diff --git a/helm-chart/sefaria-project/templates/configmap/local-settings-file.yaml b/helm-chart/sefaria-project/templates/configmap/local-settings-file.yaml
index 838848cdc4..5640173d53 100644
--- a/helm-chart/sefaria-project/templates/configmap/local-settings-file.yaml
+++ b/helm-chart/sefaria-project/templates/configmap/local-settings-file.yaml
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ data:
     SERVER_EMAIL = os.getenv("SERVER_EMAIL")
 
     auth_str = f'{os.getenv("ELASTIC_USERNAME")}:{os.getenv("ELASTIC_PASSWORD")}@' if os.getenv("ELASTIC_USERNAME") else ''
-    SEARCH_ADMIN = f'http://{auth_str}' + {{ .Values.nginx.SEARCH_HOST | quote }} + ":9200"
+    SEARCH_ADMIN = f'http://{auth_str}' + {{ .Values.nginx.SEARCH_HOST | quote }} + ':9200'
     SEARCH_INDEX_ON_SAVE = True
     SEARCH_INDEX_NAME_TEXT = 'text'  # name of the ElasticSearch index to use
     SEARCH_INDEX_NAME_SHEET = 'sheet'