Elasticsearch is still initializing the kibana index

I installed timelion and then shortly after loading it, I saw this in the elasticsearch logs causing the cluster to go red:

[2015-12-09 23:49:04,758][INFO ][cluster.metadata         ] [node-2-master] [.kibana] create_mapping [timelion-sheet]
[2015-12-09 23:49:04,780][WARN ][cluster.action.shard     ] [node-2-master] [.kibana][0] received shard failed for [.kibana][0], node[mqZtmksNQwWZ_NS2v0X0pA], [P], v[23], s[STARTED], a[id=j5M16ot6Qm2bliPLqExOxA], indexUUID [Mw_IEucTSwSWTBXjpjO87Q], message [failed to update mappings], failure [IllegalArgumentException[Mapper for [hits] conflicts with existing mapping in other types:
[mapper [hits] cannot be changed from type [long] to [int]]]]
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Mapper for [hits] conflicts with existing mapping in other types:
[mapper [hits] cannot be changed from type [long] to [int]]
	at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.FieldTypeLookup.checkCompatibility(FieldTypeLookup.java:117)
	at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperService.checkNewMappersCompatibility(MapperService.java:364)
	at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperService.merge(MapperService.java:315)
	at org.elasticsearch.index.mapper.MapperService.merge(MapperService.java:261)
	at org.elasticsearch.indices.cluster.IndicesClusterStateService.processMapping(IndicesClusterStateService.java:418)
	at org.elasticsearch.indices.cluster.IndicesClusterStateService.applyMappings(IndicesClusterStateService.java:372)
	at org.elasticsearch.indices.cluster.IndicesClusterStateService.clusterChanged(IndicesClusterStateService.java:177)
	at org.elasticsearch.cluster.service.InternalClusterService$UpdateTask.run(InternalClusterService.java:494)
	at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.PrioritizedEsThreadPoolExecutor$TieBreakingPrioritizedRunnable.runAndClean(PrioritizedEsThreadPoolExecutor.java:231)
	at org.elasticsearch.common.util.concurrent.PrioritizedEsThreadPoolExecutor$TieBreakingPrioritizedRunnable.run(PrioritizedEsThreadPoolExecutor.java:194)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
	at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
[2015-12-09 23:49:04,783][WARN ][cluster.action.shard     ] [node-2-master] [.kibana][0] received shard failed for [.kibana][0], node[mqZtmksNQwWZ_NS2v0X0pA], [P], v[23], s[STARTED], a[id=j5M16ot6Qm2bliPLqExOxA], indexUUID [Mw_IEucTSwSWTBXjpjO87Q], message [master {node-2-master}{hXSo4xWMTbeSy99Qpf38rg}{10.128.212.73}{10.128.212.73:9300}{temp=none, data=false, master=true} marked shard as started, but shard has previous failed. resending shard failure.], failure [Unknown]