diff --git a/kafka-rest/src/main/java/io/confluent/kafkarest/SimpleConsumerFactory.java b/kafka-rest/src/main/java/io/confluent/kafkarest/SimpleConsumerFactory.java
index f3d21a8b94..55451ab3a0 100644
--- a/kafka-rest/src/main/java/io/confluent/kafkarest/SimpleConsumerFactory.java
+++ b/kafka-rest/src/main/java/io/confluent/kafkarest/SimpleConsumerFactory.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ public SimpleConsumerFactory(final KafkaRestConfig config) {
     this.config = config;
 
     clientIdCounter = new AtomicInteger(0);
-    simpleConsumerConfig = new SimpleConsumerConfig(config.getOriginalProperties());
+    simpleConsumerConfig = new SimpleConsumerConfig(config.getConsumerProperties());
   }
 
   public SimpleConsumerConfig getSimpleConsumerConfig() {