diff --git a/cron/rotateIndexes.py b/cron/rotateIndexes.py
index 4795906c..850088d3 100755
--- a/cron/rotateIndexes.py
+++ b/cron/rotateIndexes.py
@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ def esRotateIndexes():
                                   "number_of_shards": 1
                               }
                             }
-                            es.create_index(newindex, index_config)
-                        logger.debug('Creating %s index' % newindex)
-                        else:
-                            es.create_index(newindex)
                             logger.debug('Creating %s index' % newindex)
+                            es.create_index(newindex, index_config)
+                        else:
+                            logger.debug('Creating %s index' % newindex)
+                            es.create_index(newindex)
                     # set aliases: events to events-YYYYMMDD
                     # and events-previous to events-YYYYMMDD-1
                     logger.debug('Setting {0} alias to index: {1}'.format(index, newindex))