diff --git a/cmd/main.go b/cmd/main.go
deleted file mode 100644
index c30113a3..00000000
--- a/cmd/main.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-package main
-
-import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
-
-	"github.com/xmidt-org/caduceus"
-)
-
-func main() {
-
-	err := caduceus.Caduceus(os.Args[1:], true)
-
-	if err == nil {
-		return
-	}
-
-	fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
-	os.Exit(-1)
-}
diff --git a/internal/sink/hasher.go b/internal/sink/hasher.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6a1dc0ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/sink/hasher.go
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Comcast Cable Communications Management, LLC
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+package sink
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"hash/crc32"
+	"reflect"
+	"sort"
+
+	"github.com/xmidt-org/wrp-go/v3"
+)
+
+type Node struct {
+	hash int
+	sink string
+}
+
+type HashRing []Node
+
+func (h HashRing) Len() int {
+	return len(h)
+}
+func (h HashRing) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	return h[i].hash < h[j].hash
+}
+func (h HashRing) Swap(i, j int) {
+	h[i], h[j] = h[j], h[i]
+}
+
+func (h HashRing) GetServer(key string) string {
+	if len(h) == 0 {
+		return ""
+	}
+	hash := int(crc32.ChecksumIEEE([]byte(key)))
+	idx := sort.Search(len(h), func(i int) bool {
+		return h[i].hash >= hash
+	})
+	if idx == len(h) {
+		idx = 0
+	}
+	return h[idx].sink
+}
+
+func (h *HashRing) AddServer(server string) {
+	hash := int(crc32.ChecksumIEEE([]byte(server)))
+	node := Node{hash: hash, sink: server}
+	*h = append(*h, node)
+	sort.Sort(h)
+}
+
+func (h *HashRing) RemoveServer(server string) {
+	hash := int(crc32.ChecksumIEEE([]byte(server)))
+	for i, node := range *h {
+		if node.hash == hash {
+			*h = append((*h)[:i], (*h)[i+1:]...)
+			break
+		}
+	}
+	sort.Sort(h)
+}
+
+func NewRing() *HashRing {
+	return &HashRing{}
+}
+
+func GetKey(field string, msg *wrp.Message) string {
+
+	v := reflect.ValueOf(msg)
+	if v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr {
+		v = v.Elem() // Dereference pointer if necessary
+	}
+
+	value := v.FieldByName(field)
+	if value.IsValid() {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%v", value.Interface())
+	}
+
+	return ""
+
+}
diff --git a/internal/sink/sink.go b/internal/sink/sink.go
index 373aa6ee..294d50ac 100644
--- a/internal/sink/sink.go
+++ b/internal/sink/sink.go
@@ -44,13 +44,18 @@ type WebhookV1 struct {
 type Webhooks []*WebhookV1
 type CommonWebhook struct {
 	id               string
+	hashField        string
 	failureUrl       string
 	deliveryInterval time.Duration
 	deliveryRetries  int
 	mutex            sync.RWMutex
 	logger           *zap.Logger
 }
-type Kafkas []*Kafka
+type KafkaSink struct {
+	Kafkas    []*Kafka
+	Hash      *HashRing
+	HashField string
+}
 type Kafka struct {
 	brokerAddr []string
 	topic      string
@@ -76,11 +81,15 @@ func NewSink(c Config, logger *zap.Logger, listener ancla.Register) Sink {
 			return whs
 		}
 		if len(l.Registration.Kafkas) > 0 {
-			var sink Kafkas
-			for _, k := range l.Registration.Kafkas {
+			var sink KafkaSink
+			r := NewRing()
+			sink.HashField = l.Registration.Hash.Field
+			for i, k := range l.Registration.Kafkas {
 				kafka := &Kafka{}
 				kafka.Update(l.GetId(), "quickstart-events", k.RetryHint.MaxRetry, k.BootstrapServers, logger)
-				sink = append(sink, kafka)
+				sink.Kafkas = append(sink.Kafkas, kafka)
+				key := l.Registration.Hash.Field + strconv.Itoa(i)
+				r.AddServer(key)
 			}
 			return sink
 		}
@@ -91,8 +100,7 @@ func NewSink(c Config, logger *zap.Logger, listener ancla.Register) Sink {
 }
 
 func (v1 *WebhookV1) Update(c Config, l *zap.Logger, altUrls []string, id, failureUrl, receiverUrl string) (err error) {
-	//TODO: is there anything else that needs to be done for this?
-	//do we need to return an error
+	//TODO: do we need to return an error if not - we should get rid of the error return
 	v1.id = id
 	v1.failureUrl = failureUrl
 	v1.deliveryInterval = c.DeliveryInterval
@@ -338,11 +346,20 @@ func (k *Kafka) Update(id, topic string, retries int, servers []string, logger *
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (k Kafkas) Send(secret string, acceptType string, msg *wrp.Message) error {
+func (k KafkaSink) Send(secret string, acceptType string, msg *wrp.Message) error {
+	key := GetKey(k.HashField, msg)
+	for i, kafka := range k.Kafkas {
+		hash := k.HashField + strconv.Itoa(i)
+		server := k.Hash.GetServer(key)
+		if server == hash {
+			_ = kafka.send(secret, acceptType, msg)
+		}
+
+	}
 	//TODO: discuss with wes and john the default hashing logic
 	//for now: when no hash is given we will just loop through all the kafkas
 	var errs error
-	for _, kafka := range k {
+	for _, kafka := range k.Kafkas {
 		err := kafka.send(secret, acceptType, msg)
 		if err != nil {
 			errs = errors.Join(errs, err)