diff --git a/weed/filesys/page_writer/chunk_interval_list.go b/weed/filesys/page_writer/chunk_interval_list.go
index dca9a1740..e6dc5d1f5 100644
--- a/weed/filesys/page_writer/chunk_interval_list.go
+++ b/weed/filesys/page_writer/chunk_interval_list.go
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ func (list *ChunkWrittenIntervalList) MarkWritten(startOffset, stopOffset int64)
 func (list *ChunkWrittenIntervalList) IsComplete(chunkSize int64) bool {
 	return list.size() == 1 && list.head.next.isComplete(chunkSize)
 }
+func (list *ChunkWrittenIntervalList) WrittenSize() (writtenByteCount int64) {
+	for t := list.head; t != nil; t = t.next {
+		writtenByteCount += t.Size()
+	}
+	return
+}
 
 func (list *ChunkWrittenIntervalList) addInterval(interval *ChunkWrittenInterval) {
 
diff --git a/weed/filesys/page_writer/page_chunk.go b/weed/filesys/page_writer/page_chunk.go
index d1f3a5745..4e8f31425 100644
--- a/weed/filesys/page_writer/page_chunk.go
+++ b/weed/filesys/page_writer/page_chunk.go
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ type PageChunk interface {
 	WriteDataAt(src []byte, offset int64) (n int)
 	ReadDataAt(p []byte, off int64) (maxStop int64)
 	IsComplete() bool
+	WrittenSize() int64
 	SaveContent(saveFn SaveToStorageFunc)
 }
diff --git a/weed/filesys/page_writer/page_chunk_mem.go b/weed/filesys/page_writer/page_chunk_mem.go
index 887993eea..dfd54c19e 100644
--- a/weed/filesys/page_writer/page_chunk_mem.go
+++ b/weed/filesys/page_writer/page_chunk_mem.go
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ func (mc *MemChunk) IsComplete() bool {
 	return mc.usage.IsComplete(mc.chunkSize)
 }
 
+func (mc *MemChunk) WrittenSize() int64 {
+	return mc.usage.WrittenSize()
+}
+
 func (mc *MemChunk) SaveContent(saveFn SaveToStorageFunc) {
 	if saveFn == nil {
 		return
diff --git a/weed/filesys/page_writer/page_chunk_swapfile.go b/weed/filesys/page_writer/page_chunk_swapfile.go
index 44ad64297..486557629 100644
--- a/weed/filesys/page_writer/page_chunk_swapfile.go
+++ b/weed/filesys/page_writer/page_chunk_swapfile.go
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ func (sc *SwapFileChunk) IsComplete() bool {
 	return sc.usage.IsComplete(sc.swapfile.chunkSize)
 }
 
+func (sc *SwapFileChunk) WrittenSize() int64 {
+	return sc.usage.WrittenSize()
+}
+
 func (sc *SwapFileChunk) SaveContent(saveFn SaveToStorageFunc) {
 	if saveFn == nil {
 		return
diff --git a/weed/filesys/page_writer/upload_pipeline.go b/weed/filesys/page_writer/upload_pipeline.go
index 47693c235..65b41e9fa 100644
--- a/weed/filesys/page_writer/upload_pipeline.go
+++ b/weed/filesys/page_writer/upload_pipeline.go
@@ -65,10 +65,18 @@ func (up *UploadPipeline) SaveDataAt(p []byte, off int64) (n int) {
 		if len(up.writableChunks) < 16 {
 			memChunk = NewMemChunk(logicChunkIndex, up.ChunkSize)
 		} else {
-			memChunk = up.swapFile.NewTempFileChunk(logicChunkIndex)
-			if memChunk == nil {
-				memChunk = NewMemChunk(logicChunkIndex, up.ChunkSize)
+			fullestChunkIndex, fullness := LogicChunkIndex(-1), int64(0)
+			for lci, mc := range up.writableChunks {
+				chunkFullness := mc.WrittenSize()
+				if fullness < chunkFullness {
+					fullestChunkIndex = lci
+					fullness = chunkFullness
+				}
 			}
+			up.moveToSealed(up.writableChunks[fullestChunkIndex], fullestChunkIndex)
+			delete(up.writableChunks, fullestChunkIndex)
+			fmt.Printf("flush chunk %d with %d bytes written", logicChunkIndex, fullness)
+			memChunk = NewMemChunk(logicChunkIndex, up.ChunkSize)
 		}
 		up.writableChunks[logicChunkIndex] = memChunk
 	}