diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 19d2fe3..8f0c08e 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class PyTest(TestCommand):
 deps = [
     'certauth>=1.1.0',
     'warctools',
-    'kafka-python',
+    'kafka-python>=1.0.1',
     'surt>=0.3b4',
     'rethinkstuff',
     'PySocks',
diff --git a/warcprox/kafkafeed.py b/warcprox/kafkafeed.py
index dd8a0a8..8f8aea1 100644
--- a/warcprox/kafkafeed.py
+++ b/warcprox/kafkafeed.py
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ class CaptureFeed:
 
     def __init__(self, broker_list, topic):
         self.broker_list = broker_list
-        self.topic = topic.encode('utf-8')
-        self._producer = kafka.SimpleProducer(kafka.KafkaClient(broker_list))
+        self.topic = topic
+        self._producer = kafka.KafkaProducer(bootstrap_servers=broker_list)
 
     def notify(self, recorded_url, records):
         if records[0].type not in (b'revisit', b'response'):
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ class CaptureFeed:
             'annotations': 'duplicate:digest' if records[0].type == 'revisit' else '',
             'content_length': recorded_url.response_recorder.len - recorded_url.response_recorder.payload_offset,
             'start_time_plus_duration': '{:%Y%m%d%H%M%S}{:03d}+{}'.format(
-                recorded_url.timestamp, recorded_url.timestamp.microsecond//1000, 
+                recorded_url.timestamp, recorded_url.timestamp.microsecond//1000,
                 int(recorded_url.duration.total_seconds() * 1000)),
             # 'hop_path': ?  # only used for seed redirects, which are n/a to brozzler (?)
             # 'via': ?
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ class CaptureFeed:
             for (k,v) in recorded_url.warcprox_meta['capture-feed-extra-fields'].items():
                 d[k] = v
 
-        msg = json.dumps(d, separators=(',', ':')).encode('utf-8')
-        self.logger.debug('feeding kafka %s', msg)
-        self._producer.send_messages(self.topic, msg)
+        topic = recorded_url.warcprox_meta.get('capture-feed-topic', self.topic)
+
+        msg = json.dumps(d, separators=(',', ':')).encode('utf-8')
+        self.logger.debug('feeding kafka topic=%s msg=%s', repr(topic), msg)
+        self._producer.send(topic, msg)