diff --git a/e2e/service.go b/e2e/service.go
index be6f23b..5631405 100644
--- a/e2e/service.go
+++ b/e2e/service.go
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ func NewService(ctx context.Context, cfg Config, logger *zap.Logger, kafkaSvc *k
 		kgo.ConsumerGroup(groupID),
 		kgo.ConsumeTopics(cfg.TopicManagement.Name),
 		kgo.Balancers(kgo.CooperativeStickyBalancer()),
-		kgo.DisableAutoCommit())
+		kgo.DisableAutoCommit(),
+		kgo.ConsumeResetOffset(kgo.NewOffset().AtEnd()))
 
 	// Prepare hooks
 	hooks := newEndToEndClientHooks(logger)
@@ -213,16 +214,6 @@ func (s *Service) startOffsetCommits(ctx context.Context) {
 
 }
 
-// called from e2e when a message completes a roundtrip (send to kafka, receive msg from kafka again)
-func (s *Service) onRoundtrip(partitionId int32, duration time.Duration) {
-	if duration > s.config.Consumer.RoundtripSla {
-		return // message is too old
-	}
-
-	s.messagesReceived.Inc()
-	s.endToEndRoundtripLatency.WithLabelValues(fmt.Sprintf("%v", partitionId)).Observe(duration.Seconds())
-}
-
 // called from e2e when an offset commit is confirmed
 func (s *Service) onOffsetCommit(brokerId int32, duration time.Duration) {