diff --git a/.env.example b/.env.example
index 91a7499..d5327c9 100644
--- a/.env.example
+++ b/.env.example
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 RUST_LOG=""
-PULSAR_USER=""
-PULSAR_PASSWD=""
 PULSAR_HOST=""
 PULSAR_PORT=""
 PULSAR_CONSUMER_NAME=""
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index be3035f..84c2c89 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -6,15 +6,10 @@ use std::str;
 #[derive(Deserialize, Debug)]
 pub struct Config {
     // Pulsar
-    #[serde(default = "default_user_pass")]
-    pub pulsar_user: String,
-    #[serde(default = "default_user_pass")]
-    pub pulsar_passwd: String,
     #[serde(default = "default_host")]
     pub pulsar_host: String,
     #[serde(default = "default_port")]
     pub pulsar_port: String,
-    pub pulsar_topics: String,
     #[serde(default = "default_consumer_name")]
     pub pulsar_consumer_name: String,
     #[serde(default = "default_subscription_name")]
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index caf80ce..81c8b8d 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -101,6 +101,18 @@ async fn main() -> Result<(), anyhow::Error> {
             }
         };
 
+        // skip events where the event data's outcome is "fail"
+        if let Some(outcome) = data.data.get("outcome").and_then(|v| v.as_str()) {
+            if outcome.eq_ignore_ascii_case("fail") {
+                log::error!(
+                    "Problem: Skipping event with outcome 'fail' (type: {}, correlation_id: {})",
+                    &data.type_field,
+                    &data.correlation_id
+                );
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
+
         counter += 1;
         log::trace!("got {} messages", counter);
         log::debug!("{:?}", &data);