diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7222daa..2b73400 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+4.1.3
+-----
+
+- Fix crash introduced in 4.1.0 when creating Elasticsearch indexes (Issue #15) 
+
 4.1.2
 -----
 
diff --git a/parsedmarc/__init__.py b/parsedmarc/__init__.py
index 1edc302..aa007f2 100644
--- a/parsedmarc/__init__.py
+++ b/parsedmarc/__init__.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import imapclient.exceptions
 import dateparser
 import mailparser
 
-__version__ = "4.1.2"
+__version__ = "4.1.3"
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 logger.setLevel(logging.ERROR)
diff --git a/parsedmarc/elastic.py b/parsedmarc/elastic.py
index 1e06e80..c426755 100644
--- a/parsedmarc/elastic.py
+++ b/parsedmarc/elastic.py
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ def create_indexes(names=None, settings=None):
     for name in names:
         index = Index(name)
         if not index.exists():
-            index.put_settings(settings)
+            if settings:
+                index.put_settings(settings)
             index.create()
 
 
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e828cd9..11e2ed0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from setuptools import setup
 from codecs import open
 from os import path
 
-__version__ = "4.1.2"
+__version__ = "4.1.3"
 description = "A Python package and CLI for parsing aggregate and " \
               "forensic DMARC reports"