diff --git a/apps/trench/src/common/utils.ts b/apps/trench/src/common/utils.ts
index 549b91e..b94dfe2 100644
--- a/apps/trench/src/common/utils.ts
+++ b/apps/trench/src/common/utils.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ export function flatten(data: any): Record<string, any> {
   function recurse(cur: any, prop: string) {
     if (Object(cur) !== cur) {
       result[prop] = cur
+    } else if (cur instanceof Date) {
+      result[prop] = cur.toISOString()
     } else if (Array.isArray(cur)) {
       for (let i = 0; i < cur.length; i++) {
         recurse(cur[i], prop + '_' + i)
diff --git a/apps/trench/src/services/data/kafka/kafka.service.ts b/apps/trench/src/services/data/kafka/kafka.service.ts
index 5ba7709..ab0e0cf 100644
--- a/apps/trench/src/services/data/kafka/kafka.service.ts
+++ b/apps/trench/src/services/data/kafka/kafka.service.ts
@@ -78,26 +78,22 @@ export class KafkaService {
     await consumer.connect()
     await consumer.subscribe({ topic, fromBeginning: false })
 
-    if (enableBatching) {
-      await consumer.run({
-        eachBatch: async ({ batch }) => {
-          await eachBatch(batch.messages.map((message) => JSON.parse(message.value.toString())))
-          await consumer.commitOffsets(
-            batch.messages.map((message) => ({
-              topic: batch.topic,
-              partition: batch.partition,
-              offset: message.offset,
-            }))
-          )
-        },
-      })
-    } else {
-      await consumer.run({
-        eachMessage: async ({ topic, partition, message }) => {
-          await eachBatch([JSON.parse(message.value.toString())])
-          await consumer.commitOffsets([{ topic, partition, offset: message.offset }])
-        },
-      })
+    try {
+      if (enableBatching) {
+        await consumer.run({
+          eachBatch: async ({ batch }) => {
+            await eachBatch(batch.messages.map((message) => JSON.parse(message.value.toString())))
+          },
+        })
+      } else {
+        await consumer.run({
+          eachMessage: async ({ topic, partition, message }) => {
+            await eachBatch([JSON.parse(message.value.toString())])
+          },
+        })
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.log(`Error initiating consumer for groupId ${groupId}.`, e)
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/apps/trench/src/webhooks/webhooks.service.ts b/apps/trench/src/webhooks/webhooks.service.ts
index d3d324a..22094c1 100644
--- a/apps/trench/src/webhooks/webhooks.service.ts
+++ b/apps/trench/src/webhooks/webhooks.service.ts
@@ -27,13 +27,15 @@ export class WebhooksService implements OnModuleInit {
       const webhooks = await this.webhooksDao.getWebhooks(workspace)
       for (const webhook of webhooks) {
         console.log('Initiating consumer for webhook:', webhook.uuid, webhook.url)
-        // if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production') {
-        await this.initiateConsumer(webhook, workspace)
-        // }
+        this.initiateConsumer(webhook, workspace)
+          .then(() => {
+            console.log(`Consumer for webhook ${webhook.uuid} has been initiated.`)
+          })
+          .catch((e) => {
+            console.error(`Error initiating consumer for webhook ${webhook.uuid}.`, e)
+          })
       }
     }
-    // This call takes a while, so we don't block in development!
-    console.log('Kafka consumer(s) successfully started!')
   }
 
   private getGroupId(webhookUUID: string) {
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ export class WebhooksService implements OnModuleInit {
       return
     }
 
-    const maxRetries = 4
+    const maxRetries = 8
     const delay = (ms: number) => new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms))
     const numberOfEventsToFind = payloads.length
     let retries = 0