diff --git a/examples/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/examples/reader/ReaderCustomResourceHandling.scala b/examples/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/examples/reader/ReaderCustomResourceHandling.scala
index 48bbc0f..13183f7 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/examples/reader/ReaderCustomResourceHandling.scala
+++ b/examples/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/examples/reader/ReaderCustomResourceHandling.scala
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import za.co.absa.kafkacase.reader.ReaderImpl
 
 object ReaderCustomResourceHandling {
   def apply[T: Decoder](readerConf: Config, topicName: String): Unit = {
-    withResource(new ReaderImpl[T](readerConf, topicName, neverEnding = false))(reader => {
+    withResource(ReaderImpl[T](readerConf, topicName))(reader => {
       for (item <- reader)
         println(item)
     })
diff --git a/examples/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/examples/reader/ReaderManualResourceHandling.scala b/examples/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/examples/reader/ReaderManualResourceHandling.scala
index 8cbd112..af381e1 100644
--- a/examples/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/examples/reader/ReaderManualResourceHandling.scala
+++ b/examples/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/examples/reader/ReaderManualResourceHandling.scala
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import za.co.absa.kafkacase.reader.ReaderImpl
 
 object ReaderManualResourceHandling {
   def apply[T: Decoder](readerConf: Config, topicName: String): Unit = {
-    val reader = new ReaderImpl[T](readerConf, topicName, neverEnding = false)
+    val reader = ReaderImpl[T](readerConf, topicName)
     try {
       for (item <- reader)
         println(item)
diff --git a/reader/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/reader/Reader.scala b/reader/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/reader/Reader.scala
index 5b5f5fb..d14f5ab 100644
--- a/reader/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/reader/Reader.scala
+++ b/reader/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/reader/Reader.scala
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ trait Reader[TType] extends Iterator[(String, Either[String, TType])] with AutoC
 
 object Reader {
   def readOnce[T: Decoder](readerProps: Properties, topicName: String, work: ((String, Either[String, T])) => Unit): Unit = {
-    val reader = new ReaderImpl[T](readerProps, topicName, neverEnding = false)
+    val reader = ReaderImpl[T](readerProps, topicName)
     try {
       for (item <- reader)
         work(item)
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ object Reader {
   }
 
   def readOnce[T: Decoder](readerConf: Config, topicName: String, work: ((String, Either[String, T])) => Unit): Unit = {
-    val reader = new ReaderImpl[T](readerConf, topicName, neverEnding = false)
+    val reader = ReaderImpl[T](readerConf, topicName)
     try {
       for (item <- reader)
         work(item)
diff --git a/reader/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/reader/ReaderImpl.scala b/reader/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/reader/ReaderImpl.scala
index dd9eca1..3471b9e 100644
--- a/reader/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/reader/ReaderImpl.scala
+++ b/reader/src/main/scala/za/co/absa/kafkacase/reader/ReaderImpl.scala
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import java.util
 import java.util.Properties
 
 class ReaderImpl[TType: Decoder](props: Properties, topic: String, timeout: Duration, neverEnding: Boolean) extends Reader[TType] {
-
   private val consumer = new KafkaConsumer[String, String](props)
   consumer.subscribe(util.Arrays.asList(topic))
   private var singlePollIterator = fetchNextBatch()
@@ -62,39 +61,34 @@ class ReaderImpl[TType: Decoder](props: Properties, topic: String, timeout: Dura
 
 object ReaderImpl {
   private val DEFAULT_TIMEOUT: Duration = Duration.ofSeconds(3)
+  private val DEFAULT_NEVER_ENDING: Boolean = true
   private val log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(this.getClass)
-private val DEFAULT_NEVERENDING: Boolean = true
 
-// note: scala can't handle default parameters together with overloading.... hence slightly exponential number of auxiliary constructors
-// Primary method that contains default arguments
-  def apply[TType: Decoder](props: Properties, topic: String, timeout: Duration = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, neverEnding: Boolean = true): ReaderImpl[TType] = {
+  // note: scala can't handle default parameters together with overloading.... hence slightly exponential number of auxiliary apply methods
+  // Primary method that contains default arguments
+  def apply[TType: Decoder](props: Properties, topic: String, timeout: Duration = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, neverEnding: Boolean = DEFAULT_NEVER_ENDING): ReaderImpl[TType] = {
     new ReaderImpl[TType](props, topic, timeout, neverEnding)
   }
 
-  // Overloaded method without timeout
-  def apply[TType: Decoder](props: Properties, topic: String, neverEnding: Boolean): ReaderImpl[TType] = {
-    apply[TType](props, topic, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, neverEnding)
-  }
-
-  // Overloaded method without timeout and neverEnding
-  def apply[TType: Decoder](props: Properties, topic: String): ReaderImpl[TType] = {
-    apply[TType](props, topic, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_NEVERENDING)
-  }
-
-  // Overloaded method with Config (converts Config to Properties)
-  def apply[TType: Decoder](config: Config, topic: String, timeout: Duration = DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, neverEnding: Boolean = true): ReaderImpl[TType] = {
+  // Overloaded method with Config and all optional arguments
+  def apply[TType: Decoder](config: Config, topic: String, timeout: Duration, neverEnding: Boolean): ReaderImpl[TType] = {
     val props = convertConfigToProperties(config)
     apply[TType](props, topic, timeout, neverEnding)
   }
 
-  // Overloaded method with Config and neverEnding
+  // Overloaded method with Config and neverEnding optional argument
   def apply[TType: Decoder](config: Config, topic: String, neverEnding: Boolean): ReaderImpl[TType] = {
     apply[TType](config, topic, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, neverEnding)
   }
 
-  // Overloaded method with Config only
+  // Overloaded method with Config and timeout optional argument
+  def apply[TType: Decoder](config: Config, topic: String, timeout: Duration): ReaderImpl[TType] = {
+    apply[TType](config, topic, timeout, DEFAULT_NEVER_ENDING)
+  }
+
+  // Overloaded method with Config and none of optional arguments
   def apply[TType: Decoder](config: Config, topic: String): ReaderImpl[TType] = {
-    apply[TType](config, topic, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_NEVERENDING)
+    apply[TType](config, topic, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT, DEFAULT_NEVER_ENDING)
   }
 
   private def convertConfigToProperties(config: Config): Properties = {