diff --git a/eventdata/index.json b/eventdata/index.json
index 44101498..df64b5da 100644
--- a/eventdata/index.json
+++ b/eventdata/index.json
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 {
+  "settings": {
+    "index.number_of_shards": 5
+  },
   "mappings": {
     "doc": {
       "dynamic": "strict",
diff --git a/geonames/index.json b/geonames/index.json
index 66a923a9..3605ed2b 100644
--- a/geonames/index.json
+++ b/geonames/index.json
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 {
+  "settings": {
+    "index.number_of_shards": 5
+  },
   "mappings": {
     "type": {
       "dynamic": "strict",
diff --git a/geopoint/index.json b/geopoint/index.json
index ba9cc9e8..45913b7a 100644
--- a/geopoint/index.json
+++ b/geopoint/index.json
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 {
+  "settings": {
+    "index.number_of_shards": 5
+  },
   "mappings": {
     "type": {
       "dynamic": "strict",
diff --git a/http_logs/index.json b/http_logs/index.json
index 46ec8e80..912990b1 100644
--- a/http_logs/index.json
+++ b/http_logs/index.json
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 {
+  "settings": {
+    "index.number_of_shards": 5
+  },
   "mappings": {
     "type": {
       "dynamic": "strict",
diff --git a/percolator/index.json b/percolator/index.json
index bc043d65..6ce8f349 100644
--- a/percolator/index.json
+++ b/percolator/index.json
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 {
+  "settings": {
+    "index.number_of_shards": 5
+  },
   "mappings": {
     "content": {
       "_source": {
diff --git a/pmc/index.json b/pmc/index.json
index 84c2837c..c2e66db8 100644
--- a/pmc/index.json
+++ b/pmc/index.json
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 {
+  "settings": {
+    "index.number_of_shards": 5
+  },
   "mappings": {
     "articles": {
       "_source": {
diff --git a/so/index.json b/so/index.json
index 4a5b3763..0e047d01 100644
--- a/so/index.json
+++ b/so/index.json
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 {
+  "settings": {
+    "index.number_of_shards": 5
+  },
   "mappings": {
     "doc": {
       "dynamic": "strict",