diff --git a/setup/so-functions b/setup/so-functions
index 0c2bc804d..9ded48ddf 100755
--- a/setup/so-functions
+++ b/setup/so-functions
@@ -1199,15 +1199,15 @@ manager_global() {
 		"elastic:"\
 		"  features: False"\
 		"elasticsearch:"\
-		"  replicas: 0"
+		"  replicas: 0" >> "$global_pillar"
 		if [ -n "$ESCLUSTERNAME" ]; then 
 		    printf '%s\n'\
 				   "  true_cluster: True"\
-		           "  true_cluster_name: '$ESCLUSTERNAME'"
+		           "  true_cluster_name: '$ESCLUSTERNAME'" >> "$global_pillar"
 		else
 			printf '%s\n'\
 			       "  true_cluster: False"\
-				   "  true_cluster_name: 'so'"
+				   "  true_cluster_name: 'so'" >> "$global_pillar"
 		fi
 		printf '%s\n'\
 		"  discovery_nodes: 1"\