diff --git a/weed/command/filer_remote_sync.go b/weed/command/filer_remote_sync.go
index 0324a8103..b46a9fffc 100644
--- a/weed/command/filer_remote_sync.go
+++ b/weed/command/filer_remote_sync.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func init() {
 	remoteSyncOptions.filerAddress = cmdFilerRemoteSynchronize.Flag.String("filer", "localhost:8888", "filer of the SeaweedFS cluster")
 	remoteSyncOptions.dir = cmdFilerRemoteSynchronize.Flag.String("dir", "", "a mounted directory on filer")
 	remoteSyncOptions.createBucketAt = cmdFilerRemoteSynchronize.Flag.String("createBucketAt", "", "one remote storage name to create new buckets in")
-	remoteSyncOptions.createBucketRandomSuffix = cmdFilerRemoteSynchronize.Flag.Bool("createBucketWithRandomSuffix", false, "add randomized suffix to bucket name to avoid conflicts")
+	remoteSyncOptions.createBucketRandomSuffix = cmdFilerRemoteSynchronize.Flag.Bool("createBucketWithRandomSuffix", true, "add randomized suffix to bucket name to avoid conflicts")
 	remoteSyncOptions.readChunkFromFiler = cmdFilerRemoteSynchronize.Flag.Bool("filerProxy", false, "read file chunks from filer instead of volume servers")
 	remoteSyncOptions.debug = cmdFilerRemoteSynchronize.Flag.Bool("debug", false, "debug mode to print out filer updated remote files")
 	remoteSyncOptions.timeAgo = cmdFilerRemoteSynchronize.Flag.Duration("timeAgo", 0, "start time before now. \"300ms\", \"1.5h\" or \"2h45m\". Valid time units are \"ns\", \"us\" (or \"µs\"), \"ms\", \"s\", \"m\", \"h\"")