diff --git a/flow/connectors/kafka/kafka.go b/flow/connectors/kafka/kafka.go
index e09b14ab33..89adbbd6a4 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/kafka/kafka.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/kafka/kafka.go
@@ -165,39 +165,48 @@ func lvalueToKafkaRecord(ls *lua.LState, value lua.LValue) (*kgo.Record, error)
 	return kr, nil
 }
 
-func (c *KafkaConnector) SyncRecords(ctx context.Context, req *model.SyncRecordsRequest[model.RecordItems]) (*model.SyncResponse, error) {
-	wgCtx, wgErr := context.WithCancelCause(ctx)
+func (c *KafkaConnector) createPool(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	script string,
+	flowJobName string,
+	wgErr func(error),
+) (*utils.LPool[[]*kgo.Record], error) {
 	produceCb := func(_ *kgo.Record, err error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			wgErr(err)
 		}
 	}
 
-	numRecords := atomic.Int64{}
-	tableNameRowsMapping := utils.InitialiseTableRowsMap(req.TableMappings)
-
-	pool, err := utils.LuaPool(func() (*lua.LState, error) {
-		ls, err := utils.LoadScript(wgCtx, req.Script, func(ls *lua.LState) int {
+	return utils.LuaPool(func() (*lua.LState, error) {
+		ls, err := utils.LoadScript(ctx, script, func(ls *lua.LState) int {
 			top := ls.GetTop()
 			ss := make([]string, top)
 			for i := range top {
 				ss[i] = ls.ToStringMeta(ls.Get(i + 1)).String()
 			}
-			_ = c.LogFlowInfo(ctx, req.FlowJobName, strings.Join(ss, "\t"))
+			_ = c.LogFlowInfo(ctx, flowJobName, strings.Join(ss, "\t"))
 			return 0
 		})
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
-		if req.Script == "" {
+		if script == "" {
 			ls.Env.RawSetString("onRecord", ls.NewFunction(utils.DefaultOnRecord))
 		}
 		return ls, nil
 	}, func(krs []*kgo.Record) {
 		for _, kr := range krs {
-			c.client.Produce(wgCtx, kr, produceCb)
+			c.client.Produce(ctx, kr, produceCb)
 		}
 	})
+}
+
+func (c *KafkaConnector) SyncRecords(ctx context.Context, req *model.SyncRecordsRequest[model.RecordItems]) (*model.SyncResponse, error) {
+	numRecords := atomic.Int64{}
+	tableNameRowsMapping := utils.InitialiseTableRowsMap(req.TableMappings)
+
+	wgCtx, wgErr := context.WithCancelCause(ctx)
+	pool, err := c.createPool(wgCtx, req.Script, req.FlowJobName, wgErr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
diff --git a/flow/connectors/kafka/qrep.go b/flow/connectors/kafka/qrep.go
index 0e4867ae02..60725ae842 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/kafka/qrep.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/kafka/qrep.go
@@ -3,14 +3,12 @@ package connkafka
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"strings"
 	"sync/atomic"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/twmb/franz-go/pkg/kgo"
 	lua "github.com/yuin/gopher-lua"
 
-	"github.com/PeerDB-io/peer-flow/connectors/utils"
 	"github.com/PeerDB-io/peer-flow/generated/protos"
 	"github.com/PeerDB-io/peer-flow/model"
 	"github.com/PeerDB-io/peer-flow/pua"
@@ -27,43 +25,16 @@ func (c *KafkaConnector) SyncQRepRecords(
 	stream *model.QRecordStream,
 ) (int, error) {
 	startTime := time.Now()
+	numRecords := atomic.Int64{}
 	schema := stream.Schema()
 
 	wgCtx, wgErr := context.WithCancelCause(ctx)
-	produceCb := func(_ *kgo.Record, err error) {
-		if err != nil {
-			wgErr(err)
-		}
-	}
-
-	pool, err := utils.LuaPool(func() (*lua.LState, error) {
-		ls, err := utils.LoadScript(wgCtx, config.Script, func(ls *lua.LState) int {
-			top := ls.GetTop()
-			ss := make([]string, top)
-			for i := range top {
-				ss[i] = ls.ToStringMeta(ls.Get(i + 1)).String()
-			}
-			_ = c.LogFlowInfo(ctx, config.FlowJobName, strings.Join(ss, "\t"))
-			return 0
-		})
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		if config.Script == "" {
-			ls.Env.RawSetString("onRecord", ls.NewFunction(utils.DefaultOnRecord))
-		}
-		return ls, nil
-	}, func(krs []*kgo.Record) {
-		for _, kr := range krs {
-			c.client.Produce(wgCtx, kr, produceCb)
-		}
-	})
+	pool, err := c.createPool(wgCtx, config.Script, config.FlowJobName, wgErr)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
 	defer pool.Close()
 
-	numRecords := atomic.Int64{}
 Loop:
 	for {
 		select {