diff --git a/pkg/common/kafka/producer.go b/pkg/common/kafka/producer.go
index 2841f7917..3b8ed5173 100644
--- a/pkg/common/kafka/producer.go
+++ b/pkg/common/kafka/producer.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"errors"
-	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
@@ -68,7 +67,10 @@ func NewKafkaProducer(addr []string, topic string, producerConfig *ProducerConfi
 	configureProducerAck(&p, producerConfig.ProducerAck)
 
 	// Configure message compression
-	configureCompression(&p, producerConfig.CompressType)
+	err := configureCompression(&p, producerConfig.CompressType)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
 	// Get Kafka configuration from environment variables or fallback to config file
 	kafkaUsername := getEnvOrConfig("KAFKA_USERNAME", producerConfig.Username)
@@ -89,7 +91,6 @@ func NewKafkaProducer(addr []string, topic string, producerConfig *ProducerConfi
 	SetupTLSConfig(p.config, tlsConfig)
 
 	// Create the producer with retries
-	var err error
 	for i := 0; i <= maxRetry; i++ {
 		p.producer, err = sarama.NewSyncProducer(p.addr, p.config)
 		if err == nil {
@@ -120,14 +121,18 @@ func configureProducerAck(p *Producer, ackConfig string) {
 }
 
 // configureCompression configures the message compression type for the producer.
-func configureCompression(p *Producer, compressType string) {
-	var compress = sarama.CompressionNone
-	err := compress.UnmarshalText(bytes.ToLower([]byte(compressType)))
-	if err != nil {
-		fmt.Printf("Failed to configure compression: %v\n", err)
-		return
+func configureCompression(p *Producer, compressType string) error {
+	var compress sarama.CompressionCodec
+	if compressType == "" {
+		compress = sarama.CompressionNone
+	} else {
+		err := compress.UnmarshalText(bytes.ToLower([]byte(compressType)))
+		if err != nil {
+			return errs.Wrap(err)
+		}
 	}
 	p.config.Producer.Compression = compress
+	return nil
 }
 
 // GetMQHeaderWithContext extracts message queue headers from the context.