diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3b07e714..980b1857 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.pinterest.singer</groupId>
     <artifactId>singer-package</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0.23</version>
+    <version>0.8.0.24</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <description>Singer Logging Agent modules</description>
     <inceptionYear>2013</inceptionYear>
diff --git a/singer-commons/pom.xml b/singer-commons/pom.xml
index b71d2c1d..ee4883b5 100644
--- a/singer-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/singer-commons/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.pinterest.singer</groupId>
     <artifactId>singer-package</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0.23</version>
+    <version>0.8.0.24</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <developers>
diff --git a/singer/pom.xml b/singer/pom.xml
index f2628132..8149d1d1 100644
--- a/singer/pom.xml
+++ b/singer/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.pinterest.singer</groupId>
         <artifactId>singer-package</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.0.23</version>
+        <version>0.8.0.24</version>
         <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
     </parent>
     <licenses>
diff --git a/singer/src/main/java/com/pinterest/singer/common/SingerMetrics.java b/singer/src/main/java/com/pinterest/singer/common/SingerMetrics.java
index 79c3207f..7347449b 100644
--- a/singer/src/main/java/com/pinterest/singer/common/SingerMetrics.java
+++ b/singer/src/main/java/com/pinterest/singer/common/SingerMetrics.java
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@ public class SingerMetrics {
   public static final String NUMBER_OF_MISSING_DIRS = "singer.missing_dir_checker.num_of_missing_dirs";
   public static final String NUMBER_OF_SERIALIZING_HEADERS_ERRORS = "singer.headers_injector.num_of_serializing_headers_errors";
   public static final String AUDIT_HEADERS_INJECTED = "singer.audit.num_of_headers_injected";
+  public static final String CHECKSUM_INJECTED = "singer.audit.num_of_checksum_injected";
   public static final String AUDIT_HEADERS_METADATA_COUNT_MISMATCH = "singer.audit.headers_metadata_count_mismatch";
   public static final String AUDIT_HEADERS_METADATA_COUNT_MATCH = "singer.audit.headers_metadata_count_match";
   public static final String NUM_CORRUPTED_MESSAGES = "singer.audit.num_corrupted_messages";
diff --git a/singer/src/main/java/com/pinterest/singer/writer/KafkaWriter.java b/singer/src/main/java/com/pinterest/singer/writer/KafkaWriter.java
index eb79b28d..6406edb0 100644
--- a/singer/src/main/java/com/pinterest/singer/writer/KafkaWriter.java
+++ b/singer/src/main/java/com/pinterest/singer/writer/KafkaWriter.java
@@ -381,10 +381,15 @@ public boolean checkMessageValidAndInjectHeaders(
 
   protected void injectHeadersForProducerRecord(LogMessage msg, Headers headers) {
     try {
-      byte[] serializedAuditHeaders = SERIALIZER.get().serialize(msg.getLoggingAuditHeaders());
-      this.headersInjector.addHeaders(headers, LOGGING_AUDIT_HEADER_KEY, serializedAuditHeaders);
-      this.headersInjector.addHeaders(headers, CRC_HEADER_KEY, Longs.toByteArray(msg.getChecksum()));
-      OpenTsdbMetricConverter.incr(SingerMetrics.AUDIT_HEADERS_INJECTED, "topic=" + topic, "host=" + HOSTNAME, "logName=" + msg.getLoggingAuditHeaders().getLogName(), "logStreamName=" + logName);
+      if (msg.isSetLoggingAuditHeaders()) {
+        byte[] serializedAuditHeaders = SERIALIZER.get().serialize(msg.getLoggingAuditHeaders());
+        this.headersInjector.addHeaders(headers, LOGGING_AUDIT_HEADER_KEY, serializedAuditHeaders);
+        OpenTsdbMetricConverter.incr(SingerMetrics.AUDIT_HEADERS_INJECTED,  "host=" + HOSTNAME, "logStreamName=" + logName);
+      }
+      if (msg.isSetChecksum()) {
+        this.headersInjector.addHeaders(headers, CRC_HEADER_KEY, Longs.toByteArray(msg.getChecksum()));
+        OpenTsdbMetricConverter.incr(SingerMetrics.CHECKSUM_INJECTED,  "host=" + HOSTNAME, "logStreamName=" + logName);
+      }
     } catch (TException e) {
       OpenTsdbMetricConverter.incr(SingerMetrics.NUMBER_OF_SERIALIZING_HEADERS_ERRORS);
       LOG.warn("Exception thrown while serializing headers", e);
diff --git a/thrift-logger/pom.xml b/thrift-logger/pom.xml
index ef3718f3..36edede5 100644
--- a/thrift-logger/pom.xml
+++ b/thrift-logger/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.pinterest.singer</groupId>
     <artifactId>singer-package</artifactId>
-    <version>0.8.0.23</version>
+    <version>0.8.0.24</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>thrift-logger</artifactId>