diff --git a/xos/synchronizer/kubernetes-synchronizer.py b/xos/synchronizer/kubernetes-synchronizer.py
index 34cb34d..563f499 100755
--- a/xos/synchronizer/kubernetes-synchronizer.py
+++ b/xos/synchronizer/kubernetes-synchronizer.py
@@ -37,9 +37,14 @@
 else:
     Config.init(base_config_file, 'synchronizer-config-schema.yaml')
 
+from xoskafka import XOSKafkaProducer
+
 # prevent logging noise from k8s API calls
 logging.getLogger("kubernetes.client.rest").setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 
+# init kafka producer connection
+XOSKafkaProducer.init()
+
 synchronizer_path = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(
     os.path.realpath(__file__)), "../../synchronizers/new_base")
 sys.path.append(synchronizer_path)