diff --git a/docker-compose-confluent-cloud.yml b/docker-compose-confluent-cloud.yml
index 6b7086f..aae2331 100644
--- a/docker-compose-confluent-cloud.yml
+++ b/docker-compose-confluent-cloud.yml
@@ -22,4 +22,7 @@ services:
       KAFKA_TYPE: ${KAFKA_TYPE}
       CONFLUENT_KEY: ${CONFLUENT_KEY}
       CONFLUENT_SECRET: ${CONFLUENT_SECRET}
+      KAFKA_ENABLE_AUTO_COMMIT: ${KAFKA_ENABLE_AUTO_COMMIT}
+      KAFKA_AUTO_COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS: ${KAFKA_AUTO_COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS}
+      KAFKA_SESSION_TIMEOUT_MS: ${KAFKA_SESSION_TIMEOUT_MS}
       
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 7fa1e7e..e9ca4ca 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ services:
       AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY}
       HEADER_ACCEPT: ${HEADER_ACCEPT}
       HEADER_X_API_KEY: ${HEADER_X_API_KEY}
+      KAFKA_ENABLE_AUTO_COMMIT: ${KAFKA_ENABLE_AUTO_COMMIT}
+      KAFKA_AUTO_COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS: ${KAFKA_AUTO_COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS}
+      KAFKA_SESSION_TIMEOUT_MS: ${KAFKA_SESSION_TIMEOUT_MS}
     depends_on:
       - kafka
 
diff --git a/run.sh b/run.sh
index a3baff4..4054614 100644
--- a/run.sh
+++ b/run.sh
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ export API_ENDPOINT=$API_ENDPOINT
 export KAFKA_TYPE=$KAFKA_TYPE
 export CONFLUENT_KEY=$CONFLUENT_KEY
 export CONFLUENT_SECRET=$CONFLUENT_SECRET
+export KAFKA_ENABLE_AUTO_COMMIT=$KAFKA_ENABLE_AUTO_COMMIT
+export KAFKA_AUTO_COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS=$KAFKA_AUTO_COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS
+export KAFKA_SESSION_TIMEOUT_MS=$KAFKA_SESSION_TIMEOUT_MS
 
 # build
 echo "Compiling."
diff --git a/sample.env b/sample.env
index b559847..46d4fe0 100644
--- a/sample.env
+++ b/sample.env
@@ -14,6 +14,12 @@ HEADER_X_API_KEY=
 KAFKA_TYPE=
 CONFLUENT_KEY=
 CONFLUENT_SECRET=
+# Defaults to false
+KAFKA_ENABLE_AUTO_COMMIT= 
+# Defaults to 1000
+KAFKA_AUTO_COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS= 
+# Defaults to 30000
+KAFKA_SESSION_TIMEOUT_MS= 
 
 # MONGODB Variables
 MONGO_IP=${DOCKER_HOST_IP}
diff --git a/src/main/java/us/dot/its/jpo/ode/aws/depositor/AwsDepositor.java b/src/main/java/us/dot/its/jpo/ode/aws/depositor/AwsDepositor.java
index 3dd4ba2..279264c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/us/dot/its/jpo/ode/aws/depositor/AwsDepositor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/us/dot/its/jpo/ode/aws/depositor/AwsDepositor.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 import java.io.Writer;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.time.Duration;
 import java.time.LocalDateTime;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -87,6 +88,10 @@ public class AwsDepositor {
 	private String AWS_SESSION_TOKEN;
 	private String AWS_EXPIRATION;
 
+	private String KAFKA_ENABLE_AUTO_COMMIT;
+	private String KAFKA_AUTO_COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS;
+	private String KAFKA_SESSION_TIMEOUT_MS;
+
 	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
 		AwsDepositor awsDepositor = new AwsDepositor();
 		awsDepositor.run(args);
@@ -149,10 +154,14 @@ public void run(String[] args) throws Exception {
 			addConfluentProperties(props);
 		}
 
+		KAFKA_AUTO_COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS = getEnvironmentVariable("KAFKA_AUTO_COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS", "1000");
+		KAFKA_ENABLE_AUTO_COMMIT = getEnvironmentVariable("KAFKA_ENABLE_AUTO_COMMIT", "false");
+		KAFKA_SESSION_TIMEOUT_MS = getEnvironmentVariable("KAFKA_SESSION_TIMEOUT_MS", "30000");
+
 		props.put("group.id", group);
-		props.put("enable.auto.commit", "false");
-		props.put("auto.commit.interval.ms", "1000");
-		props.put("session.timeout.ms", "30000");
+		props.put("enable.auto.commit", KAFKA_ENABLE_AUTO_COMMIT);
+		props.put("auto.commit.interval.ms", KAFKA_AUTO_COMMIT_INTERVAL_MS);
+		props.put("session.timeout.ms", KAFKA_SESSION_TIMEOUT_MS);
 
 
 		boolean depositToS3 = false;
@@ -176,7 +185,7 @@ public void run(String[] args) throws Exception {
 				boolean gotMessages = false;
 
 				while (true) {
-					ConsumerRecords<String, String> records = stringConsumer.poll(CONSUMER_POLL_TIMEOUT_MS);
+					ConsumerRecords<String, String> records = stringConsumer.poll(Duration.ofMillis(CONSUMER_POLL_TIMEOUT_MS));
 					if (records != null && !records.isEmpty()) {
 						for (ConsumerRecord<String, String> record : records) {
 							try {