diff --git a/dockering/elastic/Dockerfile b/dockering/elastic/Dockerfile
index 091b8d08..16f84cb2 100644
--- a/dockering/elastic/Dockerfile
+++ b/dockering/elastic/Dockerfile
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ COPY elasticsearch.yml /usr/share/elasticsearch/config/
 
 RUN printf "password" | ./bin/elasticsearch-keystore add -f -x "bootstrap.password"
 
-EXPOSE 9200
\ No newline at end of file
+EXPOSE 9200
diff --git a/dockering/elastic/elasticsearch.yaml b/dockering/elastic/elasticsearch.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from dockering/elastic/elasticsearch.yaml
rename to dockering/elastic/elasticsearch.yml
diff --git a/piker/data/elasticsearch.py b/piker/data/elasticsearch.py
index 6fa9c1d6..28028350 100644
--- a/piker/data/elasticsearch.py
+++ b/piker/data/elasticsearch.py
@@ -65,49 +65,6 @@ _config = {
     'log_level': 'debug',
 }
 
-_yaml_config = '''
-# piker's ``elasticsearch`` config.
-
-# mount this config using:
-# sudo docker run \
-    # -itd \
-    # --rm \
-    # --network=host \
-    # --mount type=bind,source="$(pwd)"/elastic,target=/usr/share/elasticsearch/data \
-    # --env "elastic_username=elastic" \
-    # --env "elastic_password=password" \
-    # --env "xpack.security.enabled=false" \
-    # elastic
-
-root_directory: data
-port: {port}
-log_level: {log_level}
-queryable: true
-stop_grace_period: 0
-wal_rotate_interval: 5
-stale_threshold: 5
-enable_add: true
-enable_remove: false
-
-triggers:
-  - module: ondiskagg.so
-    on: "*/1Sec/OHLCV"
-    config:
-        # filter: "nasdaq"
-        destinations:
-            - 1Min
-            - 5Min
-            - 15Min
-            - 1H
-            - 1D
-
-  - module: stream.so
-    on: '*/*/*'
-    # config:
-    #     filter: "nasdaq"
-
-'''.format(**_config)
-
 
 def start_elasticsearch(
     client: docker.DockerClient,
@@ -122,156 +79,30 @@ def start_elasticsearch(
     The equivalent cli cmd to this code is:
 
         sudo docker run \
-        -itd \
-        --rm \
-        --network=host \
-        --mount type=bind,source="$(pwd)"/elastic,target=/usr/share/elasticsearch/data \
-        --env "elastic_username=elastic" \
-        --env "elastic_password=password" \
-        --env "xpack.security.enabled=false" \
-        elastic
+            -itd \
+            --rm \
+            --network=host \
+            --mount type=bind,source="$(pwd)"/elastic,target=/usr/share/elasticsearch/data \
+            --env "elastic_username=elastic" \
+            --env "elastic_password=password" \
+            --env "xpack.security.enabled=false" \
+            elastic
 
     '''
-    import os
     import docker
-    from .. import config
     get_console_log('info', name=__name__)
 
-    esdir = os.path.join(config._config_dir, 'elasticsearch')
-
-    # create dirs when dne
-    if not os.path.isdir(config._config_dir):
-        os.mkdir(config._config_dir)
-
-    if not os.path.isdir(esdir):
-        os.mkdir(esdir)
-
-    yml_file = os.path.join(esdir, 'es.yml')
-    if not os.path.isfile(yml_file):
-        log.warning(
-            f'No `elasticsearch` config exists?: {yml_file}\n'
-            'Generating new file from template:\n'
-            f'{_yaml_config}\n'
-        )
-        with open(yml_file, 'w') as yf:
-            yf.write(_yaml_config)
-
-    # create a mount from user's local piker config dir into container
-    config_dir_mnt = docker.types.Mount(
-        target='/etc',
-        source=esdir,
-        type='bind',
-    )
-
-    # create a user config subdir where the elasticsearch
-    # backing filesystem database can be persisted.
-    persistent_data_dir = os.path.join(
-        esdir, 'data',
-    )
-    if not os.path.isdir(persistent_data_dir):
-        os.mkdir(persistent_data_dir)
-
-    data_dir_mnt = docker.types.Mount(
-        target='/data',
-        source=persistent_data_dir,
-        type='bind',
-    )
-
     dcntr: DockerContainer = client.containers.run(
         'elastic',
-        ports={
-            '9200':9200,
-        },
-        mounts=[
-            config_dir_mnt,
-            data_dir_mnt,
-        ],
-        # log_config=log_cf,
+        network='host',
         detach=True,
-        # stop_signal='SIGINT',
-        # init=True,
-        # remove=True,
+        remove=True,
     )
 
     return (
         dcntr,
-        _config,
-
+        {},
         # expected startup and stop msgs
         "launching listener for all services...",
         "exiting...",
     )
-
-
-_tick_tbk_ids: tuple[str, str] = ('1Sec', 'TICK')
-_tick_tbk: str = '{}/' + '/'.join(_tick_tbk_ids)
-
-_tick_dt = [
-    # these two are required for as a "primary key"
-    ('Epoch', 'i8'),
-    ('Nanoseconds', 'i4'),
-    ('IsTrade', 'i1'),
-    ('IsBid', 'i1'),
-    ('Price', 'f4'),
-    ('Size', 'f4')
-]
-
-_quote_dt = [
-    # these two are required for as a "primary key"
-    ('Epoch', 'i8'),
-    ('Nanoseconds', 'i4'),
-
-    ('Tick', 'i4'),  # (-1, 0, 1) = (on bid, same, on ask)
-    # ('fill_time', 'f4'),
-    ('Last', 'f4'),
-    ('Bid', 'f4'),
-    ('Bsize', 'i8'),
-    ('Asize', 'i8'),
-    ('Ask', 'f4'),
-    ('Size', 'i8'),
-    ('Volume', 'i8'),
-    # ('brokerd_ts', 'i64'),
-    # ('VWAP', 'f4')
-]
-
-_quote_tmp = {}.fromkeys(dict(_quote_dt).keys(), np.nan)
-_tick_map = {
-    'Up': 1,
-    'Equal': 0,
-    'Down': -1,
-    None: np.nan,
-}
-
-_ohlcv_dt = [
-    # these two are required for as a "primary key"
-    ('Epoch', 'i8'),
-    # ('Nanoseconds', 'i4'),
-
-    # ohlcv sampling
-    ('Open', 'f4'),
-    ('High', 'f4'),
-    ('Low', 'f4'),
-    ('Close', 'f4'),
-    ('Volume', 'f4'),
-]
-
-
-ohlc_key_map = bidict({
-    'Epoch': 'time',
-    'Open': 'open',
-    'High': 'high',
-    'Low': 'low',
-    'Close': 'close',
-    'Volume': 'volume',
-})
-
-# # map of seconds ints to "time frame" accepted keys
-tf_in_1s = bidict({
-    1: '1Sec',
-    60: '1Min',
-    60*5: '5Min',
-    60*15: '15Min',
-    60*30: '30Min',
-    60*60: '1H',
-    60*60*24: '1D',
-})
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index bd6363c5..2a686cc5 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -85,7 +85,10 @@ setup(
         'tsdb': [
             'docker',
         ],
-
+        'es': [
+            'docker',
+            'elasticsearch'
+        ]
     },
     tests_require=['pytest'],
     python_requires=">=3.10",