diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/dev/dnpm/etl/processor/output/KafkaMtbFileSender.kt b/src/main/kotlin/dev/dnpm/etl/processor/output/KafkaMtbFileSender.kt
index f83a2ab..18faaf9 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/dev/dnpm/etl/processor/output/KafkaMtbFileSender.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/dev/dnpm/etl/processor/output/KafkaMtbFileSender.kt
@@ -27,18 +27,27 @@ import org.springframework.stereotype.Component
 
 @Component
 class KafkaMtbFileSender(
-        private val kafkaTemplate: KafkaTemplate<String, String>,
-        private val objectMapper: ObjectMapper
+    private val kafkaTemplate: KafkaTemplate<String, String>,
+    private val objectMapper: ObjectMapper
 ) : MtbFileSender {
 
     private val logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(KafkaMtbFileSender::class.java)
 
     override fun send(mtbFile: MtbFile): MtbFileSender.Response {
         return try {
-            kafkaTemplate.sendDefault(String.format("{\"pid\": \"%s\", \"eid\": \"%s\"}", mtbFile.patient.id,
-                    mtbFile.episode.id), objectMapper.writeValueAsString(mtbFile))
-            logger.debug("Sent file via KafkaMtbFileSender")
-            MtbFileSender.Response(MtbFileSender.ResponseStatus.UNKNOWN)
+            var result = kafkaTemplate.sendDefault(
+                String.format(
+                    "{\"pid\": \"%s\", \"eid\": \"%s\"}", mtbFile.patient.id,
+                    mtbFile.episode.id
+                ), objectMapper.writeValueAsString(mtbFile)
+            )
+            if (result.get() != null) {
+                logger.debug("Sent file via KafkaMtbFileSender");
+                MtbFileSender.Response(MtbFileSender.ResponseStatus.SUCCESS);
+            } else {
+                MtbFileSender.Response(MtbFileSender.ResponseStatus.ERROR)
+            }
+
         } catch (e: Exception) {
             logger.error("An error occured sending to kafka", e)
             MtbFileSender.Response(MtbFileSender.ResponseStatus.UNKNOWN)