diff --git a/src/main/java/biz/nynja/account/kafka/KafkaProducerConfig.java b/src/main/java/biz/nynja/account/kafka/KafkaProducerConfig.java
index 64d0edd8c52fa03031a419b8ad75a718cc552727..19858b92a7ad726d0abb0a349aa8048176a0a1fc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/biz/nynja/account/kafka/KafkaProducerConfig.java
+++ b/src/main/java/biz/nynja/account/kafka/KafkaProducerConfig.java
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ import org.springframework.kafka.core.DefaultKafkaProducerFactory;
 import org.springframework.kafka.core.KafkaTemplate;
 import org.springframework.kafka.core.ProducerFactory;
 import org.springframework.kafka.support.serializer.JsonSerializer;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.EnableAsync;
 
 @Configuration
+@EnableAsync
 public class KafkaProducerConfig {
 
     @Value("${kafka.host}")
diff --git a/src/main/java/biz/nynja/account/kafka/UserEventsProducer.java b/src/main/java/biz/nynja/account/kafka/UserEventsProducer.java
index 1d087de05f2c48a2f21a9befd276b234b86e962c..6ffe9509e92886a13e34031c7d4099855d6ddc2a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/biz/nynja/account/kafka/UserEventsProducer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/biz/nynja/account/kafka/UserEventsProducer.java
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
 import org.springframework.kafka.core.KafkaTemplate;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.annotation.Async;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 @Component
@@ -22,6 +23,7 @@ public class UserEventsProducer {
     @Qualifier("kafkaTopic")
     private String kafkaTopic;
 
+    @Async
     public void sendKafkaMessage(UserEventsMessageTemplate userEventsMessageTemplate) {
         kafkaTemplate.send(kafkaTopic, userEventsMessageTemplate);
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application-production.yml b/src/main/resources/application-production.yml
index f832bac4461860bcf4f42cc040e23d953f87edc8..a4ad9c16c98b85e344a6d1a10c464adb70f18fb9 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application-production.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/application-production.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ kafka:
   host: ${KAFKA_HOST:kafka.kafka.svc.cluster.local}
   port: ${KAFKA_PORT:9092}
   topic: ${KAFKA_TOPIC:userEvents}
-  max-block-ms: ${KAFKA_MAX_BLOCK_MS:700}
+  max-block-ms: ${KAFKA_MAX_BLOCK_MS:1000}
   reconnect-backoff-ms: ${KAFKA_RECONNECT_BACKOFF_MS:10000}
 
 #Metrics related configurations