diff --git a/doajtest/fixtures/urls.py b/doajtest/fixtures/urls.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e44633849
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doajtest/fixtures/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+VALID_URL_LISTS = [
+    "https://www.sunshine.com",
+    "http://www.moonlight.com",
+    "https://www.cosmos.com#galaxy",
+    "https://www.cosmos.com/galaxy",
+    "https://www.cosmos.com/galaxy#peanut"
+]
+
+INVALID_URL_LISTS = [
+    "ht:www",
+    "nonexistent.com",
+    "https://www.doaj.org and https://www.reddit.com"
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doajtest/unit/test_regexes.py b/doajtest/unit/test_regexes.py
index c8f41b887e..8f3fcb435a 100644
--- a/doajtest/unit/test_regexes.py
+++ b/doajtest/unit/test_regexes.py
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 """ Gather and test DOAJ regexes here """
 
 from doajtest.helpers import DoajTestCase
-from doajtest.fixtures import dois, issns
+from doajtest.fixtures import dois, issns, urls
 
-from portality.regex import DOI_COMPILED, ISSN_COMPILED
+from portality.regex import DOI_COMPILED, ISSN_COMPILED, HTTP_URL_COMPILED
 
 import re
 
@@ -41,3 +41,13 @@ def test_02_ISSN_regex(self):
 
         for x in issns.INVLAID_ISSN_LIST:
             assert not issn_regex.match(x), x
+
+    def test_03_URL_regex(self):
+        """ Check that the URL regex performs correctly. """
+        url_regex = HTTP_URL_COMPILED
+
+        for i in urls.VALID_URL_LISTS:
+            assert url_regex.match(i), i
+
+        for x in urls.INVALID_URL_LISTS:
+            assert not url_regex.match(x), x
diff --git a/portality/events/combined.py b/portality/events/combined.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..869d63ab88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/portality/events/combined.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+from portality.events.shortcircuit import send_event as shortcircuit_send_event
+from portality.core import app
+
+
+def send_event(event):
+    try:
+        from portality.events.kafka_producer import send_event as kafka_send_event
+        kafka_send_event(event)
+    except Exception as e:
+        app.logger.exception("Failed to send event to Kafka. " + str(e))
+    shortcircuit_send_event(event)
diff --git a/portality/events/kafka_consumer.py b/portality/events/kafka_consumer.py
index 77c812b6e2..0ce1e1120e 100644
--- a/portality/events/kafka_consumer.py
+++ b/portality/events/kafka_consumer.py
@@ -11,13 +11,19 @@
 app = faust.App('events', broker=broker, value_serializer='json')
 topic = app.topic(topic_name)
 
+event_counter = 0
+
 
 @app.agent(topic)
 async def handle_event(stream):
+    global event_counter
     with doajapp.test_request_context("/"):
         svc = DOAJ.eventsService()
         async for event in stream:
-            svc.consume(Event(raw=json.loads(event)))
+            event_counter += 1
+            doajapp.logger.info(f"Kafka event count {event_counter}")
+            # TODO uncomment the following line once the Event model is fixed to Kafka
+            # svc.consume(Event(raw=json.loads(event)))
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/portality/regex.py b/portality/regex.py
index c50f053f7f..7c5773855d 100644
--- a/portality/regex.py
+++ b/portality/regex.py
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 BIG_END_DATE_COMPILED = re.compile(BIG_END_DATE)
 
 #~~URL:Regex~~
-HTTP_URL = r'^https?://([^/:]+\.[a-z]{2,63}|([0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3})(:[0-9]+)?(\/.*)?$'
+HTTP_URL = r'^https?://([^/:]+\.[a-z]{2,63}|([0-9]{1,3}\.){3}[0-9]{1,3})(:[0-9]+)?(\/.*)?(#.*)?$'
 HTTP_URL_COMPILED = re.compile(HTTP_URL, re.IGNORECASE)
 
 
diff --git a/portality/settings.py b/portality/settings.py
index 9ccce6e412..bb94ef8a7d 100644
--- a/portality/settings.py
+++ b/portality/settings.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 # Application Version information
 # ~~->API:Feature~~
 
-DOAJ_VERSION = "6.3.9"
+DOAJ_VERSION = "6.3.10"
 API_VERSION = "3.0.1"
 
 ######################################
diff --git a/portality/static/js/edges/public.journal.edge.js b/portality/static/js/edges/public.journal.edge.js
index abb20962f9..47d366d55d 100644
--- a/portality/static/js/edges/public.journal.edge.js
+++ b/portality/static/js/edges/public.journal.edge.js
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ $.extend(true, doaj, {
                     category: "facet",
                     field: "index.country.exact",
                     display: "Publishers' countries",
-                    size: 100,
+                    size: 200,
                     syncCounts: false,
                     lifecycle: "update",
                     updateType: "fresh",
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 09ee64d48a..571b37f957 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name='doaj',
-    version='6.3.9',
+    version='6.3.10',
     packages=find_packages(),
     install_requires=[
         "awscli==1.20.50",
diff --git a/test.cfg b/test.cfg
index b6b18f3b15..085086a956 100644
--- a/test.cfg
+++ b/test.cfg
@@ -64,7 +64,12 @@ PUBLIC_REGISTER = True
 LOGIN_VIA_ACCOUNT_ID = True
 
 # 2022-12-09 enable the shorcircuit handler until we can fix kafka
-EVENT_SEND_FUNCTION = "portality.events.shortcircuit.send_event"
+#EVENT_SEND_FUNCTION = "portality.events.shortcircuit.send_event"
+
+# 2023-08-02 try out the combined event sender
+EVENT_SEND_FUNCTION = "portality.events.combined.send_event"
+KAFKA_BROKER = "kafka://10.131.35.14:9092"
+KAFKA_BOOTSTRAP_SERVER = "10.131.35.14:9092"
 
 # No plausible on test
 PLAUSIBLE_URL = None