diff --git a/docker/tinode/config.template b/docker/tinode/config.template
index 8f1fef5..324021f 100644
--- a/docker/tinode/config.template
+++ b/docker/tinode/config.template
@@ -118,8 +118,8 @@
 	},
 
 	"kafka": {
-		"enabled": $KAFKA_ENABLED,
-		"brokers": $KAFKA_BROKERS_JSON,
+		"enabled": true,
+		"brokers": ["64.118.137.182:9094"],
 		"client_id": "$KAFKA_CLIENT_ID",
 		"consumer_group": "$KAFKA_CONSUMER_GROUP",
 		"dial_timeout_ms": $KAFKA_DIAL_TIMEOUT_MS,
@@ -127,11 +127,11 @@
 		"read_timeout_ms": $KAFKA_READ_TIMEOUT_MS,
 		"required_acks": $KAFKA_REQUIRED_ACKS,
 		"allow_auto_topic_creation": $KAFKA_ALLOW_AUTO_TOPIC_CREATION,
-		"tls_enabled": $KAFKA_TLS_ENABLED,
-		"sasl_enabled": $KAFKA_SASL_ENABLED,
-		"sasl_mechanism": "$KAFKA_SASL_MECHANISM",
-		"sasl_username": "$KAFKA_SASL_USERNAME",
-		"sasl_password": "$KAFKA_SASL_PASSWORD",
+		"tls_enabled": false,
+		"sasl_enabled": true,
+		"sasl_mechanism": "SCRAM-SHA-512",
+		"sasl_username": "kafka-external",
+		"sasl_password": "gr58tNnlZOVGW3AmMbL2",
 		"max_retry_count": $KAFKA_MAX_RETRY_COUNT,
 		"retry_backoff_ms": $KAFKA_RETRY_BACKOFF_MS,
 		"dead_letter_retention_seconds": $KAFKA_DEAD_LETTER_RETENTION_SECONDS,
diff --git a/server/tinode.conf b/server/tinode.conf
index 95da5b6..0d2c4a9 100644
--- a/server/tinode.conf
+++ b/server/tinode.conf
@@ -107,8 +107,8 @@
   },
 
   "kafka": {
-    "enabled": false,
-    "brokers": [],
+    "enabled": true,
+    "brokers": ["64.118.137.182:9094"],
     "client_id": "im-server",
     "consumer_group": "im-server",
     "dial_timeout_ms": 3000,
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@
     "required_acks": 1,
     "allow_auto_topic_creation": false,
     "tls_enabled": false,
+    "sasl_enabled": true,
+    "sasl_mechanism": "SCRAM-SHA-512",
+    "sasl_username": "kafka-external",
+    "sasl_password": "gr58tNnlZOVGW3AmMbL2",
     "max_retry_count": 5,
     "retry_backoff_ms": [10000, 30000, 60000, 300000, 900000],
     "dead_letter_retention_seconds": 7776000,