diff --git a/iTunesParser.py b/iTunesParser.py
index 8ebce06..ccaba26 100644
--- a/iTunesParser.py
+++ b/iTunesParser.py
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ class WriteElsJson:
         file = io.open(output_file, 'wb')
         for persistent_id, song in songs.items():
             json_track_index = {
-                "index": {"_index": "itunessongs", "_type": "album", "_id": persistent_id}
+                "index": {"_index": "itunessongs", "_type": "song", "_id": persistent_id}
             }
 
             file.write(bytes(json.dumps(json_track_index, indent=None, cls=SetEncoder), 'UTF-8'))