diff --git a/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-pipelines b/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-pipelines
index 7fdc6ff7b..350ac97c5 100755
--- a/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-pipelines
+++ b/salt/elasticsearch/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-pipelines
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ if [ ! -f /opt/so/state/espipelines.txt ]; then
   cd ${ELASTICSEARCH_INGEST_PIPELINES}
 
   echo "Loading pipelines..."
-  for i in *; do echo $i; RESPONSE=$(curl -K /opt/so/conf/elasticsearch/curl.config -k -XPUT -L https://${ELASTICSEARCH_HOST}:${ELASTICSEARCH_PORT}/_ingest/pipeline/$i -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d@$i 2>/dev/null); echo $RESPONSE; if [[ "$RESPONSE" == *"error"* ]]; then RETURN_CODE=1; fi; done
+  for i in .[a-z]* *; do echo $i; RESPONSE=$(curl -K /opt/so/conf/elasticsearch/curl.config -k -XPUT -L https://${ELASTICSEARCH_HOST}:${ELASTICSEARCH_PORT}/_ingest/pipeline/$i -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d@$i 2>/dev/null); echo $RESPONSE; if [[ "$RESPONSE" == *"error"* ]]; then RETURN_CODE=1; fi; done
   echo
 
   cd - >/dev/null