diff --git a/8-reindexer.py b/8-reindexer.py
index ef988e16cec9ea54f204d12f737bf3b6d34b555e..72985b77b74981ddd54c24ad3872cc615d5812a1 100644
--- a/8-reindexer.py
+++ b/8-reindexer.py
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ def main(cfg, wait=True):
 
     from es_template import template
     template['index_patterns'] = [ cfg['reindexer']['destination_index'] ]
-    template['settings']['number_of_shards'] = [ cfg['reindexer']['number_of_shards'] ]
-    template['settings']['number_of_replicas'] = [ cfg['reindexer']['number_of_replicas'] ]
-
+    template['settings']['number_of_shards'] = cfg['reindexer']['number_of_shards']
+    template['settings']['number_of_replicas'] = cfg['reindexer']['number_of_replicas']
+    
     if wait:
 
         if 'source_url' in cfg['reindexer'].keys():