diff --git a/diaspora_event_sdk/sdk/kafka_client.py b/diaspora_event_sdk/sdk/kafka_client.py
index 6d0393e..cef0d76 100644
--- a/diaspora_event_sdk/sdk/kafka_client.py
+++ b/diaspora_event_sdk/sdk/kafka_client.py
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ def get_diaspora_config(extra_configs: Dict[str, Any] = {}) -> Dict[str, Any]:
     Merges default configurations with custom ones provided.
     """
 
-    bootstrap_servers = None
     try:
         if (
             "OCTOPUS_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID" not in os.environ
@@ -37,14 +36,13 @@ def get_diaspora_config(extra_configs: Dict[str, Any] = {}) -> Dict[str, Any]:
             keys = Client().retrieve_key()
             os.environ["OCTOPUS_AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID"] = keys["access_key"]
             os.environ["OCTOPUS_AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY"] = keys["secret_key"]
-            bootstrap_servers = keys["endpoint"]
-        else:
-            bootstrap_servers = os.environ["OCTOPUS_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS"]
+            os.environ["OCTOPUS_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS"] = keys["endpoint"]
+
     except Exception as e:
         raise RuntimeError("Failed to retrieve Kafka keys") from e
 
     conf = {
-        "bootstrap_servers": bootstrap_servers,
+        "bootstrap_servers": os.environ["OCTOPUS_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS"],
         "security_protocol": "SASL_SSL",
         "sasl_mechanism": "OAUTHBEARER",
         "api_version": (3, 5, 1),
@@ -100,8 +98,9 @@ def producer_connection_test(result):
                 value={"message": "Synchronous message from Diaspora SDK"},
             )
             result["producer_connection_test"] = future.get(timeout=10)
-        except Exception:
-            pass
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise e
+            print(e)
 
     def consumer_connection_test(result):
         try:
@@ -113,8 +112,9 @@ def consumer_connection_test(result):
             for msg in consumer:
                 result["consumer_connection_test"] = msg
                 break
-        except Exception:
-            pass
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise e
+            print(e)
 
     result, retry_count = {}, 0
     start_time = time.time()