diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index bcbecd36..a7f91dbe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -147,5 +147,5 @@ jobs:
       - if: ${{ matrix.package == 'helper' }}
         name: upload helper
         run: |
-          zip -r -q helper.zip ./src/helper
+          zip -r -q helper.zip . -i ./src/helper
           aws s3 cp helper.zip gr-integrations-aws-testing
diff --git a/src/helper/kafka.py b/src/helper/kafka.py
index a35b8edd..66e6d571 100644
--- a/src/helper/kafka.py
+++ b/src/helper/kafka.py
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
 import boto3
 import cfnresponse
 
-
-
 client = boto3.client("lambda")