diff --git a/src/storage/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.ts b/src/storage/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.ts
index 1a951d5a..1c4294d1 100644
--- a/src/storage/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.ts
+++ b/src/storage/elasticsearch/elasticsearch.ts
@@ -205,6 +205,9 @@ export class Elasticsearch implements Database {
     this.aliasMap = {};
     this.ready = false;
 
+    checkESTemplate(typeof process.env.ES_FORCE_MAPPING_UPDATE !== 'undefined' ?
+    process.env.ES_FORCE_MAPPING_UPDATE === 'true' : false);
+
     this.aggregationsSchema = buildAggregations();
 
     this.mailQueue = mailQueue;
@@ -484,9 +487,6 @@ export class Elasticsearch implements Database {
       Monitoring.setUp(monitoringConfiguration, this.client, this.mailQueue);
     }
 
-    checkESTemplate(typeof process.env.ES_FORCE_MAPPING_UPDATE !== 'undefined' ?
-      process.env.ES_FORCE_MAPPING_UPDATE === 'true' : false);
-
     return this.getAliasMap();
   }