diff --git a/check_es_system.sh b/check_es_system.sh
index 49dcef5..765a65f 100755
--- a/check_es_system.sh
+++ b/check_es_system.sh
@@ -257,9 +257,11 @@ fi
 # Retrieve information from Elasticsearch cluster
 getstatus() {
 if [[ ${local} ]]; then
-  esurl="${httpscheme}://${host}:${port}/_nodes/_local/stats"
+  filter_path='cluster_name,indices.store,indices.shards,indices.docs,nodes.*.count,nodes.*.jvm.mem,nodes.*.process,nodes.*.jvm.threads,status'
+  esurl="${httpscheme}://${host}:${port}/_nodes/_local/stats?filter_path=${filter_path}"
 else
-  esurl="${httpscheme}://${host}:${port}/_cluster/stats"
+  filter_path='cluster_name,indices.store,indices.shards,indices.docs,nodes.count,nodes.jvm.mem,nodes.process,nodes.jvm.threads,status'
+  esurl="${httpscheme}://${host}:${port}/_cluster/stats?filter_path=${filter_path}"
 fi
 eshealthurl="${httpscheme}://${host}:${port}/_cluster/health"