diff --git a/build/Version.props b/build/Version.props
index 1ff61da970..4223b9f4e7 100644
--- a/build/Version.props
+++ b/build/Version.props
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <Import Project="ControlPanelVersion.props" />
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TgsCoreVersion>5.13.1</TgsCoreVersion>
-    <TgsConfigVersion>4.7.0</TgsConfigVersion>
+    <TgsConfigVersion>4.7.1</TgsConfigVersion>
     <TgsApiVersion>9.11.0</TgsApiVersion>
     <TgsCommonLibraryVersion>6.0.0</TgsCommonLibraryVersion>
     <TgsApiLibraryVersion>11.0.0</TgsApiLibraryVersion>
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Configuration/ElasticsearchConfiguration.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Configuration/ElasticsearchConfiguration.cs
index 07a3afd8e0..8c45f2e9f5 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Configuration/ElasticsearchConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Configuration/ElasticsearchConfiguration.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Configuration
+using System;
+
+namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Configuration
 	{
 	/// <summary>
 	/// Configuration options pertaining to elasticsearch log storage.
@@ -18,7 +20,7 @@
 		/// <summary>
 		/// The host of the elasticsearch endpoint.
 		/// </summary>
-		public string Host { get; set; }
+		public Uri Host { get; set; }
 
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Username for elasticsearch.
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Application.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Application.cs
index cada7d1b6c..2697896d5c 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Application.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Core/Application.cs
@@ -196,11 +196,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Core
 						rollOnFileSizeLimit: true);
 				},
 				elasticsearchConfiguration.Enable
-					? new ElasticsearchSinkOptions(
-						new Uri(
-							String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(elasticsearchConfiguration.Host)
-								? throw new InvalidOperationException($"Missing {ElasticsearchConfiguration.Section}:{nameof(elasticsearchConfiguration.Host)}!")
-								: elasticsearchConfiguration.Host))
+					? new ElasticsearchSinkOptions(elasticsearchConfiguration.Host ?? throw new InvalidOperationException($"Missing {ElasticsearchConfiguration.Section}:{nameof(elasticsearchConfiguration.Host)}!"))
 					{
 						// Yes I know this means they cannot use a self signed cert unless they also have authentication, but lets be real here
 						// No one is going to be doing one of those but not the other
diff --git a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Setup/SetupWizard.cs b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Setup/SetupWizard.cs
index 762d0c8aa9..d83aeeb11c 100644
--- a/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Setup/SetupWizard.cs
+++ b/src/Tgstation.Server.Host/Setup/SetupWizard.cs
@@ -790,11 +790,17 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Setup
 				do
 				{
 					await console.WriteAsync("ElasticSearch server endpoint (Include protocol and port, leave blank for http://127.0.0.1:9200): ", false, cancellationToken);
-					elasticsearchConfiguration.Host = await console.ReadLineAsync(false, cancellationToken);
-					if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(elasticsearchConfiguration.Host))
+					var hostString = await console.ReadLineAsync(false, cancellationToken);
+					if (String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(hostString))
+						hostString = "http://127.0.0.1:9200";
+
+					if (Uri.TryCreate(hostString, UriKind.Absolute, out var host))
 					{
+						elasticsearchConfiguration.Host = host;
 						break;
 					}
+
+					await console.WriteAsync("Invalid URI!", true, cancellationToken);
 				}
 				while (true);
 
@@ -803,9 +809,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Setup
 					await console.WriteAsync("Enter Elasticsearch username: ", false, cancellationToken);
 					elasticsearchConfiguration.Username = await console.ReadLineAsync(false, cancellationToken);
 					if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(elasticsearchConfiguration.Username))
-					{
 						break;
-					}
 				}
 				while (true);
 
@@ -814,9 +818,7 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Setup
 					await console.WriteAsync("Enter password: ", false, cancellationToken);
 					elasticsearchConfiguration.Password = await console.ReadLineAsync(true, cancellationToken);
 					if (!String.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(elasticsearchConfiguration.Username))
-					{
 						break;
-					}
 				}
 				while (true);
 			}
diff --git a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Host.Tests/Setup/TestSetupWizard.cs b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Host.Tests/Setup/TestSetupWizard.cs
index 91dacecda9..7ad15d9ad0 100644
--- a/tests/Tgstation.Server.Host.Tests/Setup/TestSetupWizard.cs
+++ b/tests/Tgstation.Server.Host.Tests/Setup/TestSetupWizard.cs
@@ -200,7 +200,12 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Setup.Tests
 				//logging config
 				"no",
 				// elasticsearch config
-				"n", // were not validating this travesty in CI
+				"y",
+				String.Empty,
+				String.Empty,
+				"user",
+				String.Empty,
+				"pass",
 				//cp config
 				"y",
 				"y",
@@ -267,7 +272,11 @@ namespace Tgstation.Server.Host.Setup.Tests
 				"None",
 				"Critical",
 				// elasticsearch config
-				"n", // were not validating this travesty in CI
+				"y",
+				"bad url",
+				"http://localhost:929",
+				"user",
+				"pass",
 				//cp config
 				"y",
 				"n",