diff --git a/src/Console/Commands/KafkaConsumer/Options.php b/src/Console/Commands/KafkaConsumer/Options.php
index 805054fb..a0634fd6 100644
--- a/src/Console/Commands/KafkaConsumer/Options.php
+++ b/src/Console/Commands/KafkaConsumer/Options.php
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ public function getBroker(): string
             return $this->config['broker_connections'][$this->brokerConnection];
         }
 
+        if (!isset($this->config['default'])) {
+            return $this->consumer['brokers'];
+        }
+
         return $this->config['broker_connections'][$this->config['default']];
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Kafka.php b/src/Kafka.php
index 2a454d2b..ba35ddf9 100644
--- a/src/Kafka.php
+++ b/src/Kafka.php
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ class Kafka implements CanPublishMessagesToKafka, CanConsumeMessagesFromKafka
      */
     public function publishOn(string $topic, string $broker = null): CanProduceMessages
     {
+        $defaultBrokers = config('kafka.broker_connections.' . config('kafka.default')) ?? config('kafka.brokers');
+
         return new ProducerBuilder(
             topic: $topic,
-            broker: $broker ?? config('kafka.broker_connections.' . config('kafka.default'))
+            broker: $broker ?? $defaultBrokers
         );
     }
 
@@ -35,8 +37,10 @@ public function publishOn(string $topic, string $broker = null): CanProduceMessa
      */
     public function createConsumer(array $topics = [], string $groupId = null, string $brokers = null): ConsumerBuilder
     {
+        $defaultBrokers = config('kafka.broker_connections.' . config('kafka.default')) ?? config('kafka.brokers');
+
         return ConsumerBuilder::create(
-            brokers: $brokers ?? config('kafka.broker_connections.' . config('kafka.default')),
+            brokers: $brokers ?? $defaultBrokers,
             topics: $topics,
             groupId: $groupId ?? config('kafka.consumer_group_id')
         );
diff --git a/src/Producers/ProducerBuilder.php b/src/Producers/ProducerBuilder.php
index 0beb67d6..6bb7aa4d 100644
--- a/src/Producers/ProducerBuilder.php
+++ b/src/Producers/ProducerBuilder.php
@@ -27,8 +27,10 @@ public function __construct(
         $message = app(KafkaProducerMessage::class);
         $this->message = $message->create($topic);
         $this->serializer = app(MessageSerializer::class);
+
         $defaultConnection = config('kafka.default');
-        $this->broker = $broker ?? config('kafka.broker_connections.' . $defaultConnection);
+        $defaultBrokers = config('kafka.broker_connections.' . $defaultConnection) ?? config('kafka.brokers');
+        $this->broker = $broker ?? $defaultBrokers;
     }
 
     /**