diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index 9ed528419..61c3985e3 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -1915,7 +1915,7 @@ manager_global() {
 		"        template:"\
 		"          settings:"\
 		"            index:"\
-		"              number_of_shards: 1"\
+		"              number_of_shards: 2"\
 		"      warm: 7"\
 		"      close: 45"\
 		"      delete: 365"\