diff --git a/app/common/Util.scala b/app/common/Util.scala
index 7848ec7..18ab7fc 100644
--- a/app/common/Util.scala
+++ b/app/common/Util.scala
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright 2014 Claude Mamo
+ * Some changes Copyright 2014 Isaac Banner | ibanner56
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
  * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@
 
 package common
 
+import kafka.consumer.async.AsyncLowLevelConsumer
 import play.api.Logger
 
 import scala.concurrent.{Future, Promise}
@@ -24,9 +26,7 @@ import com.twitter.zk.{ZNode, ZkClient}
 import common.Registry.PropertyConstants
 import models.Zookeeper
 import play.api.libs.concurrent.Execution.Implicits.defaultContext
-import org.apache.zookeeper.KeeperException.{NotEmptyException, NodeExistsException, NoNodeException}
-import okapies.finagle.Kafka
-import kafka.api.OffsetRequest
+import org.apache.zookeeper.KeeperException.NoNodeException
 
 object Util {
 
@@ -63,22 +63,15 @@ object Util {
 
   def getPartitionsLogSize(topicName: String, partitionLeaders: Seq[String]): Future[Seq[Long]] = {
     Logger.debug("Getting partition log sizes for topic " + topicName + " from partition leaders " + partitionLeaders.mkString(", "))
-    return for {
-      clients <- Future.sequence(partitionLeaders.map(addr => Future((addr, Kafka.newRichClient(addr)))))
-      partitionsLogSize <- Future.sequence(clients.zipWithIndex.map { tu =>
-        val addr = tu._1._1
-        val client = tu._1._2
-        var offset = Future(0L)
-
-        if (!addr.isEmpty) {
-          offset = twitterToScalaFuture(client.offset(topicName, tu._2, OffsetRequest.LatestTime)).map(_.offsets.head).recover {
-            case e => Logger.warn("Could not connect to partition leader " + addr + ". Error message: " + e.getMessage); 0L
-          }
-        }
 
-        client.close()
-        offset
+    return for {
+      clients <- Future.sequence(partitionLeaders.zipWithIndex.map {tuple =>
+        val hostAndPort = tuple._1.split(":")
+        val partition = tuple._2
+        AsyncLowLevelConsumer(topicName, partition, hostAndPort(0), hostAndPort(1).toInt)
       })
+      partitionsLogSize <- Future.sequence(clients.map(client => client.offset))
+      closeClients <- Future.sequence(clients.map(client => client.close))
     } yield partitionsLogSize
   }
 
@@ -150,19 +143,24 @@ object Util {
   }
 
   def deleteZNode(zNode: ZNode): Future[ZNode] = {
-    val delNode = twitterToScalaFuture(zNode.getData()).flatMap { d =>
-      twitterToScalaFuture(zNode.delete(d.stat.getVersion)).recover {
-        case e: NotEmptyException => {
-          for {
-            children <- getZChildren(zNode, Seq("*"))
-            delChildren <- Future.sequence(children.map(n => deleteZNode(n)))
-          } yield deleteZNode(zNode)
+    val deletePromise: Promise[ZNode] = Promise[ZNode]
+
+    getZChildren(zNode, Seq("*")).map({ children =>
+      val sequenceFuture = Future.sequence(children.map(n => deleteZNode(n)))
+
+      sequenceFuture.onSuccess({ case children =>
+        val delNode = twitterToScalaFuture(zNode.getData()).flatMap { d =>
+          twitterToScalaFuture(zNode.delete(d.stat.getVersion))
         }
-        case e: NoNodeException => Future(ZNode)
-      }
-    }
 
