# How do I get rid of the message "Unexpected character ('\]' (code 93)): expected a value"

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-the-message-unexpected-character-code-93-expected-a-value/287911>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 28, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-the-message-unexpected-character-code-93-expected-a-value/287911 "2021-10-28T12:33:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![fribse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c67d28/32.png) [@fribse](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/fribse)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-the-message-unexpected-character-code-93-expected-a-value/287911/1 "2021-10-28T12:33:06Z")

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I can see the error reappearing all the time.  
Is there a way I can fix this without loosing the indexes?

```auto
elasticsearch | [2021-10-28T12:18:59,524][WARN][r.suppressed] [es01] path: /winlog*/_search, params: {index=winlog*}
elasticsearch | com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException: Unexpected character (']' (code 93)): expected a value

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-do-i-get-rid-of-the-message-unexpected-character-code-93-expected-a-value/287911/2 "2021-11-25T12:33:38Z")

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