diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index e771f9d2393..e3facca2345 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -13,19 +13,23 @@ RUN \
   wget https://download.elasticsearch.org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/elasticsearch-1.3.2.tar.gz && \
   tar xvzf elasticsearch-1.3.2.tar.gz && \
   rm -f elasticsearch-1.3.2.tar.gz && \
-  mv /tmp/elasticsearch-1.3.2 /elasticsearch
+  mv /tmp/elasticsearch-1.3.2 /elasticsearch && \
+  /elasticsearch/bin/plugin -install lmenezes/elasticsearch-kopf/1.2 && \
+  /elasticsearch/bin/plugin -install royrusso/elasticsearch-HQ
 
 # Define mountable directories.
 VOLUME ["/data"]
 
 # Mount elasticsearch.yml config
 ADD config/elasticsearch.yml /elasticsearch/config/elasticsearch.yml
+ADD bin/init.sh /elasticsearch/bin/init.sh
 
 # Define working directory.
 WORKDIR /data
 
 # Define default command.
-CMD ["/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch"]
+#CMD ["/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch"]
+CMD ["/elasticsearch/bin/init.sh"]
 
 # Expose ports.
 #   - 9200: HTTP
diff --git a/bin/init.sh b/bin/init.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..fb83f5d5b26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/init.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#! /bin/bash
+
+function add_es_master {
+cat >>/elasticsearch/config/elasticsearch.yml <<EEOF
+
+cluster:
+  name: ${ES_CLUSTERNAME}
+discovery:
+  zen:
+    ping:
+      unicast: ${ES1_PORT_9300_TCP_ADDR}
+EEOF
+}
+
+if [ ! -z "${ES1_PORT_9300_TCP_ADDR}" ] ; then
+  add_es_master
+fi
+
+echo "............"
+echo "Using config file:"
+cat /elasticsearch/config/elasticsearch.yml
+echo "............"
+
+/elasticsearch/bin/elasticsearch
diff --git a/config/elasticsearch.yml b/config/elasticsearch.yml
index 72be0f9690f..bd0d4fcebf7 100644
--- a/config/elasticsearch.yml
+++ b/config/elasticsearch.yml
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ path:
   logs: /data/log
   plugins: /data/plugins
   work: /data/work
+index:
+  number_of_shards: 8
+  number_of_replicas: 1