diff --git a/neo4j-app/neo4j_app/core/config.py b/neo4j-app/neo4j_app/core/config.py
index 07b71d43..3d657dc7 100644
--- a/neo4j-app/neo4j_app/core/config.py
+++ b/neo4j-app/neo4j_app/core/config.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 import configparser
 import functools
 import logging
-import re
 import sys
 from configparser import ConfigParser
 from logging.handlers import SysLogHandler
@@ -66,8 +65,11 @@ class AppConfig(LowerCamelCaseModel, IgnoreExtraModel):
     _global: Optional[AppConfig] = None
 
     @validator("neo4j_import_batch_size")
-    def neo4j_import_batch_size_must_be_less_than_max_records_in_memory(  # pylint: disable=no-self-argument
-        cls, v, values
+    def neo4j_import_batch_size_must_be_less_than_max_records_in_memory(
+        # pylint: disable=no-self-argument
+        cls,
+        v,
+        values,
     ):
         max_records = values["neo4j_app_max_records_in_memory"]
         if v > max_records:
@@ -126,34 +128,6 @@ def to_uvicorn(self) -> UviCornModel:
     def neo4j_uri(self) -> str:
         return f"{self.neo4j_uri_scheme}://{self.neo4j_host}:{self.neo4j_port}"
 
-    @functools.cached_property
-    def es_host(self) -> str:
-        try:
-            host = self._es_address_match.group("host")
-        except IndexError as e:
-            msg = f"Couldn't find host name in {self.elasticsearch_address}"
-            raise ValueError(msg) from e
-        if isinstance(host, tuple):
-            msg = f"Found several potential hosts in {self.elasticsearch_address}"
-            raise ValueError(msg)
-        return host
-
-    @functools.cached_property
-    def es_port(self) -> int:
-        try:
-            port = self._es_address_match.group("port")
-        except IndexError as e:
-            msg = f"Couldn't find port name in {self.elasticsearch_address}"
-            raise ValueError(msg) from e
-        if isinstance(port, tuple):
-            msg = f"Found several potential ports in {self.elasticsearch_address}"
-            raise ValueError(msg)
-        return int(port)
-
-    @functools.cached_property
-    def es_hosts(self) -> List[Dict]:
-        return [{"host": self.es_host, "port": self.es_port}]
-
     def to_neo4j_driver(self) -> neo4j.AsyncDriver:
         auth = None
         if self.neo4j_password:
@@ -173,8 +147,7 @@ def to_es_client(self) -> ESClientABC:
         client_cls = OSClient if self.neo4j_app_uses_opensearch else ESClient
         # TODO: read the index name in a secure manner...
         client = client_cls(
-            hosts=[self.es_host],
-            port=self.es_port,
+            hosts=[self.elasticsearch_address],
             pagination=self.es_default_page_size,
             max_concurrency=self.es_max_concurrency,
         )
@@ -230,18 +203,6 @@ def _neo4j_app_syslog_facility_int(self) -> int:
             msg = f"Invalid syslog facility {self.neo4j_app_syslog_facility}"
             raise ValueError(msg) from e
 
-    @functools.cached_property
-    def _es_address_match(self) -> re.Match:
-        # It's acceptable not to pre-compile the regex here, it will only be called once
-        match = re.match(
-            r"^.*://(?P<host>.*):(?P<port>\d{4})$", self.elasticsearch_address
-        )
-        if match is None:
-            raise ValueError(
-                f"Ill formatted elasticsearch address: {self.elasticsearch_address}"
-            )
-        return match
-
 
 class UviCornModel(BaseICIJModel):
     host: str = Field(default="127.0.0.1", const=True)
diff --git a/neo4j-app/neo4j_app/tests/conftest.py b/neo4j-app/neo4j_app/tests/conftest.py
index 02cea209..ca2d72c9 100644
--- a/neo4j-app/neo4j_app/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/neo4j-app/neo4j_app/tests/conftest.py
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 import contextlib
 import os
 import random
+import traceback
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, AsyncGenerator, Dict, Generator, Tuple, Union
+from typing import Any, AsyncGenerator, Dict, Generator, Optional, Tuple, Union
 
 import neo4j
 import pytest
@@ -422,3 +423,14 @@ def xml_elements_equal(actual, expected) -> bool:
     if len(actual) != len(expected):
         return False
     return all(xml_elements_equal(c1, c2) for c1, c2 in zip(actual, expected))
+
+
+@contextlib.contextmanager
+def fail_if_exception(msg: Optional[str] = None):
+    try:
+        yield
+    except Exception as e:  # pylint: disable=W0703
+        trace = "".join(traceback.format_exception(None, e, e.__traceback__))
+        if msg is None:
+            msg = "Test failed due to the following error"
+        pytest.fail(f"{msg}\n{trace}")
diff --git a/neo4j-app/neo4j_app/tests/core/test_config.py b/neo4j-app/neo4j_app/tests/core/test_config.py
index 396f322b..ac2dd361 100644
--- a/neo4j-app/neo4j_app/tests/core/test_config.py
+++ b/neo4j-app/neo4j_app/tests/core/test_config.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 from pydantic import ValidationError
 
 from neo4j_app.core import AppConfig, UviCornModel
+from neo4j_app.tests.conftest import fail_if_exception
 
 
 def test_should_support_alias():
@@ -89,16 +90,16 @@ def test_to_uvicorn(config: AppConfig, expected_uvicorn_config: UviCornModel):
     assert uvicorn_config == expected_uvicorn_config
 
 
-def test_should_parse_elasticsearch_address():
+@pytest.mark.pull(id="")
+def test_should_support_address_without_port():
     # Given
     config = AppConfig(
-        elasticsearch_address="http://elasticsearch:9222",
+        elasticsearch_address="http://elasticsearch",
         neo4j_project="test-project",
     )
     # Then
-    assert config.es_host == "elasticsearch"
-    assert config.es_port == 9222
-    assert config.es_hosts == [{"host": "elasticsearch", "port": 9222}]
+    with fail_if_exception("Failed to initialize ES client"):
+        config.to_es_client()
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("user,password", [(None, "somepass"), ("someuser", None)])