diff --git a/src/main/java/io/apicurio/registry/probe/kafka/ConsumedCustomersResource.java b/src/main/java/io/apicurio/registry/probe/kafka/ConsumedCustomersResource.java
index a7c3ea5..553c8c0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/apicurio/registry/probe/kafka/ConsumedCustomersResource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/apicurio/registry/probe/kafka/ConsumedCustomersResource.java
@@ -2,55 +2,36 @@
 
 import io.apicurio.registry.probe.persistence.CustomerEntity;
 import io.apicurio.registry.probe.smoke.ProbeMonitoring;
-import io.quarkus.runtime.StartupEvent;
 import io.smallrye.mutiny.Multi;
+import io.smallrye.reactive.messaging.annotations.Blocking;
 import jakarta.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
-import jakarta.enterprise.event.Observes;
+import jakarta.transaction.Transactional;
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.reactive.messaging.Channel;
+import org.eclipse.microprofile.reactive.messaging.Incoming;
+import org.eclipse.microprofile.reactive.messaging.Message;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
-import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
-import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.CompletionStage;
 
 @ApplicationScoped
 public class ConsumedCustomersResource {
 
     private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ProbeMonitoring.class);
 
-    @Channel("customers-from-kafka")
-    Multi<CustomerEntity> customers;
-
-    public void startMonitoring(@Observes StartupEvent startupEvent) {
-        int concurrentTasks = 2;
-
+    @Incoming("customers-from-kafka")
+    @Transactional
+    @Blocking
+    public CompletionStage<Void> consume(Message<CustomerEntity> customerMessage) {
+        final CustomerEntity customer = customerMessage.getPayload();
         try {
-            concurrentTasks = Integer.parseInt(System.getenv("CONCURRENT_TASKS"));
+            log.info("Deleting customer with email: {}", customer.getEmail());
+            customer.delete();
         } catch (Exception e) {
-            log.warn("Cannot load concurrent tasks environment variable", e);
+            log.error("Exception detected in the Probe application: {}", e.getCause(), e);
+            return customerMessage.nack(e);
         }
-
-        ExecutorService e = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(concurrentTasks);
-
-        for (int i = 0; i < concurrentTasks; i++) {
-            e.submit(() -> {
-                log.info("Removing customers...");
-                removeCustomers();
-            });
-        }
-    }
-
-    public void removeCustomers() {
-        customers.map(customer -> {
-            final String stringToReturn = String.format("'%s' from %s", customer.getFirstName(), customer.getEmail());
-            try {
-                log.info("Deleting customer with email: {}", customer.getEmail());
-                customer.delete();
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                log.error("Exception detected in the Probe application: {}", e.getCause(), e);
-            }
-            return stringToReturn;
-        });
+        return customerMessage.ack();
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.properties b/src/main/resources/application.properties
index 4ed5ccc..fc4eb92 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.properties
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.properties
@@ -6,3 +6,8 @@
 %prod.quarkus.datasource.jdbc.max-size=8
 %prod.quarkus.datasource.jdbc.min-size=2
 
+
+mp.messaging.incoming.customers-from-kafka.topic=server1.inventory.customers
+mp.messaging.incoming.customers-from-kafka.value.deserializer=io.apicurio.registry.serde.avro.AvroKafkaDeserializer
+mp.messaging.incoming.customers-from-kafka.connector=smallrye-kafka
+