diff --git a/app/Models/BaseModel.php b/app/Models/BaseModel.php
index a40131cb28..26aa13ecac 100644
--- a/app/Models/BaseModel.php
+++ b/app/Models/BaseModel.php
@@ -103,11 +103,6 @@ class BaseModel extends Model
         return $this->encodePrimaryKey($this->id);
     }
 
-    public function shouldBeSearchable()
-    {
-       return config('scout.driver') === 'elastic';
-    }
-
     public function dateMutator($value)
     {
         return (new Carbon($value))->format('Y-m-d');
diff --git a/config/elastic.client.php b/config/elastic.client.php
index 77b5b0e306..7f6679fda9 100644
--- a/config/elastic.client.php
+++ b/config/elastic.client.php
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@ return [
     'connections' => [
         'default' => [
             'hosts' => [
-                env('ELASTIC_HOST'),
+                env('ELASTIC_HOST', 'https://localhost:9200'),
             ],
             // configure basic authentication
             'basicAuthentication' => [
-                env('ELASTIC_USERNAME'),
-                env('ELASTIC_PASSWORD'),
+                env('ELASTIC_USERNAME', 'elastic'),
+                env('ELASTIC_PASSWORD', 'changeme'),
             ],
             // configure HTTP client (Guzzle by default)
             'httpClientOptions' => [
diff --git a/config/elastic.scout_driver.php b/config/elastic.scout_driver.php
index 4290093d0e..a5d123aa8d 100644
--- a/config/elastic.scout_driver.php
+++ b/config/elastic.scout_driver.php
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?php declare(strict_types=1);
 
 return [
-    'refresh_documents' => env('ELASTIC_SCOUT_DRIVER_REFRESH_DOCUMENTS', true),
+    'refresh_documents' => env('ELASTIC_SCOUT_DRIVER_REFRESH_DOCUMENTS', false),
 ];