diff --git a/go/storage/volume_vacuum.go b/go/storage/volume_vacuum.go
index 3aeb11e64..9836a8dd9 100644
--- a/go/storage/volume_vacuum.go
+++ b/go/storage/volume_vacuum.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"code.google.com/p/weed-fs/go/glog"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"time"
 )
 
 func (v *Volume) garbageLevel() float64 {
@@ -11,16 +12,20 @@ func (v *Volume) garbageLevel() float64 {
 }
 
 func (v *Volume) Compact() error {
+	glog.V(3).Infof("Compacting ...")
 	v.accessLock.Lock()
 	defer v.accessLock.Unlock()
+	glog.V(3).Infof("Got Compaction lock...")
 
 	filePath := v.FileName()
 	glog.V(3).Infof("creating copies for volume %d ...", v.Id)
 	return v.copyDataAndGenerateIndexFile(filePath+".cpd", filePath+".cpx")
 }
 func (v *Volume) commitCompact() error {
+	glog.V(3).Infof("Committing vacuuming...")
 	v.accessLock.Lock()
 	defer v.accessLock.Unlock()
+	glog.V(3).Infof("Got Committing lock...")
 	_ = v.dataFile.Close()
 	var e error
 	if e = os.Rename(v.FileName()+".cpd", v.FileName()+".dat"); e != nil {
@@ -29,6 +34,8 @@ func (v *Volume) commitCompact() error {
 	if e = os.Rename(v.FileName()+".cpx", v.FileName()+".idx"); e != nil {
 		return e
 	}
+	//glog.V(3).Infof("Pretending to be vacuuming...")
+	//time.Sleep(20 * time.Second)
 	if e = v.load(true, false); e != nil {
 		return e
 	}
@@ -57,7 +64,7 @@ func (v *Volume) copyDataAndGenerateIndexFile(dstName, idxName string) (err erro
 		return err
 	}, func(n *Needle, offset int64) error {
 		nv, ok := v.nm.Get(n.Id)
-		glog.V(3).Infoln("needle expected offset ", offset, "ok", ok, "nv", nv)
+		glog.V(4).Infoln("needle expected offset ", offset, "ok", ok, "nv", nv)
 		if ok && int64(nv.Offset)*NeedlePaddingSize == offset && nv.Size > 0 {
 			if _, err = nm.Put(n.Id, uint32(new_offset/NeedlePaddingSize), n.Size); err != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("cannot put needle: %s", err)
diff --git a/go/weed/server.go b/go/weed/server.go
index 80077a747..8b0372159 100644
--- a/go/weed/server.go
+++ b/go/weed/server.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ func init() {
 }
 
 var cmdServer = &Command{
-	UsageLine: "server -port=8080 -dir=/tmp -max=5 -ip=server_name",
+	UsageLine: "server -port=8080 -dir=/tmp -volume.max=5 -ip=server_name",
 	Short:     "start a server, including volume server, and automatically elect a master server",
 	Long: `start both a volume server to provide storage spaces 
   and a master server to provide volume=>location mapping service and sequence number of file ids
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ var (
 	serverRack                    = cmdServer.Flag.String("rack", "", "current volume server's rack name")
 	serverWhiteListOption         = cmdServer.Flag.String("whiteList", "", "comma separated Ip addresses having write permission. No limit if empty.")
 	serverPeers                   = cmdServer.Flag.String("master.peers", "", "other master nodes in comma separated ip:masterPort list")
+	serverGarbageThreshold        = cmdServer.Flag.String("garbageThreshold", "0.3", "threshold to vacuum and reclaim spaces")
 	masterPort                    = cmdServer.Flag.Int("master.port", 9333, "master server http listen port")
 	masterMetaFolder              = cmdServer.Flag.String("master.dir", "", "data directory to store meta data, default to same as -dir specified")
 	masterVolumeSizeLimitMB       = cmdServer.Flag.Uint("master.volumeSizeLimitMB", 30*1000, "Master stops directing writes to oversized volumes.")
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ func runServer(cmd *Command, args []string) bool {
 	go func() {
 		r := mux.NewRouter()
 		ms := weed_server.NewMasterServer(r, *masterPort, *masterMetaFolder,
-			*masterVolumeSizeLimitMB, *volumePulse, *masterConfFile, *masterDefaultReplicaPlacement, *garbageThreshold, serverWhiteList,
+			*masterVolumeSizeLimitMB, *volumePulse, *masterConfFile, *masterDefaultReplicaPlacement, *serverGarbageThreshold, serverWhiteList,
 		)
 
 		glog.V(0).Infoln("Start Weed Master", util.VERSION, "at", *serverIp+":"+strconv.Itoa(*masterPort))
diff --git a/go/weed/weed_server/master_server.go b/go/weed/weed_server/master_server.go
index 874688cbb..a89959fa4 100644
--- a/go/weed/weed_server/master_server.go
+++ b/go/weed/weed_server/master_server.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"code.google.com/p/weed-fs/go/sequence"
 	"code.google.com/p/weed-fs/go/topology"
 	"code.google.com/p/weed-fs/go/util"
-	"errors"
 	"github.com/goraft/raft"
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 	"net/http"
@@ -110,7 +109,7 @@ func (ms *MasterServer) proxyToLeader(f func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Requ
 			proxy.ServeHTTP(w, r)
 		} else {
 			//drop it to the floor
-			writeJsonError(w, r, errors.New(ms.Topo.RaftServer.Name()+" does not know Leader yet:"+ms.Topo.RaftServer.Leader()))
+			//writeJsonError(w, r, errors.New(ms.Topo.RaftServer.Name()+" does not know Leader yet:"+ms.Topo.RaftServer.Leader()))
 		}
 	}
 }