diff --git a/shotover-proxy/benches/windsock/kafka.rs b/shotover-proxy/benches/windsock/kafka.rs
index 50421a38b..255606bb0 100644
--- a/shotover-proxy/benches/windsock/kafka.rs
+++ b/shotover-proxy/benches/windsock/kafka.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ impl KafkaBench {
         }
     }
 
-    fn generate_topology_yaml(&self, host_address: String, kafka_address: String) -> String {
+    fn generate_topology_yaml(&self, host_address: String) -> String {
         let mut transforms = vec![];
         if let Shotover::ForcedMessageParsed = self.shotover {
             transforms.push(Box::new(DebugForceEncodeConfig {
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ impl KafkaBench {
         }
 
         transforms.push(Box::new(KafkaSinkSingleConfig {
-            address: kafka_address,
+            destination_port: 9192,
             connect_timeout_ms: 3000,
             read_timeout: None,
         }));
@@ -70,13 +70,11 @@ impl KafkaBench {
     async fn run_aws_shotover(
         &self,
         instance: Arc<Ec2InstanceWithShotover>,
-        kafka_ip: String,
     ) -> Option<crate::aws::RunningShotover> {
         let ip = instance.instance.private_ip().to_string();
         match self.shotover {
             Shotover::Standard | Shotover::ForcedMessageParsed => {
-                let topology =
-                    self.generate_topology_yaml(format!("{ip}:9092"), format!("{kafka_ip}:9092"));
+                let topology = self.generate_topology_yaml(format!("{ip}:9092"));
                 Some(instance.run_shotover(&topology).await)
             }
             Shotover::None => None,
@@ -139,7 +137,7 @@ impl Bench for KafkaBench {
 
         let (_, running_shotover) = futures::join!(
             run_aws_kafka(kafka_instance),
-            self.run_aws_shotover(shotover_instance, kafka_ip.clone())
+            self.run_aws_shotover(shotover_instance)
         );
 
         let destination_ip = if running_shotover.is_some() {
@@ -172,10 +170,7 @@ impl Bench for KafkaBench {
         let mut profiler = ProfilerRunner::new(self.name(), profiling);
         let shotover = match self.shotover {
             Shotover::Standard | Shotover::ForcedMessageParsed => {
-                let topology_yaml = self.generate_topology_yaml(
-                    "127.0.0.1:9192".to_owned(),
-                    "127.0.0.1:9092".to_owned(),
-                );
+                let topology_yaml = self.generate_topology_yaml("127.0.0.1:9192".to_owned());
                 Some(shotover_process_custom_topology(&topology_yaml, &profiler).await)
             }
             Shotover::None => None,
diff --git a/shotover/src/transforms/kafka/sink_single.rs b/shotover/src/transforms/kafka/sink_single.rs
index 82649b260..52afd3774 100644
--- a/shotover/src/transforms/kafka/sink_single.rs
+++ b/shotover/src/transforms/kafka/sink_single.rs
@@ -16,9 +16,10 @@ use tokio::time::timeout;
 
 #[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
 #[serde(deny_unknown_fields)]
+/// KafkaSinkSingle is designed solely for the use case of running a shotover instance on the same machine as each kafka instance.
+/// The kafka instance and shotover instance must run on seperate ports.
 pub struct KafkaSinkSingleConfig {
-    #[serde(rename = "remote_address")]
-    pub address: String,
+    pub destination_port: u16,
     pub connect_timeout_ms: u64,
     pub read_timeout: Option<u64>,
 }
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ use crate::transforms::TransformConfig;
 impl TransformConfig for KafkaSinkSingleConfig {
     async fn get_builder(&self, chain_name: String) -> Result<Box<dyn TransformBuilder>> {
         Ok(Box::new(KafkaSinkSingleBuilder::new(
-            self.address.clone(),
+            self.destination_port,
             chain_name,
             self.connect_timeout_ms,
             self.read_timeout,
@@ -42,7 +43,6 @@ impl TransformConfig for KafkaSinkSingleConfig {
 
 pub struct KafkaSinkSingleBuilder {
     // contains address and port
-    address: String,
     address_port: u16,
     connect_timeout: Duration,
     read_timeout: Option<Duration>,
@@ -50,20 +50,14 @@ pub struct KafkaSinkSingleBuilder {
 
 impl KafkaSinkSingleBuilder {
     pub fn new(
-        address: String,
+        address_port: u16,
         _chain_name: String,
         connect_timeout_ms: u64,
         timeout: Option<u64>,
     ) -> KafkaSinkSingleBuilder {
         let receive_timeout = timeout.map(Duration::from_secs);
-        let address_port = address
-            .rsplit(':')
-            .next()
-            .and_then(|str| str.parse().ok())
-            .unwrap_or(9092);
 
         KafkaSinkSingleBuilder {
-            address,
             address_port,
             connect_timeout: Duration::from_millis(connect_timeout_ms),
             read_timeout: receive_timeout,
@@ -75,7 +69,6 @@ impl TransformBuilder for KafkaSinkSingleBuilder {
     fn build(&self) -> Transforms {
         Transforms::KafkaSinkSingle(KafkaSinkSingle {
             outbound: None,
-            address: self.address.clone(),
             address_port: self.address_port,
             pushed_messages_tx: None,
             connect_timeout: self.connect_timeout,
@@ -93,7 +86,6 @@ impl TransformBuilder for KafkaSinkSingleBuilder {
 }
 
 pub struct KafkaSinkSingle {
-    address: String,
     address_port: u16,
     outbound: Option<Connection>,
     pushed_messages_tx: Option<mpsc::UnboundedSender<Messages>>,
@@ -106,7 +98,11 @@ impl Transform for KafkaSinkSingle {
     async fn transform<'a>(&'a mut self, mut requests_wrapper: Wrapper<'a>) -> Result<Messages> {
         if self.outbound.is_none() {
             let codec = KafkaCodecBuilder::new(Direction::Sink);
-            let tcp_stream = tcp::tcp_stream(self.connect_timeout, &self.address).await?;
+            let tcp_stream = tcp::tcp_stream(
+                self.connect_timeout,
+                (requests_wrapper.local_addr.ip(), self.address_port),
+            )
+            .await?;
             let (rx, tx) = tcp_stream.into_split();
             self.outbound = Some(spawn_read_write_tasks(&codec, rx, tx));
         }