diff --git a/salt/soc/defaults.map.jinja b/salt/soc/defaults.map.jinja
index 7720e7027..2587051c5 100644
--- a/salt/soc/defaults.map.jinja
+++ b/salt/soc/defaults.map.jinja
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 {# add nodes from the logstash:nodes pillar to soc.server.modules.elastic.remoteHostUrls #}
 {% for node_type, minions in salt['pillar.get']('logstash:nodes', {}).items() %}
 {%   for m in minions.keys() %}
-{%     do SOCDEFAULTS.soc.config.server.modules.elastic.remoteHostUrls.append(m) %}
+{%     do SOCDEFAULTS.soc.config.server.modules.elastic.remoteHostUrls.append('https://' ~ m ~ ':9200') %}
 {%   endfor %}
 {% endfor %}