diff --git a/src/main/java/com/appdynamics/extensions/kafka/JMXConnectionAdapter.java b/src/main/java/com/appdynamics/extensions/kafka/JMXConnectionAdapter.java
index 589f67c..06c0817 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/appdynamics/extensions/kafka/JMXConnectionAdapter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/appdynamics/extensions/kafka/JMXConnectionAdapter.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ JMXConnector open(Map<String, Object> connectionMap) throws IOException {
         JMXConnector jmxConnector;
         final Map<String, Object> env = new HashMap<>();
 
-        if(Boolean.valueOf((String)connectionMap.get(Constants.USE_SSL))) {
+        if(Boolean.valueOf(connectionMap.get(Constants.USE_SSL).toString())) {
             //TODO this is not needed as even if you comment it the SSL connections still work.
             SslRMIClientSocketFactory sslRMIClientSocketFactory = new SslRMIClientSocketFactory();
             env.put(RMIConnectorServer.RMI_CLIENT_SOCKET_FACTORY_ATTRIBUTE, sslRMIClientSocketFactory);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/appdynamics/extensions/kafka/KafkaMonitor.java b/src/main/java/com/appdynamics/extensions/kafka/KafkaMonitor.java
index 407603d..0342380 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/appdynamics/extensions/kafka/KafkaMonitor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/appdynamics/extensions/kafka/KafkaMonitor.java
@@ -13,11 +13,21 @@
 import com.appdynamics.extensions.kafka.utils.Constants;
 import com.appdynamics.extensions.kafka.utils.SslUtils;
 import com.appdynamics.extensions.util.AssertUtils;
+import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
+import com.singularity.ee.agent.systemagent.api.exception.TaskExecutionException;
+import org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender;
+import org.apache.log4j.Level;
+import org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 
 import java.io.File;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import static com.appdynamics.extensions.kafka.utils.Constants.DEFAULT_METRIC_PREFIX;
 
@@ -60,4 +70,31 @@ protected int getTaskCount () {
         return servers.size();
     }
 
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws TaskExecutionException, IOException {
+
+        ConsoleAppender ca = new ConsoleAppender();
+        ca.setWriter(new OutputStreamWriter(System.out));
+        ca.setLayout(new PatternLayout("%-5p [%t]: %m%n"));
+        ca.setThreshold(Level.DEBUG);
+        org.apache.log4j.Logger.getRootLogger().addAppender(ca);
+
+
+        KafkaMonitor monitor = new KafkaMonitor();
+        final Map<String, String> taskArgs = Maps.newHashMap();
+        taskArgs.put("config-file", "/Users/vishaka.sekar/AppDynamics/kafka-monitoring-extension/src/main/resources/conf/config.yml");
+        ScheduledExecutorService scheduler = Executors.newScheduledThreadPool(1);
+        scheduler.scheduleAtFixedRate(new Runnable() {
+            public void run() {
+                try {
+                    monitor.execute(taskArgs, null);
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    logger.error("Error while running the task", e);
+                }
+            }
+        }, 2, 60, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+
+    }
+
+
+
 }
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