diff --git a/config/defaults.json b/config/defaults.json
index a65b1a9..3df2c11 100644
--- a/config/defaults.json
+++ b/config/defaults.json
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     }]
   },
   "elasticsearch": {
-    "_type": "doc",
     "settings": {
       "index": {
         "number_of_replicas": "0",
@@ -70,7 +69,8 @@
     }
   },
   "schema": {
-    "indexName": "pelias"
+    "indexName": "pelias",
+    "typeName": "doc"
   },
   "logger": {
     "level": "debug",
diff --git a/test/expected-deep.json b/test/expected-deep.json
index 7f6777e..d63d55f 100644
--- a/test/expected-deep.json
+++ b/test/expected-deep.json
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     }]
   },
   "elasticsearch": {
-    "_type": "doc",
     "settings": {
       "index": {
         "number_of_replicas": "0",
@@ -75,7 +74,8 @@
     }
   },
   "schema": {
-    "indexName": "pelias"
+    "indexName": "pelias",
+    "typeName": "doc"
   },
   "logger": {
     "level": "debug",