diff --git a/hstream-kafka/HStream/Kafka/Group/Group.hs b/hstream-kafka/HStream/Kafka/Group/Group.hs
index 4fe08c7fb..e39dbf48a 100644
--- a/hstream-kafka/HStream/Kafka/Group/Group.hs
+++ b/hstream-kafka/HStream/Kafka/Group/Group.hs
@@ -601,8 +601,8 @@ addMember group@Group{..} member delayedResponse = do
 
   Utils.whenIORefEq leader Nothing $ do
     IO.atomicWriteIORef leader (Just member.memberId)
-    Log.info $ "updated leader, group:" <> Log.build groupId
-      <> "leader:" <> Log.build member.memberId
+    Log.info $ "updated leader for group: " <> Log.build groupId
+      <> ", leader: " <> Log.build member.memberId
 
   H.insert members member.memberId member
   updateSupportedProtocols group memberProtocols
diff --git a/hstream-kafka/HStream/Kafka/Server/Handler/Group.hs b/hstream-kafka/HStream/Kafka/Server/Handler/Group.hs
index 36f8f9518..3183fe361 100644
--- a/hstream-kafka/HStream/Kafka/Server/Handler/Group.hs
+++ b/hstream-kafka/HStream/Kafka/Server/Handler/Group.hs
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ import qualified Kafka.Protocol.Encoding               as K
 import qualified Kafka.Protocol.Error                  as K
 import qualified Kafka.Protocol.Message                as K
 import qualified Kafka.Protocol.Service                as K
+import HStream.Common.Server.Lookup (lookupKafkaPersist, KafkaResource (KafkaResGroup))
+import HStream.Server.HStreamApi (ServerNode(..))
 
 handleJoinGroup :: ServerContext
                 -> K.RequestContext
@@ -144,10 +146,16 @@ handleDescribeGroups ServerContext{..} reqCtx req = do
     simpleAuthorize (toAuthorizableReqCtx reqCtx) authorizer Res_GROUP gid AclOp_DESCRIBE >>= \case
       False -> return $ makeErrorGroup gid K.GROUP_AUTHORIZATION_FAILED ""
       True  -> case group_m of
+        Just group -> do
+          ServerNode{..} <- lookupKafkaPersist metaHandle gossipContext
+                       loadBalanceHashRing scAdvertisedListenersKey
+                       (KafkaResGroup group.groupId)
+          if serverNodeId /= serverID
+            then return $ makeErrorGroup gid K.NOT_COORDINATOR ""
+            else G.describe group
         -- Note: For non-existed group, return with no error and Dead state.
         --       See kafka.coordinator.group.GroupCoordinator#handleDescribeGroup.
         Nothing    -> return $ makeErrorGroup gid K.NONE (T.pack (show G.Dead))
-        Just group -> G.describe group
   -- FIXME: hard-coded constants
   return $ K.DescribeGroupsResponse
          { groups         = Utils.listToKaArray describedGroups