diff --git a/example/apps/test_security/tests/commands.py b/example/apps/test_security/tests/commands.py
index a3f0f681..2f61d992 100644
--- a/example/apps/test_security/tests/commands.py
+++ b/example/apps/test_security/tests/commands.py
@@ -120,3 +120,10 @@ def test_elasticsearch_purge_logs_should_remove_logged_data(self):
                     ).count(), 0)
                 assert_equal(len(os.listdir(log_directory)), 1)
         shutil.rmtree(settings.BACKUP_STORAGE_PATH)
+
+    @override_settings(
+        SECURITY_COMMAND_LOG_EXCLUDED_COMMANDS={'init_elasticsearch_log'},
+        SECURITY_BACKUP_STORAGE_PATH=os.path.join(django_settings.PROJECT_DIR, 'var', 'backup_elastic')
+    )
+    def test_sql_purge_logs_should_remove_logged_data(self):
+        test_call_command('init_elasticsearch_log', interactive=False)
diff --git a/security/backends/elasticsearch/management/commands/init_elasticsearch_log.py b/security/backends/elasticsearch/management/commands/init_elasticsearch_log.py
index 2969305b..8606780d 100644
--- a/security/backends/elasticsearch/management/commands/init_elasticsearch_log.py
+++ b/security/backends/elasticsearch/management/commands/init_elasticsearch_log.py
@@ -28,5 +28,9 @@ def handle(self, **options):
         self.stdout.write('Init elasticsearch logs')
         set_connection(init_documents=False)
         for document in InputRequestLog, OutputRequestLog, CommandLog, CeleryTaskRunLog, CeleryTaskInvocationLog:
-            document._index.delete(ignore=404)
-            document.init()
+            if issubclass(document, PartitionedLog):
+                template = document.get_template()
+                template.save()
+            else:
+                document._index.delete(ignore=404)
+                document.init()