diff --git a/bin/cli.js b/bin/cli.js
index 7ea6c3d..6dadb09 100644
--- a/bin/cli.js
+++ b/bin/cli.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ else if( tty.isatty( process.stdin ) ){
 var input = argv.file ? fs.createReadStream( argv.file ) : process.stdin;
 
 // write to stdout or elasticsearch
-var output = !!argv.db ? dbclient() : stringify;
+var output = !!argv.db ? dbclient({name: 'polylines'}) : stringify;
 
 // run the importer
 pipeline( input, output );
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 86ca547..4353e94 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "geojson-extent": "^0.3.2",
     "lodash": "^4.17.4",
     "minimist": "^1.2.0",
-    "pelias-dbclient": "^2.5.6",
+    "pelias-dbclient": "^2.8.0",
     "pelias-config": "^3.0.2",
     "pelias-logger": "^1.2.1",
     "pelias-model": "^5.5.2",