diff --git a/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/util/ElasticUtils.java b/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/util/ElasticUtils.java
index d03365bc66a7a9249c0a90491a1a4059803ccfac..015d53e0ce74eef7cda150c02ae3205eaed208fd 100644
--- a/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/util/ElasticUtils.java
+++ b/testing/indexer-test-core/src/main/java/org/opengroup/osdu/util/ElasticUtils.java
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ public class ElasticUtils {
             url = url.trim().replaceAll("^(?i)(https?)://","");
             URI uri = new URI(scheme + "://" + url);
 
-            RestClientBuilder builder = RestClient.builder(new HttpHost(uri.getHost(), uri.getPort(), uri.getScheme()));
+            RestClientBuilder builder = RestClient.builder(new HttpHost(uri.getHost(), port, uri.getScheme()));
             builder.setPathPrefix(uri.getPath());
 
             builder.setRequestConfigCallback(requestConfigBuilder -> requestConfigBuilder.setConnectTimeout(REST_CLIENT_CONNECT_TIMEOUT)