diff --git a/app/update-index-mutation.js b/app/update-index-mutation.js
index d163a62..4d04045 100644
--- a/app/update-index-mutation.js
+++ b/app/update-index-mutation.js
@@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ export class UpdateIndexMutation extends IndexMutation {
                     `     -> ${this.definition.condition || 'none'}`));
         }
 
-        if (!this.definition.manual_replica &&
-            this.definition.num_replica > 0) {
+        let hasReplica = Math.max(this.definition.num_replica,
+                                  this.existingIndex.num_replica) > 0;
+        if (!this.definition.manual_replica && hasReplica) {
             logger.info(
                 chalk.cyanBright(
                     `  Repl: ${this.definition.num_replica}`));
diff --git a/example/beer-sample/default.yaml b/example/beer-sample/default.yaml
index 882272d..2bd913f 100644
--- a/example/beer-sample/default.yaml
+++ b/example/beer-sample/default.yaml
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ num_replica: 0
 name: DocsByType
 index_key:
 - type
-partition:
-  exprs:
-  - type
 ---
 name: BreweriesByAddress
 index_key: