diff --git a/cmd/api/main.go b/cmd/api/main.go
index ff88873..cebfa32 100644
--- a/cmd/api/main.go
+++ b/cmd/api/main.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
 	_ "net/http/pprof"
@@ -47,18 +48,19 @@ func main() {
 		log.Error().Msg("KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVERS environment variable is not set")
 	}
 	brokers := strings.Split(kafkaBootstrapServers, ",")
+
+	ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+	defer cancel()
+
 	producer1, err := kafka.NewProducer(brokers)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Error().Msgf("error creating producer: %v", err)
 		return
 	}
-	producer2, err := kafka.NewProducer(brokers)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error().Msgf("error creating producer: %v", err)
-		return
-	}
+	log.Print("Producer1 created successfully")
+	go producer1.HandleErrors(ctx)
 
-	proc := processor.NewProcessor([]kafka.Service{&producer1, &producer2})
+	proc := processor.NewProcessor(&producer1)
 	proc.DownloadCVERecords()
 	log.Print("CVE records downloaded successfully")
 	log.Print("Starting read records")
diff --git a/internal/kafka/kafka.go b/internal/kafka/kafka.go
index 3cdff31..f9cffb8 100644
--- a/internal/kafka/kafka.go
+++ b/internal/kafka/kafka.go
@@ -1,19 +1,20 @@
 package kafka
 
 import (
-	"time"
-
+	"context"
 	"github.com/IBM/sarama"
 	_ "github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog/log"
+	"time"
 )
 
 type Service interface {
 	ProduceCveRecord(topic string, value []byte, key string, partition int32) error
+	HandleErrors(ctx context.Context)
 }
 
 type Producer struct {
-	producer sarama.SyncProducer
+	producer sarama.AsyncProducer
 }
 
 func NewProducer(brokers []string) (Producer, error) {
@@ -21,13 +22,13 @@ func NewProducer(brokers []string) (Producer, error) {
 	config.Producer.Return.Successes = true
 	config.Producer.Return.Errors = true
 	config.Producer.RequiredAcks = sarama.WaitForAll
-	config.ChannelBufferSize = 10000
-	config.Net.MaxOpenRequests = 100
+	config.ChannelBufferSize = 100000
+	config.Net.MaxOpenRequests = 250
 	config.Metadata.AllowAutoTopicCreation = false
 	config.Producer.Flush.Messages = 1000
 	config.Producer.Flush.Frequency = 50 * time.Millisecond
 
-	producer, err := sarama.NewSyncProducer(brokers, config)
+	producer, err := sarama.NewAsyncProducer(brokers, config)
 	if err != nil {
 		return Producer{
 			producer: nil,
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ func NewProducer(brokers []string) (Producer, error) {
 	}, nil
 }
 
+// ProduceCveRecord produces a record to the specified topic.
 func (p *Producer) ProduceCveRecord(topic string, value []byte, key string, partition int32) error {
 	msg := &sarama.ProducerMessage{
 		Topic:     topic,
@@ -46,10 +48,19 @@ func (p *Producer) ProduceCveRecord(topic string, value []byte, key string, part
 		Value:     sarama.ByteEncoder(value),
 		Key:       sarama.ByteEncoder(key),
 	}
+	p.producer.Input() <- msg
 
-	_, _, err := p.producer.SendMessage(msg)
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Error().Msgf("Failed to send message: %v", err)
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (p *Producer) HandleErrors(ctx context.Context) {
+	for {
+		select {
+		case err := <-p.producer.Errors():
+			log.Error().Msgf("error producing message: %v", err)
+		case <-ctx.Done():
+			log.Info().Msg("Shutting down error handler")
+			return
+		}
 	}
-	return err
 }
diff --git a/internal/processor/processor.go b/internal/processor/processor.go
index 173aa26..04e3625 100644
--- a/internal/processor/processor.go
+++ b/internal/processor/processor.go
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Processor struct {
-	producer []kafka.Service
+	producer kafka.Service
 	counter  int64
 }
 
-func NewProcessor(producer []kafka.Service) *Processor {
+func NewProcessor(producer kafka.Service) *Processor {
 	return &Processor{
 		producer: producer,
 	}
@@ -125,9 +125,9 @@ func (p *Processor) DownloadCVERecords() {
 	}
 }
 
-type DataPath struct {
-	Path string
-	Data []byte
+type DataPartition struct {
+	Partition int32
+	Data      []byte
 }
 
 func (p *Processor) ReadRecords() error {
@@ -136,27 +136,17 @@ func (p *Processor) ReadRecords() error {
 		cveDir = "internal/data/cvelistV5-main"
 	}
 
-	dataChan1 := make(chan []byte)
-	dataChan2 := make(chan []byte)
+	dataChan := make(chan DataPartition, 1000)
+	partitionCount := 2
 
-	// Start goroutines to produce records for partition 0 and 1
-	go func(producer kafka.Service, partition int32) {
-		for data := range dataChan1 {
-			err := p.ProduceRecord(producer, data, partition)
+	go func(producer kafka.Service) {
+		for data := range dataChan {
+			err := p.ProduceRecord(producer, data.Data, data.Partition)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Error().Msgf("error producing record: %v", err)
 			}
 		}
-	}(p.producer[0], 0)
-
-	go func(producer kafka.Service, partition int32) {
-		for data := range dataChan2 {
-			err := p.ProduceRecord(producer, data, partition)
-			if err != nil {
-				log.Error().Msgf("error producing record: %v", err)
-			}
-		}
-	}(p.producer[1], 1)
+	}(p.producer)
 
 	counter := 0
 	err := filepath.Walk(cveDir, func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
@@ -171,12 +161,11 @@ func (p *Processor) ReadRecords() error {
 				log.Printf("error reading file: %v\n", err)
 				return err
 			}
-
-			// Send the data to the channel
-			if counter%2 == 0 {
-				dataChan1 <- data
-			} else {
-				dataChan2 <- data
+			// Round-robin partitioning
+			partition := int32(counter % partitionCount)
+			dataChan <- DataPartition{
+				Partition: partition,
+				Data:      data,
 			}
 			counter++
 		}
@@ -188,8 +177,7 @@ func (p *Processor) ReadRecords() error {
 	}
 
 	// Close the channel after walking the directory
-	close(dataChan1)
-	close(dataChan2)
+	close(dataChan)
 
 	return nil
 }