diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+0.5.0.0
+=======
+* Update template for ESv1 to not analyze certain fields like host and
+  namespace. These are not fields that benefit from tokenization. If
+  you're on ESv1, after running `mkEsScribe`, the logs template will
+  be updated to stop analyzing those fields. That means the next
+  index that is cut (e.g. tomorrow's logs if you're using daily index
+  sharding) will no longer analyze some fields.
+
 0.4.2.0
 =======
 * Allow newer bloodhound, aeson, async.
diff --git a/katip-elasticsearch.cabal b/katip-elasticsearch.cabal
--- a/katip-elasticsearch.cabal
+++ b/katip-elasticsearch.cabal
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name:                katip-elasticsearch
 synopsis:            ElasticSearch scribe for the Katip logging framework.
 description:         See README.md for more details.
-version:             0.4.2.0
+version:             0.5.0.0
 license:             BSD3
 license-file:        LICENSE
 author:              Ozgun Ataman, Michael Xavier
diff --git a/src/Katip/Scribes/ElasticSearch/Internal.hs b/src/Katip/Scribes/ElasticSearch/Internal.hs
--- a/src/Katip/Scribes/ElasticSearch/Internal.hs
+++ b/src/Katip/Scribes/ElasticSearch/Internal.hs
@@ -345,8 +345,8 @@
               , "at" .= dateType
               , unanalyzedString "app"
               ]
-        unanalyzedString k = k .= object ["type" .= String (unanalyzedStringType prx)]
-        analyzedString k = k .= object ["type" .= String (analyzedStringType prx)]
+        unanalyzedString k = k .= unanalyzedStringSpec prx
+        analyzedString k = k .= analyzedStringSpec prx
         locType = object ["properties" .= object locPairs]
         locPairs = [ unanalyzedString "loc_pkg"
                    , unanalyzedString "loc_mod"
@@ -480,8 +480,8 @@
 
   -- In ES 5 and beyond, "string" was deprecated in favor of text for
   -- fulltext and keyword for unanalyzed tokens
-  unanalyzedStringType :: proxy v -> Text
-  analyzedStringType :: proxy v -> Text
+  unanalyzedStringSpec :: proxy v -> Value
+  analyzedStringSpec :: proxy v -> Value
 
 
 
@@ -517,8 +517,14 @@
   updateIndexSettings _ = V1.updateIndexSettings
   putTemplate _ = V1.putTemplate
   putMapping _ = V1.putMapping
-  unanalyzedStringType _ = "string"
-  analyzedStringType _ = "string"
+  unanalyzedStringSpec _ = object
+    [ "type" .= String  "string"
+    , "index" .= String "not_analyzed"
+    ]
+  analyzedStringSpec _ = object
+    [ "type" .= String  "string"
+    , "index" .= String "analyzed"
+    ]
 
 
 data ESV5 = ESV5
@@ -553,5 +559,9 @@
   updateIndexSettings _ = V5.updateIndexSettings
   putTemplate _ = V5.putTemplate
   putMapping _ = V5.putMapping
-  unanalyzedStringType _ = "keyword"
-  analyzedStringType _ = "text"
+  unanalyzedStringSpec _ = object
+    [ "type" .= String "keyword"
+    ]
+  analyzedStringSpec _ = object
+    [ "type" .= String "text"
+    ]