diff --git a/core_api/src/dependencies.py b/core_api/src/dependencies.py
index 2bda0e913..d55107a7a 100644
--- a/core_api/src/dependencies.py
+++ b/core_api/src/dependencies.py
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ def get_parameterised_retriever(
         index_name=f"{env.elastic_root_index}-chunk",
         params=default_params,
         embedding_model=get_embedding_model(env),
+        embedding_field_name=env.embedding_document_field_name,
     ).configurable_fields(
         params=ConfigurableField(
             id="params", name="Retriever parameters", description="A dictionary of parameters to use for the retriever."
diff --git a/core_api/src/retriever/queries.py b/core_api/src/retriever/queries.py
index 0e20b779a..4608e6381 100644
--- a/core_api/src/retriever/queries.py
+++ b/core_api/src/retriever/queries.py
@@ -46,12 +46,14 @@ def get_all(query: ESQuery) -> dict[str, Any]:
             }
         )
     return {
-        "_source": {"excludes": ["embedding"]},
+        "_source": {"excludes": ["*embedding"]},
         "query": {"bool": {"must": {"match_all": {}}, "filter": query_filter}},
     }
 
 
-def get_some(embedding_model: Embeddings, params: ESParams, query: ESQuery) -> dict[str, Any]:
+def get_some(
+    embedding_model: Embeddings, params: ESParams, embedding_field_name: str, query: ESQuery
+) -> dict[str, Any]:
     vector = embedding_model.embed_query(query["question"])
 
     query_filter = [
@@ -92,7 +94,7 @@ def get_some(embedding_model: Embeddings, params: ESParams, query: ESQuery) -> d
                     },
                     {
                         "knn": {
-                            "field": "embedding",
+                            "field": embedding_field_name,
                             "query_vector": vector,
                             "num_candidates": params["num_candidates"],
                             "filter": query_filter,
diff --git a/core_api/src/retriever/retrievers.py b/core_api/src/retriever/retrievers.py
index ef8ea4cbe..a3df811cb 100644
--- a/core_api/src/retriever/retrievers.py
+++ b/core_api/src/retriever/retrievers.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ def hit_to_doc(hit: dict[str, Any]) -> Document:
 class ParameterisedElasticsearchRetriever(ElasticsearchRetriever):
     params: ESParams
     embedding_model: Embeddings
+    embedding_field_name: str = "embedding"
 
     def __init__(self, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         # Hack to pass validation before overwrite
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
         kwargs["body_func"] = get_some
         kwargs["document_mapper"] = hit_to_doc
         super().__init__(**kwargs)
-        self.body_func = partial(get_some, self.embedding_model, self.params)
+        self.body_func = partial(get_some, self.embedding_model, self.params, self.embedding_field_name)
 
 
 class AllElasticsearchRetriever(ElasticsearchRetriever):
diff --git a/core_api/tests/conftest.py b/core_api/tests/conftest.py
index b3ecf380d..db1be0fd1 100644
--- a/core_api/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/core_api/tests/conftest.py
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ def parameterised_retriever(env, es_client, embedding_model_dim):
         index_name=f"{env.elastic_root_index}-chunk",
         params=default_params,
         embedding_model=FakeEmbeddings(size=embedding_model_dim),
+        embedding_field_name=env.embedding_document_field_name,
     ).configurable_fields(
         params=ConfigurableField(
             id="params", name="Retriever parameters", description="A dictionary of parameters to use for the retriever."