diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index fbc06fd84..06ec7238a 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -1724,7 +1724,7 @@ manager_global() {
 		"  hot_warm: False"\
 		"elastic:"\
 		"  features: False"\
-		"elasticsearch:"\
+		"elasticsearch:"\ >> "$global_pillar"
 	if [ -n "$ESCLUSTERNAME" ]; then 
 		printf '%s\n'\
 			"  true_cluster: True"\
@@ -1735,8 +1735,9 @@ manager_global() {
 		printf '%s\n'\
 			"  true_cluster: False" >> "$global_pillar"
 	fi
-		"  replicas: 0" >> "$global_pillar"
+
 	printf '%s\n'\
+		"  replicas: 0"\
 		"  discovery_nodes: 1"\
 		"  hot_warm_enabled: False"\
 		"  cluster_routing_allocation_disk.threshold_enabled: true"\