diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index deda736..8907a81 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ integration-test:
 
 ## run-act: act for running github actions on your local machine
 run-act:
-	act -j test --container-architecture linux/arm64 -v
\ No newline at end of file
+	act -j test --container-architecture linux/arm64
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/integration/integration_test.go b/test/integration/integration_test.go
index 45e2833..6dac326 100644
--- a/test/integration/integration_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/integration_test.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func Test_Should_Consume_Message_Successfully(t *testing.T) {
 	consumerGroup := "topic-cg"
 	brokerAddress := "localhost:9092"
 
-	conn, cleanUp := createTopic(t, topic)
+	conn, cleanUp := createTopicAndWriteMessages(t, topic, []segmentio.Message{{Topic: topic, Key: []byte("1"), Value: []byte(`foo`)}})
 	defer cleanUp()
 
 	messageCh := make(chan kafka.Message)
@@ -89,13 +89,6 @@ func Test_Should_Consume_Message_Successfully(t *testing.T) {
 
 	consumer.Consume()
 
-	// When
-	produceMessages(t, conn, segmentio.Message{
-		Topic: topic,
-		Key:   []byte("1"),
-		Value: []byte(`foo`),
-	})
-
 	// Then
 	actual := <-messageCh
 	if string(actual.Value) != "foo" {
@@ -117,7 +110,15 @@ func Test_Should_Batch_Consume_Messages_Successfully(t *testing.T) {
 	consumerGroup := "batch-topic-cg"
 	brokerAddress := "localhost:9092"
 
-	conn, cleanUp := createTopic(t, topic)
+	messages := []segmentio.Message{
+		{Topic: topic, Partition: 0, Offset: 1, Key: []byte("1"), Value: []byte(`foo1`)},
+		{Topic: topic, Partition: 0, Offset: 2, Key: []byte("2"), Value: []byte(`foo2`)},
+		{Topic: topic, Partition: 0, Offset: 3, Key: []byte("3"), Value: []byte(`foo3`)},
+		{Topic: topic, Partition: 0, Offset: 4, Key: []byte("4"), Value: []byte(`foo4`)},
+		{Topic: topic, Partition: 0, Offset: 5, Key: []byte("5"), Value: []byte(`foo5`)},
+	}
+
+	conn, cleanUp := createTopicAndWriteMessages(t, topic, messages)
 	defer cleanUp()
 
 	messagesLen := make(chan int)
@@ -139,15 +140,6 @@ func Test_Should_Batch_Consume_Messages_Successfully(t *testing.T) {
 
 	consumer.Consume()
 
-	// When
-	produceMessages(t, conn,
-		segmentio.Message{Topic: topic, Partition: 0, Offset: 1, Key: []byte("1"), Value: []byte(`foo1`)},
-		segmentio.Message{Topic: topic, Partition: 0, Offset: 2, Key: []byte("2"), Value: []byte(`foo2`)},
-		segmentio.Message{Topic: topic, Partition: 0, Offset: 3, Key: []byte("3"), Value: []byte(`foo3`)},
-		segmentio.Message{Topic: topic, Partition: 0, Offset: 4, Key: []byte("4"), Value: []byte(`foo4`)},
-		segmentio.Message{Topic: topic, Partition: 0, Offset: 5, Key: []byte("5"), Value: []byte(`foo5`)},
-	)
-
 	// Then
 	actual := <-messagesLen
 
@@ -169,10 +161,10 @@ func Test_Should_Integrate_With_Kafka_Cronsumer_Successfully(t *testing.T) {
 
 	retryTopic := "retry-topic"
 
-	conn, cleanUp := createTopic(t, topic)
+	_, cleanUp := createTopicAndWriteMessages(t, topic, []segmentio.Message{{Topic: topic, Key: []byte("1"), Value: []byte(`foo`)}})
 	defer cleanUp()
 
-	retryConn, cleanUpThisToo := createTopic(t, retryTopic)
+	retryConn, cleanUpThisToo := createTopicAndWriteMessages(t, retryTopic, nil)
 	defer cleanUpThisToo()
 
 	consumerCfg := &kafka.ConsumerConfig{
@@ -197,9 +189,6 @@ func Test_Should_Integrate_With_Kafka_Cronsumer_Successfully(t *testing.T) {
 
 	consumer.Consume()
 
-	// When
-	produceMessages(t, conn, segmentio.Message{Topic: topic, Key: []byte("1"), Value: []byte(`foo`)})
-
 	// Then
 	var expectedOffset int64 = 1
 	conditionFunc := func() bool {
@@ -210,7 +199,7 @@ func Test_Should_Integrate_With_Kafka_Cronsumer_Successfully(t *testing.T) {
 	assertEventually(t, conditionFunc, 45*time.Second, time.Second)
 }
 
-func createTopic(t *testing.T, topicName string) (*segmentio.Conn, func()) {
+func createTopicAndWriteMessages(t *testing.T, topicName string, messages []segmentio.Message) (*segmentio.Conn, func()) {
 	t.Helper()
 
 	conn, err := segmentio.DialLeader(context.Background(), "tcp", "localhost:9092", topicName, 0)
@@ -224,15 +213,14 @@ func createTopic(t *testing.T, topicName string) (*segmentio.Conn, func()) {
 		}
 	}
 
-	return conn, cleanUp
-}
-
-func produceMessages(t *testing.T, conn *segmentio.Conn, msgs ...segmentio.Message) {
-	t.Helper()
-
-	if _, err := conn.WriteMessages(msgs...); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("Produce err %s", err.Error())
+	if messages != nil {
+		_, err = conn.WriteMessages(messages...)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("err during write message %s", err.Error())
+		}
 	}
+
+	return conn, cleanUp
 }
 
 func assertEventually(t *testing.T, condition func() bool, waitFor time.Duration, tick time.Duration) bool {