diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index d2ac347dfee..a99a3c0c5fe 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ var config = new Settings(
   // By default this will attempt to reach ES at the same host you have
   // elasticsearch installed on. You probably want to set it to the FQDN of your
   // elasticsearch host
-  elasticsearch:    window.location.protocol+"//"+window.location.hostname+":9200",   
+  elasticsearch:    "http://"+window.location.hostname+":9200",   
   // elasticsearch: 'http://localhost:9200',
   kibana_index:     "kibana-int", 
   modules:          ['histogram','map','pie','table','stringquery','sort',
diff --git a/js/services.js b/js/services.js
index d0716c3dc11..ed12ee8607f 100644
--- a/js/services.js
+++ b/js/services.js
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ angular.module('kibana.services', [])
 
 })
 .service('kbnIndex',function($http) {
-    // returns a promise containing an array of all indices matching the index
+  // returns a promise containing an array of all indices matching the index
   // pattern that exist in a given range
   this.indices = function(from,to,pattern,interval) {
     var possible = [];