diff --git a/flow/connectors/kafka/kafka.go b/flow/connectors/kafka/kafka.go
index 636f173d98..2090c5e617 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/kafka/kafka.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/kafka/kafka.go
@@ -159,42 +159,42 @@ func (c *KafkaConnector) SyncFlowCleanup(ctx context.Context, jobName string) er
 }
 
 func loadScript(ctx context.Context, script string, print lua.LGFunction) (*lua.LState, error) {
-	if script != "" {
-		ls := lua.NewState(lua.Options{SkipOpenLibs: true})
-		defer ls.Close()
-		ls.SetContext(ctx)
-		for _, pair := range []struct {
-			n string
-			f lua.LGFunction
-		}{
-			{lua.LoadLibName, lua.OpenPackage}, // Must be first
-			{lua.BaseLibName, lua.OpenBase},
-			{lua.TabLibName, lua.OpenTable},
-			{lua.StringLibName, lua.OpenString},
-			{lua.MathLibName, lua.OpenMath},
-		} {
-			ls.Push(ls.NewFunction(pair.f))
-			ls.Push(lua.LString(pair.n))
-			err := ls.PCall(1, 0, nil)
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize Lua runtime: %w", err)
-			}
-		}
-		ls.PreloadModule("flatbuffers", gluaflatbuffers.Loader)
-		pua.RegisterTypes(ls)
-		ls.Env.RawSetString("print", ls.NewFunction(print))
-		err := ls.GPCall(pua.LoadPeerdbScript, lua.LString(script))
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error loading script %s: %w", script, err)
-		}
-		err = ls.PCall(0, 0, nil)
+	if script == "" {
+		return nil, errors.New("kafka mirror must have script")
+	}
+
+	ls := lua.NewState(lua.Options{SkipOpenLibs: true})
+	defer ls.Close()
+	ls.SetContext(ctx)
+	for _, pair := range []struct {
+		n string
+		f lua.LGFunction
+	}{
+		{lua.LoadLibName, lua.OpenPackage}, // Must be first
+		{lua.BaseLibName, lua.OpenBase},
+		{lua.TabLibName, lua.OpenTable},
+		{lua.StringLibName, lua.OpenString},
+		{lua.MathLibName, lua.OpenMath},
+	} {
+		ls.Push(ls.NewFunction(pair.f))
+		ls.Push(lua.LString(pair.n))
+		err := ls.PCall(1, 0, nil)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error executing script %s: %w", script, err)
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to initialize Lua runtime: %w", err)
 		}
-		return ls, nil
-	} else {
-		return nil, errors.New("kafka mirror must have script")
 	}
+	ls.PreloadModule("flatbuffers", gluaflatbuffers.Loader)
+	pua.RegisterTypes(ls)
+	ls.Env.RawSetString("print", ls.NewFunction(print))
+	err := ls.GPCall(pua.LoadPeerdbScript, lua.LString(script))
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error loading script %s: %w", script, err)
+	}
+	err = ls.PCall(0, 0, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error executing script %s: %w", script, err)
+	}
+	return ls, nil
 }
 
 func lvalueToKafkaRecord(ls *lua.LState, value lua.LValue) (*kgo.Record, error) {