diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6962421..19abaf4 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 * bump math.combinatorics to 0.3.2
 
 ### Fixed
-
+* ES conf can be created without a document type
 
 ## [0.7.32] - 2025-10-24
 ### Changed
diff --git a/src/clj/datasplash/es.clj b/src/clj/datasplash/es.clj
index 883684c..48b3841 100644
--- a/src/clj/datasplash/es.clj
+++ b/src/clj/datasplash/es.clj
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 (ns datasplash.es
   (:require
    [charred.api :as charred]
+   [clojure.string :as str]
    [datasplash.core :as ds])
   (:import
    (datasplash.fns ExtractKeyFn)
@@ -19,13 +20,16 @@
    {:username          {:docstr "username"}
     :password          {:docstr "password"}
     :keystore-password {:docstr "If Elasticsearch uses SSL/TLS with mutual authentication (via shield), provide the password to open the client keystore."}
-    :keystore-path     {:docstr "If Elasticsearch uses SSL/TLS with mutual authentication (via shield), provide the password to open the client keystore."}}))
+    :keystore-path     {:docstr "Path to a file to add to the keystore."}}))
 
 (defn- es-config
   "Creates a new Elasticsearch connection configuration."
   [hosts index type {:keys [username password keystore-password keystore-path]}]
-  (let [hosts-array (into-array String hosts)]
-    (cond-> (ElasticsearchIO$ConnectionConfiguration/create hosts-array index type)
+  (let [hosts-array (into-array String hosts)
+        conf (if (str/blank? type)
+               (ElasticsearchIO$ConnectionConfiguration/create hosts-array index)
+               (ElasticsearchIO$ConnectionConfiguration/create hosts-array index type))]
+    (cond-> conf
       username          (.withUsername username)
       password          (.withPassword password)
       keystore-password (.withKeystorePassword keystore-password)
@@ -62,7 +66,7 @@
   "Connects to ES, reads, and convert serialized json to clojure map."
   [hosts index type options]
   (let [safe-opts (dissoc options :name)
-        key-fn    (or (get options :key-fn) false)]
+        key-fn    (get options :key-fn false)]
     (ds/ptransform
      :read-es-to-clj
      [^PCollection pcoll]