diff --git a/quesma/frontend_connectors/elasticsearch_ingest.go b/quesma/frontend_connectors/elasticsearch_ingest.go
index 737bf5e4e..e0d6a0f01 100644
--- a/quesma/frontend_connectors/elasticsearch_ingest.go
+++ b/quesma/frontend_connectors/elasticsearch_ingest.go
@@ -6,22 +6,27 @@ package frontend_connectors
 import (
 	"context"
 	"github.com/QuesmaOrg/quesma/quesma/processors/es_to_ch_common"
+	"github.com/QuesmaOrg/quesma/quesma/quesma/config"
 	"net/http"
 	quesma_api "quesma_v2/core"
 )
 
 type ElasticsearchIngestFrontendConnector struct {
-	BasicHTTPFrontendConnector
+	*BasicHTTPFrontendConnector
 }
 
-func NewElasticsearchIngestFrontendConnector(endpoint string) *ElasticsearchIngestFrontendConnector {
+func NewElasticsearchIngestFrontendConnector(endpoint string, cfg *config.QuesmaConfiguration) *ElasticsearchIngestFrontendConnector {
+
+	basicHttpFrontendConnector := NewBasicHTTPFrontendConnector(endpoint, cfg)
+	basicHttpFrontendConnector.responseMutator = func(w http.ResponseWriter) http.ResponseWriter {
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+		return w
+	}
 	fc := &ElasticsearchIngestFrontendConnector{
-		BasicHTTPFrontendConnector: BasicHTTPFrontendConnector{
-			endpoint:        endpoint,
-			responseMutator: setContentType,
-		},
+		BasicHTTPFrontendConnector: basicHttpFrontendConnector,
 	}
 	router := quesma_api.NewPathRouter()
+
 	router.Register(es_to_ch_common.IndexBulkPath, quesma_api.IsHTTPMethod("POST", "PUT"), func(ctx context.Context, req *quesma_api.Request, writer http.ResponseWriter) (*quesma_api.Result, error) {
 		return es_to_ch_common.SetPathPattern(req, es_to_ch_common.IndexBulkPath), nil
 	})
@@ -37,8 +42,3 @@ func NewElasticsearchIngestFrontendConnector(endpoint string) *ElasticsearchInge
 	fc.AddRouter(router)
 	return fc
 }
-
-func setContentType(w http.ResponseWriter) http.ResponseWriter {
-	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
-	return w
-}
diff --git a/quesma/v2_quesma_builder.go b/quesma/v2_quesma_builder.go
index 8c6beb494..b8394017e 100644
--- a/quesma/v2_quesma_builder.go
+++ b/quesma/v2_quesma_builder.go
@@ -54,8 +54,17 @@ func BuildNewQuesma() quesma_api.QuesmaBuilder {
 		},
 	)
 
-	ingestFrontendConnector := frontend_connectors.NewElasticsearchIngestFrontendConnector(":8080")
-
+	ingestFrontendConnector := frontend_connectors.NewElasticsearchIngestFrontendConnector(
+		":8080",
+		&config.QuesmaConfiguration{
+			DisableAuth: true,
+			Elasticsearch: config.ElasticsearchConfiguration{
+				Url:      &config.Url{Host: "localhost:9200", Scheme: "http"},
+				User:     "",
+				Password: "",
+			},
+		},
+	)
 	var ingestPipeline quesma_api.PipelineBuilder = quesma_api.NewPipeline()
 	ingestPipeline.AddFrontendConnector(ingestFrontendConnector)
 
@@ -108,7 +117,17 @@ func BuildNewQuesma() quesma_api.QuesmaBuilder {
 func buildIngestOnlyQuesma() quesma_api.QuesmaBuilder {
 	var quesmaBuilder quesma_api.QuesmaBuilder = quesma_api.NewQuesma(quesma_api.EmptyDependencies())
 
-	ingestFrontendConnector := frontend_connectors.NewElasticsearchIngestFrontendConnector(":8080")
+	ingestFrontendConnector := frontend_connectors.NewElasticsearchIngestFrontendConnector(
+		":8080",
+		&config.QuesmaConfiguration{
+			DisableAuth: true,
+			Elasticsearch: config.ElasticsearchConfiguration{
+				Url:      &config.Url{Host: "localhost:9200", Scheme: "http"},
+				User:     "",
+				Password: "",
+			},
+		},
+	)
 
 	var ingestPipeline quesma_api.PipelineBuilder = quesma_api.NewPipeline()
 	ingestPipeline.AddFrontendConnector(ingestFrontendConnector)