diff --git a/Kafka/Kafka.php b/Kafka/Kafka.php
index 950e96c9..b5249c10 100644
--- a/Kafka/Kafka.php
+++ b/Kafka/Kafka.php
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class Kafka extends \Snowflake\Process\Process
 
 		$kafka = SConfig::get('kafka');
 		$conf->setRebalanceCb([$this, 'rebalanced_cb']);
-		$conf->set('group.id', 1001);
+		$conf->set('group.id', uniqid('kafka'));
 
 		$conf->set('metadata.broker.list', '127.0.0.1:9092,127.0.0.1:2080');
 		$conf->set('socket.timeout.ms', 300000);