diff --git a/hysds_commons/__init__.py b/hysds_commons/__init__.py
index 90d672b..da92a97 100644
--- a/hysds_commons/__init__.py
+++ b/hysds_commons/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 from __future__ import division
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 
-__version__ = "1.0.15"
+__version__ = "1.0.16"
 __description__ = "Common HySDS Functions, Utilities, Etc."
 __url__ = "https://github.jpl.nasa.gov/hysds-org/hysds_commons"
diff --git a/hysds_commons/elasticsearch_utils.py b/hysds_commons/elasticsearch_utils.py
index e4fdd50..e7e9a2b 100644
--- a/hysds_commons/elasticsearch_utils.py
+++ b/hysds_commons/elasticsearch_utils.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 class ElasticsearchUtility:
     def __init__(self, es_url, logger=None, **kwargs):
-        self.es = elasticsearch.Elasticsearch(hosts=[es_url], **kwargs)
+        self.es = elasticsearch.Elasticsearch(hosts=es_url if type(es_url) == list else [es_url], **kwargs)
         self.es_url = es_url
         self.logger = logger
         self.version = None