diff --git a/weed/filer2/redis/redis_cluster_store.go b/weed/filer2/redis/redis_cluster_store.go
index 379b7a2db..b17bfed14 100644
--- a/weed/filer2/redis/redis_cluster_store.go
+++ b/weed/filer2/redis/redis_cluster_store.go
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ func (store *RedisClusterStore) GetName() string {
 }
 
 func (store *RedisClusterStore) Initialize(configuration util.Configuration) (err error) {
+
+	configuration.SetDefault("useReadOnly", false)
+	configuration.SetDefault("routeByLatency", false)
+
 	return store.initialize(
 		configuration.GetStringSlice("addresses"),
 		configuration.GetString("password"),