diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-templates b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-templates
index 2f1ebb82e..61ff48330 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-templates
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-elasticsearch-templates
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {%- set mainint = salt['pillar.get']('host:mainint') %}
-{%- set MYIP = salt['grains.get']('ip_interfaces:' ~ mainint[0]) %}
+{%- set MYIP = salt['grains.get']('ip_interfaces:' ~ mainint)[0] %}
 
 #!/bin/bash
 # Copyright 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019 Security Onion Solutions, LLC