diff --git a/weed/filer/leveldb/leveldb_store.go b/weed/filer/leveldb/leveldb_store.go
index 08dc33f02..747d1104d 100644
--- a/weed/filer/leveldb/leveldb_store.go
+++ b/weed/filer/leveldb/leveldb_store.go
@@ -43,11 +43,6 @@ func (store *LevelDBStore) Initialize(configuration weed_util.Configuration, pre
 	return store.initialize(dir)
 }
 
-// For adhoc usage
-func (store *LevelDBStore) CustomInitialize(dir string) (err error) {
-	return store.initialize(dir)
-}
-
 func (store *LevelDBStore) initialize(dir string) (err error) {
 	glog.Infof("filer store dir: %s", dir)
 	os.MkdirAll(dir, 0755)
diff --git a/weed/shell/command_fs_meta_snapshots_create.go b/weed/shell/command_fs_meta_snapshots_create.go
index ebe12b536..bccff2230 100644
--- a/weed/shell/command_fs_meta_snapshots_create.go
+++ b/weed/shell/command_fs_meta_snapshots_create.go
@@ -30,6 +30,30 @@ func (c *commandFsMetaSnapshotsCreate) Name() string {
 	return "fs.meta.snapshots.create"
 }
 
+type SnapshotConfig struct {
+	dir string
+}
+
+func (c SnapshotConfig) GetString(key string) string {
+	return c.dir
+}
+
+func (c SnapshotConfig) GetBool(key string) bool {
+	panic("implement me")
+}
+
+func (c SnapshotConfig) GetInt(key string) int {
+	panic("implement me")
+}
+
+func (c SnapshotConfig) GetStringSlice(key string) []string {
+	panic("implement me")
+}
+
+func (c SnapshotConfig) SetDefault(key string, value interface{}) {
+	panic("implement me")
+}
+
 func (c *commandFsMetaSnapshotsCreate) Help() string {
 	return `create snapshots of meta data from given time range.
 
@@ -179,7 +203,10 @@ func (c *commandFsMetaSnapshotsCreate) Do(args []string, commandEnv *CommandEnv,
 		return err
 	}
 	store := &filer_leveldb.LevelDBStore{}
-	store.CustomInitialize(levelDbPath)
+	config := SnapshotConfig{
+		dir: levelDbPath,
+	}
+	store.Initialize(config, "")
 	changeLogPath := filer.SystemLogDir
 	var processEntry func(entry *filer_pb.Entry, isLast bool) error
 	processEntry = func(entry *filer_pb.Entry, isLast bool) error {