diff --git a/deployment/deploy_opencdmp.sh b/deployment/deploy_opencdmp.sh
index dc2c90e90..c00aa4e9a 100644
--- a/deployment/deploy_opencdmp.sh
+++ b/deployment/deploy_opencdmp.sh
@@ -62,9 +62,8 @@ function loading_icon() {
 
 loading_icon 45 "Waiting for Elasticsearch to Startup!"
 
-if [[ $1 == "-r" ]]; then
-	docker exec opencdmp.elasticsearch /usr/share/elasticsearch/config/index_init.sh
-fi
+docker exec opencdmp.elasticsearch /usr/share/elasticsearch/config/index_init.sh
+
 docker restart opencdmp.elasticsearch
 
 docker-compose up -d opencdmp.postgres