diff --git a/lib/kafkalib/writer.go b/lib/kafkalib/writer.go
index fc9ca961..4eb2d588 100644
--- a/lib/kafkalib/writer.go
+++ b/lib/kafkalib/writer.go
@@ -78,35 +78,36 @@ func (b *BatchWriter) reload(ctx context.Context) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func buildKafkaMessage(topicPrefix string, rawMessage lib.RawMessage) (KafkaMessage, error) {
+func buildKafkaMessageWrapper(topicPrefix string, rawMessage lib.RawMessage) (KafkaMessageWrapper, error) {
 	valueBytes, err := json.Marshal(rawMessage.Event())
 	if err != nil {
-		return KafkaMessage{}, err
+		return KafkaMessageWrapper{}, err
 	}
 
 	keyBytes, err := json.Marshal(rawMessage.PartitionKey())
 	if err != nil {
-		return KafkaMessage{}, err
+		return KafkaMessageWrapper{}, err
 	}
 
-	return KafkaMessage{
+	return KafkaMessageWrapper{
 		Topic:        fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", topicPrefix, rawMessage.TopicSuffix()),
 		MessageKey:   keyBytes,
 		MessageValue: valueBytes,
 	}, nil
 }
 
-type KafkaMessage struct {
+// KafkaMessageWrapper is a wrapper around a Kafka message. We did this so that we can marshal and unmarshal the message
+type KafkaMessageWrapper struct {
 	Topic        string `json:"topic"`
 	MessageKey   []byte `json:"messageKey"`
 	MessageValue []byte `json:"messageValue"`
 }
 
-func (k KafkaMessage) Key() string {
+func (k KafkaMessageWrapper) Key() string {
 	return string(k.MessageKey)
 }
 
-func (k KafkaMessage) toKafkaMessage() kafka.Message {
+func (k KafkaMessageWrapper) toKafkaMessage() kafka.Message {
 	return kafka.Message{
 		Topic: k.Topic,
 		Key:   k.MessageKey,
@@ -114,17 +115,17 @@ func (k KafkaMessage) toKafkaMessage() kafka.Message {
 	}
 }
 
-var encoder = func(msg KafkaMessage) ([]byte, error) {
+var encoder = func(msg KafkaMessageWrapper) ([]byte, error) {
 	return json.Marshal(msg)
 }
 
-func (b *BatchWriter) write(ctx context.Context, messages []KafkaMessage, sampleExecutionTime time.Time) error {
+func (b *BatchWriter) write(ctx context.Context, messages []KafkaMessageWrapper, sampleExecutionTime time.Time) error {
 	retryCfg, err := retry.NewJitterRetryConfig(100, 5000, 10, retry.AlwaysRetry)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return batch.BySize[KafkaMessage](messages, int(b.writer.BatchBytes), false, encoder, func(chunk [][]byte) error {
+	return batch.BySize[KafkaMessageWrapper](messages, int(b.writer.BatchBytes), false, encoder, func(chunk [][]byte) error {
 		tags := map[string]string{"what": "error"}
 		defer func() {
 			if b.statsD != nil {
@@ -135,7 +136,7 @@ func (b *BatchWriter) write(ctx context.Context, messages []KafkaMessage, sample
 
 		var kafkaMessages []kafka.Message
 		for _, bytes := range chunk {
-			var msg KafkaMessage
+			var msg KafkaMessageWrapper
 			if err = json.Unmarshal(bytes, &msg); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal message: %w", err)
 			}
@@ -168,11 +169,11 @@ func (b *BatchWriter) Write(ctx context.Context, rawMsgs []lib.RawMessage) error
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	var msgs []KafkaMessage
+	var msgs []KafkaMessageWrapper
 	var sampleExecutionTime time.Time
 	for _, rawMsg := range rawMsgs {
 		sampleExecutionTime = rawMsg.Event().GetExecutionTime()
-		msg, err := buildKafkaMessage(b.cfg.TopicPrefix, rawMsg)
+		msg, err := buildKafkaMessageWrapper(b.cfg.TopicPrefix, rawMsg)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to build kafka message: %w", err)
 		}
diff --git a/lib/kafkalib/writer_test.go b/lib/kafkalib/writer_test.go
index 29198c74..e099e9c8 100644
--- a/lib/kafkalib/writer_test.go
+++ b/lib/kafkalib/writer_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ func TestNewMessage(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	)
 
-	msg, err := buildKafkaMessage("topic-prefix", rawMessage)
+	msg, err := buildKafkaMessageWrapper("topic-prefix", rawMessage)
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 	assert.Equal(t, "topic-prefix.topic-suffix", msg.Topic)
 	assert.Equal(t, `{"key":"value"}`, string(msg.MessageKey))