diff --git a/weed/filer/mysql_store/mysql_store.go b/weed/filer/mysql_store/mysql_store.go
index 4a8e889df..32cf8c567 100644
--- a/weed/filer/mysql_store/mysql_store.go
+++ b/weed/filer/mysql_store/mysql_store.go
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS %s (
 func (s *MySqlStore) createTables(db *sql.DB, tableName string, postfix int) error {
 	var realTableName string
 	if s.isSharding {
-		realTableName = fmt.Sprintf("%s_%4d", tableName, postfix)
+		realTableName = fmt.Sprintf("%s_%04d", tableName, postfix)
 	} else {
 		realTableName = tableName
 	}