diff --git a/weed/pb/filer_pb/filer_pb_helper.go b/weed/pb/filer_pb/filer_pb_helper.go
index b46385c8f..76a8c973e 100644
--- a/weed/pb/filer_pb/filer_pb_helper.go
+++ b/weed/pb/filer_pb/filer_pb_helper.go
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 package filer_pb
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/filer"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/wdclient"
+	"math"
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
@@ -122,6 +126,25 @@ func LookupEntry(client SeaweedFilerClient, request *LookupDirectoryEntryRequest
 	return resp, nil
 }
 
+func ReadEntry(masterClient *wdclient.MasterClient, filerClient SeaweedFilerClient, dir, name string, byteBuffer *bytes.Buffer) error {
+
+	request := &LookupDirectoryEntryRequest{
+		Directory: filer.DirectoryEtc,
+		Name:      filer.FilerConfName,
+	}
+	respLookupEntry, err := LookupEntry(filerClient, request)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if len(respLookupEntry.Entry.Content) > 0 {
+		_, err = byteBuffer.Write(respLookupEntry.Entry.Content)
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return filer.StreamContent(masterClient, byteBuffer, respLookupEntry.Entry.Chunks, 0, math.MaxInt64)
+
+}
+
 var ErrNotFound = errors.New("filer: no entry is found in filer store")
 
 func IsCreate(event *SubscribeMetadataResponse) bool {
diff --git a/weed/shell/command_fs_configure.go b/weed/shell/command_fs_configure.go
index 1600fddec..f388c9603 100644
--- a/weed/shell/command_fs_configure.go
+++ b/weed/shell/command_fs_configure.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"math"
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -65,18 +64,7 @@ func (c *commandFsConfigure) Do(args []string, commandEnv *CommandEnv, writer io
 
 	var buf bytes.Buffer
 	if err = commandEnv.WithFilerClient(func(client filer_pb.SeaweedFilerClient) error {
-
-		request := &filer_pb.LookupDirectoryEntryRequest{
-			Directory: filer.DirectoryEtc,
-			Name:      filer.FilerConfName,
-		}
-		respLookupEntry, err := filer_pb.LookupEntry(client, request)
-		if err != nil {
-			return err
-		}
-
-		return filer.StreamContent(commandEnv.MasterClient, &buf, respLookupEntry.Entry.Chunks, 0, math.MaxInt64)
-
+		return filer_pb.ReadEntry(commandEnv.MasterClient, client, filer.DirectoryEtc, filer.FilerConfName, &buf)
 	}); err != nil && err != filer_pb.ErrNotFound {
 		return err
 	}