diff --git a/Dockerfiles/dashboards-helper.Dockerfile b/Dockerfiles/dashboards-helper.Dockerfile
index 9426311f1..39086b372 100644
--- a/Dockerfiles/dashboards-helper.Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfiles/dashboards-helper.Dockerfile
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ RUN apk update --no-cache && \
                                 /opt/templates && \
     chmod 755 /data/*.sh /data/*.py /data/init && \
     chmod 400 /opt/maps/* && \
-    (echo -e "*/2 * * * * /data/create-arkime-sessions-index.sh\n0 10 * * * /data/index-refresh.py --template malcolm_template --unassigned\n30 */2 * * * /data/index-refresh.py --index 'malcolm_beats_*' --template malcolm_beats_template --unassigned\n*/20 * * * * /data/opensearch_index_size_prune.py" > ${SUPERCRONIC_CRONTAB})
+    (echo -e "*/2 * * * * /data/create-arkime-sessions-index.sh\n0 10 * * * /data/index-refresh.py --index MALCOLM_NETWORK_INDEX_PATTERN --template malcolm_template --unassigned\n30 */2 * * * /data/index-refresh.py --index MALCOLM_OTHER_INDEX_PATTERN --template malcolm_beats_template --unassigned\n*/20 * * * * /data/opensearch_index_size_prune.py" > ${SUPERCRONIC_CRONTAB})
 
 EXPOSE $OFFLINE_REGION_MAPS_PORT
 
diff --git a/dashboards/scripts/index-refresh.py b/dashboards/scripts/index-refresh.py
index 82fc27b5a..4e2ea7458 100755
--- a/dashboards/scripts/index-refresh.py
+++ b/dashboards/scripts/index-refresh.py
@@ -191,6 +191,10 @@ def main():
     if debug:
         eprint('OpenSearch version is {}'.format(opensearchVersion))
 
+    # if they actually just specified the name of the environment variable, resolve that for the index name
+    if args.index.startswith('MALCOLM_'):
+        args.index = os.getenv(args.index, '')
+
     # find the ID of the index name (probably will be the same as the name)
     getIndexInfoResponse = requests.get(
         '{}/{}'.format(args.dashboardsUrl, GET_INDEX_PATTERN_INFO_URI),