diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index e454493..71b4497 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@apiclient.xyz/elasticsearch',
-  version: '1.0.43',
+  version: '1.0.44',
   description: 'log to elasticsearch in a kibana compatible format'
 }
diff --git a/ts/elasticsearch.classes.elasticindex.ts b/ts/elasticsearch.classes.elasticindex.ts
index ec5b528..b4ed17d 100644
--- a/ts/elasticsearch.classes.elasticindex.ts
+++ b/ts/elasticsearch.classes.elasticindex.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export class ElasticIndex {
 
   public async ensureIndex(prefixArg: string, indexNameArg: string) {
     if (this.stringmap.checkString(indexNameArg)) {
-      return;
+      return indexNameArg;
     }
     const responseArg = await this.elasticSearchRef.client.cat.indices({
       format: 'json',
diff --git a/ts/elasticsearch.classes.elasticsearch.ts b/ts/elasticsearch.classes.elasticsearch.ts
index 8976846..91f57c7 100644
--- a/ts/elasticsearch.classes.elasticsearch.ts
+++ b/ts/elasticsearch.classes.elasticsearch.ts
@@ -51,8 +51,7 @@ export class ElasticSearch<T> {
       return;
     }
 
-    const response = await this.elasticIndex.ensureIndex(this.indexPrefix, indexToUse);
-    console.log(response);
+    const resultIndexName = await this.elasticIndex.ensureIndex(this.indexPrefix, indexToUse);
     this.client.index(
       {
         index: indexToUse,