-    //TODO: investigate why actual type is Future[Object]
-    delNode.asInstanceOf[Future[ZNode]]
+        delNode.onComplete(zNode => deletePromise complete zNode)
+      })
+      
+      sequenceFuture.onFailure({ case t =>
+        deletePromise failure t
+      })
+    })
+
+    deletePromise.future
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/kafka/consumer/LowLevelConsumer.java b/app/kafka/consumer/LowLevelConsumer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2be3a55
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/kafka/consumer/LowLevelConsumer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 the original author or authors and Enernoc Inc.
+ * See the LICENCE.txt file distributed with this work for additional
+ * information regarding copyright ownership.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+ * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ * the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ *
+ * Authors: Andrew Zafft | azafty468, Isaac Banner | ibanner56
+ */
+
+package kafka.consumer;
+
+import kafka.api.PartitionOffsetRequestInfo;
+import kafka.common.TopicAndPartition;
+import kafka.javaapi.*;
+import kafka.javaapi.consumer.SimpleConsumer;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+
+public class LowLevelConsumer {
+    static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(LowLevelConsumer.class);
+
+    private SimpleConsumer consumer;
+    private String leadBroker;
+    private String clientName;
+    private final String topic;
+    private final int partition;
+    private final int port;
+
+    public LowLevelConsumer(String topic, int partition, String seedBroker, int port) {
+        this.topic = topic;
+        this.partition = partition;
+        this.leadBroker = seedBroker;
+        this.port = port;
+        clientName = "Client_" + topic + "_" + partition;
+
+        consumer = new SimpleConsumer(leadBroker, port, 1000000, 64 * 1024, clientName);
+    }
+
+    public long startingOffset() {
+        long offset;
+        try {
+            offset = getLastOffset(consumer, topic, partition, kafka.api.OffsetRequest.EarliestTime(), clientName);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            return 0L;
+        }
+        return offset;
+    }
+
+    public long endingOffset() {
+        long offset;
+        try {
+            offset = getLastOffset(consumer, topic, partition, kafka.api.OffsetRequest.LatestTime(), clientName);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+            return 0L;
+        }
+        return offset;
+    }
+
+    public void closeConsumers() {
+        if (consumer != null) consumer.close();
+    }
+
+    private static long getLastOffset(SimpleConsumer consumer, String topic, int partition, long whichTime, String clientName) {
+        TopicAndPartition topicAndPartition = new TopicAndPartition(topic, partition);
+        Map<TopicAndPartition, PartitionOffsetRequestInfo> requestInfo = new HashMap<>();
+        requestInfo.put(topicAndPartition, new PartitionOffsetRequestInfo(whichTime, 1));
+        kafka.javaapi.OffsetRequest request = new kafka.javaapi.OffsetRequest(
+                requestInfo, kafka.api.OffsetRequest.CurrentVersion(), clientName);
+        OffsetResponse response = consumer.getOffsetsBefore(request);
+
+        if (response.hasError()) {
+            log.error("Error fetching data Offset Data the Broker. Reason: " + response.errorCode(topic, partition));
+            return 0;
+        }
+        long[] offsets = response.offsets(topic, partition);
+        return offsets[0];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/kafka/consumer/async/AsyncLowLevelConsumer.scala b/app/kafka/consumer/async/AsyncLowLevelConsumer.scala
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..599d2fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/kafka/consumer/async/AsyncLowLevelConsumer.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 the original author or authors and Enernoc Inc.
+ * See the LICENCE.txt file distributed with this work for additional
+ * information regarding copyright ownership.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+ * use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+ * the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+ * WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+ * License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ *
+ * Author: Isaac Banner | ibanner56
+ */
+
+package kafka.consumer.async
+
+import kafka.consumer.LowLevelConsumer
+import scala.concurrent.future
+import scala.concurrent.Future
+import play.api.libs.concurrent.Execution.Implicits.defaultContext
+
+class AsyncLowLevelConsumer(consumer: LowLevelConsumer) {
+
+  def offset: Future[Long] = future {
+    consumer.endingOffset()
+  }
+
+  def close = future {
+    consumer.closeConsumers()
+  }
+
+}
+
+object AsyncLowLevelConsumer {
+  def apply(topic: String, partition: Int, seedBroker: String, port: Int) = future {
+    val llc: LowLevelConsumer = new LowLevelConsumer(topic, partition, seedBroker, port)
+    new AsyncLowLevelConsumer(llc)
+  }
+}
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