diff --git a/e2e/service.go b/e2e/service.go
index 97e0c93..6f53070 100644
--- a/e2e/service.go
+++ b/e2e/service.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package e2e
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/cloudhut/kminion/v2/kafka"
@@ -73,6 +74,8 @@ func NewService(ctx context.Context, cfg Config, logger *zap.Logger, kafkaSvc *k
 	kgoOpts = append(kgoOpts, kgo.RecordPartitioner(kgo.ManualPartitioner()))
 
 	// Create kafka service and check if client can successfully connect to Kafka cluster
+	logger.Info("connecting to Kafka seed brokers, trying to fetch cluster metadata",
+		zap.String("seed_brokers", strings.Join(kafkaSvc.Brokers(), ",")))
 	client, err := kafkaSvc.CreateAndTestClient(ctx, logger, kgoOpts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create kafka client for e2e: %w", err)
@@ -144,7 +147,6 @@ func NewService(ctx context.Context, cfg Config, logger *zap.Logger, kafkaSvc *k
 
 // Start starts the service (wow)
 func (s *Service) Start(ctx context.Context) error {
-
 	// Ensure topic exists and is configured correctly
 	if err := s.validateManagementTopic(ctx); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not validate end-to-end topic: %w", err)
diff --git a/kafka/service.go b/kafka/service.go
index 3fea151..a12ca46 100644
--- a/kafka/service.go
+++ b/kafka/service.go
@@ -54,12 +54,14 @@ func (s *Service) CreateAndTestClient(ctx context.Context, l *zap.Logger, opts [
 	return client, nil
 }
 
+// Brokers returns list of brokers this service is connecting to
+func (s *Service) Brokers() []string {
+	return s.cfg.Brokers
+}
+
 // testConnection tries to fetch Broker metadata and prints some information if connection succeeds. An error will be
 // returned if connecting fails.
 func (s *Service) testConnection(client *kgo.Client, ctx context.Context) error {
-	s.logger.Info("connecting to Kafka seed brokers, trying to fetch cluster metadata",
-		zap.String("seed_brokers", strings.Join(s.cfg.Brokers, ",")))
-
 	req := kmsg.MetadataRequest{
 		Topics: nil,
 	}
diff --git a/minion/service.go b/minion/service.go
index 131ced2..84efae9 100644
--- a/minion/service.go
+++ b/minion/service.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"regexp"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -52,6 +53,9 @@ func NewService(cfg Config, logger *zap.Logger, kafkaSvc *kafka.Service, metrics
 			kgo.ConsumeTopics("__consumer_offsets"))
 	}
 
+	logger.Info("connecting to Kafka seed brokers, trying to fetch cluster metadata",
+		zap.String("seed_brokers", strings.Join(kafkaSvc.Brokers(), ",")))
+
 	client, err := kafkaSvc.CreateAndTestClient(ctx, logger, kgoOpts)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to create kafka client: %w", err)