diff --git a/lib/kaffe/consumer.ex b/lib/kaffe/consumer.ex
index 57f591b..030399d 100644
--- a/lib/kaffe/consumer.ex
+++ b/lib/kaffe/consumer.ex
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ defmodule Kaffe.Consumer do
 
   @behaviour :brod_group_subscriber
 
-  @kafka Application.get_env(:kaffe, :kafka_mod, :brod)
-  @group_subscriber Application.get_env(:kaffe, :group_subscriber_mod, :brod_group_subscriber)
+  @kafka Application.compile_env(:kaffe, :kafka_mod, :brod)
+  @group_subscriber Application.compile_env(:kaffe, :group_subscriber_mod, :brod_group_subscriber)
 
   require Record
   import Record, only: [defrecord: 2, extract: 2]
diff --git a/lib/kaffe/producer.ex b/lib/kaffe/producer.ex
index 22d6657..9a486d3 100644
--- a/lib/kaffe/producer.ex
+++ b/lib/kaffe/producer.ex
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ defmodule Kaffe.Producer do
   Currently only synchronous production is supported.
   """
 
-  @kafka Application.get_env(:kaffe, :kafka_mod, :brod)
+  @kafka Application.compile_env(:kaffe, :kafka_mod, :brod)
 
   @typedoc """
   A Kafka message can be represented as a tuple containing a key value pair of type binary()
diff --git a/test/support/test_brod.ex b/test/support/test_brod.ex
index a051664..5c40a54 100644
--- a/test/support/test_brod.ex
+++ b/test/support/test_brod.ex
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 defmodule TestBrod do
   use GenServer
 
-  @test_partition_count Application.get_env(:kaffe, :test_partition_count)
+  @test_partition_count Application.compile_env(:kaffe, :test_partition_count)
 
   require Logger