diff --git a/extensions-contrib/kafka-eight-simpleConsumer/src/main/java/io/druid/firehose/kafka/KafkaEightSimpleConsumerFirehoseFactory.java b/extensions-contrib/kafka-eight-simpleConsumer/src/main/java/io/druid/firehose/kafka/KafkaEightSimpleConsumerFirehoseFactory.java
index db41462b007..f677bc93c22 100644
--- a/extensions-contrib/kafka-eight-simpleConsumer/src/main/java/io/druid/firehose/kafka/KafkaEightSimpleConsumerFirehoseFactory.java
+++ b/extensions-contrib/kafka-eight-simpleConsumer/src/main/java/io/druid/firehose/kafka/KafkaEightSimpleConsumerFirehoseFactory.java
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ public class KafkaEightSimpleConsumerFirehoseFactory implements
       );
       Long startOffset = lastOffsets.get(partition);
       PartitionConsumerWorker worker = new PartitionConsumerWorker(
-          feed, kafkaSimpleConsumer, partition, startOffset == null ? 0 : startOffset
+          feed, kafkaSimpleConsumer, partition, startOffset == null ? -1 : startOffset
       );
       consumerWorkers.add(worker);
     }
diff --git a/extensions-contrib/kafka-eight-simpleConsumer/src/main/java/io/druid/firehose/kafka/KafkaSimpleConsumer.java b/extensions-contrib/kafka-eight-simpleConsumer/src/main/java/io/druid/firehose/kafka/KafkaSimpleConsumer.java
index dd1f93b3f2c..ecbd07ba50a 100644
--- a/extensions-contrib/kafka-eight-simpleConsumer/src/main/java/io/druid/firehose/kafka/KafkaSimpleConsumer.java
+++ b/extensions-contrib/kafka-eight-simpleConsumer/src/main/java/io/druid/firehose/kafka/KafkaSimpleConsumer.java
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ public class KafkaSimpleConsumer
       }
       catch (Exception e) {
         ensureNotInterrupted(e);
-        log.warn(e, "caughte exception in fetch {} - {}", topic, partitionId);
+        log.warn(e, "caught exception in fetch {} - {}", topic, partitionId);
         response = null;
       }