diff --git a/salt/curator/files/bin/so-curator-closed-delete-delete b/salt/curator/files/bin/so-curator-closed-delete-delete
index f7ab6146d..b7b29b615 100755
--- a/salt/curator/files/bin/so-curator-closed-delete-delete
+++ b/salt/curator/files/bin/so-curator-closed-delete-delete
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ curl -s {{ELASTICSEARCH_HOST}}:{{ELASTICSEARCH_PORT}}/_cat/indices | grep -E " c
 	# Then, sort by date by telling sort to use hyphen as delimiter and then sort on the third field.
 	# Finally, select the first entry in that sorted list.
 	{% if grains['role'] in ['so-node','so-heavynode'] %}
-	OLDEST_INDEX=$(curl -s -k https://{{ELASTICSEARCH_HOST}}:{{ELASTICSEARCH_PORT}}/_cat/indices | grep -E " close (logstash-|so-)" | awk '{print $2}' | sort -t- -k3 | head -1)
+	OLDEST_INDEX=$(curl -s -k https://{{ELASTICSEARCH_HOST}}:{{ELASTICSEARCH_PORT}}/_cat/indices | grep -E " close (logstash-|so-)" | awk '{print $3}' | sort -t- -k3 | head -1)
 	{% else %}
 	OLDEST_INDEX=$(curl -s {{ELASTICSEARCH_HOST}}:{{ELASTICSEARCH_PORT}}/_cat/indices | grep -E " close (logstash-|so-)" | awk '{print $3}' | sort -t- -k3 | head -1)
 	{% endif %}