kafka_data.zip"
+    extracted_folder = "kafka_data"
+
+    print("Extracting data from the zip archive...")
+    # Extract the files from the zip archive
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(zip_file_path, "r") as zip_ref:
+        zip_ref.extractall(extracted_folder)
+
+    # Create the Kafka producer
+    producer = KafkaProducer(
+        bootstrap_servers=kafka_broker,
+        value_serializer=lambda x: json.dumps(x).encode(),
+    )
+
+    for file_name in os.listdir(extracted_folder):
+        if file_name.endswith(".json"):
+            file_path = os.path.join(extracted_folder, file_name)
+            print(f"Processing file: {file_path}")
+            send_json_to_kafka(file_path, producer, "player")
+
+    print("Data insertion completed.")
+
+
+def setup_kafka():
+    create_topics()
+    insert_data()
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    setup_kafka()
diff --git a/notes.md b/notes.md
index 7d8ee5d..100fe64 100644
--- a/notes.md
+++ b/notes.md
@@ -31,4 +31,7 @@ powershell "(Get-Content requirements.txt) | ForEach-Object { $_ -replace '==',
 call pip install -r requirements.txt --upgrade
 call pip freeze > requirements.txt
 powershell "(Get-Content requirements.txt) | ForEach-Object { $_ -replace '>=', '==' } | Set-Content requirements.txt"
-```
\ No newline at end of file
+```
+
+kubectl port-forward -n kafka svc/bd-prd-kafka-service 9094:9094
+kubectl port-forward -n database svc/mysql 3306:3306
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/jobs/kafka/players/main.py b/src/jobs/kafka/players/main.py
index 2c6260b..7ba2462 100644
--- a/src/jobs/kafka/players/main.py
+++ b/src/jobs/kafka/players/main.py
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ async def parse_data(players: list[dict]):
 
 async def get_request(
     url: str, params: dict, headers: dict = {}
-) -> tuple(list[dict], Any):
+) -> tuple[list[dict], Any]:
     data = None
     error = None
     async with aiohttp.ClientSession() as session:
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ async def get_data(receive_queue: Queue):
             continue
 
         players = await parse_data(players=players)
-
+        logger.info(f"Received: {len(players)=}")
         await asyncio.gather(*[receive_queue.put(item=p) for p in players])
 
         if len(players) < APPCONFIG.BATCH_SIZE: