Index: src/java/org/apache/nutch/indexer/elastic/ElasticWriter.java
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--- src/java/org/apache/nutch/indexer/elastic/ElasticWriter.java	(revision 1372751)
+++ src/java/org/apache/nutch/indexer/elastic/ElasticWriter.java	(working copy)
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@
   @Override
   public void write(NutchDocument doc) throws IOException {
     String id = TableUtil.reverseUrl(doc.getFieldValue("url"));
-    IndexRequestBuilder request = client.prepareIndex(defaultIndex, doc
-        .getDocumentMeta().get("type"), id);
+    String type = doc.getDocumentMeta().get("type");
+    if (type == null) type = "doc";
+    IndexRequestBuilder request = client.prepareIndex(defaultIndex, type, id);
     
     Map<String, Object> source = new HashMap<String, Object>();