diff --git a/examples/kafka-hub/hub/modules/connections/connections.bal b/examples/kafka-hub/hub/modules/connections/connections.bal
index 318cb12f..48fae53c 100644
--- a/examples/kafka-hub/hub/modules/connections/connections.bal
+++ b/examples/kafka-hub/hub/modules/connections/connections.bal
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ public isolated function createMessageConsumer(string topicName, string groupNam
 
     kafka:TopicPartition[] parititionsWithoutCmtdOffsets = [];
     foreach kafka:TopicPartition partition in kafkaTopicPartitions {
-        kafka:PartitionOffset|error? offset = consumerEp->getCommittedOffset(partition);
-        if offset is error {
+        kafka:PartitionOffset|kafka:Error? offset = consumerEp->getCommittedOffset(partition);
+        if offset is kafka:Error {
             log:printError("Error occurred while retrieving the commited offsets for the topic-partition", offset);
             return offset;
         }
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ public isolated function createMessageConsumer(string topicName, string groupNam
         }
 
         if offset is kafka:PartitionOffset {
-            kafka:Error? kafkaSeekErr = check consumerEp->seek(offset);
+            kafka:Error? kafkaSeekErr = consumerEp->seek(offset);
             if kafkaSeekErr is error {
                 log:printError("Error occurred while assigning seeking partitions for the consumer", kafkaSeekErr);
                 return kafkaSeekErr;
@@ -150,8 +150,8 @@ public isolated function createMessageConsumer(string topicName, string groupNam
     }
 
     if parititionsWithoutCmtdOffsets.length() > 0 {
-        kafka:Error? kafkaSeekErr = check consumerEp->seekToBeginning(parititionsWithoutCmtdOffsets);
-        if kafkaSeekErr is error {
+        kafka:Error? kafkaSeekErr = consumerEp->seekToBeginning(parititionsWithoutCmtdOffsets);
+        if kafkaSeekErr is kafka:Error {
             log:printError("Error occurred while assigning seeking partitions (for paritions without committed offsets) for the consumer", kafkaSeekErr);
             return kafkaSeekErr;
         }