diff --git a/k8s/seaweedfs/templates/volume-statefulset.yaml b/k8s/seaweedfs/templates/volume-statefulset.yaml
index 652fd9ea3..2168b2b80 100644
--- a/k8s/seaweedfs/templates/volume-statefulset.yaml
+++ b/k8s/seaweedfs/templates/volume-statefulset.yaml
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ spec:
                 -dataCenter={{ .Values.volume.dataCenter }} \
                 {{- end }}
                 -ip.bind={{ .Values.volume.ipBind }} \
-                -read.redirect={{ .Values.volume.readRedirect }} \
+                -readMode={{ .Values.volume.readMode }} \
                 {{- if .Values.volume.whiteList }}
                 -whiteList={{ .Values.volume.whiteList }} \
                 {{- end }}
diff --git a/k8s/seaweedfs/values.yaml b/k8s/seaweedfs/values.yaml
index b46c8d666..927141b47 100644
--- a/k8s/seaweedfs/values.yaml
+++ b/k8s/seaweedfs/values.yaml
@@ -175,8 +175,8 @@ volume:
   # Volume server's data center name
   dataCenter: null
 
-  # Redirect moved or non-local volumes. (default true)
-  readRedirect: true
+  # Redirect moved or non-local volumes. (default proxy)
+  readMode: proxy
 
   # Comma separated Ip addresses having write permission. No limit if empty.
   whiteList: null
diff --git a/weed/command/server.go b/weed/command/server.go
index f6c033c64..97f117665 100644
--- a/weed/command/server.go
+++ b/weed/command/server.go
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func init() {
 	serverOptions.v.indexType = cmdServer.Flag.String("volume.index", "memory", "Choose [memory|leveldb|leveldbMedium|leveldbLarge] mode for memory~performance balance.")
 	serverOptions.v.diskType = cmdServer.Flag.String("volume.disk", "", "[hdd|ssd|<tag>] hard drive or solid state drive or any tag")
 	serverOptions.v.fixJpgOrientation = cmdServer.Flag.Bool("volume.images.fix.orientation", false, "Adjust jpg orientation when uploading.")
-	serverOptions.v.readMode = cmdServer.Flag.String("volume.readMode", "redirect", "[local|proxy|redirect] how to deal with non-local volume: 'not found|read in remote node|redirect volume location'.")
+	serverOptions.v.readMode = cmdServer.Flag.String("volume.readMode", "proxy", "[local|proxy|redirect] how to deal with non-local volume: 'not found|read in remote node|redirect volume location'.")
 	serverOptions.v.compactionMBPerSecond = cmdServer.Flag.Int("volume.compactionMBps", 0, "limit compaction speed in mega bytes per second")
 	serverOptions.v.fileSizeLimitMB = cmdServer.Flag.Int("volume.fileSizeLimitMB", 256, "limit file size to avoid out of memory")
 	serverOptions.v.concurrentUploadLimitMB = cmdServer.Flag.Int("volume.concurrentUploadLimitMB", 64, "limit total concurrent upload size")
diff --git a/weed/command/volume.go b/weed/command/volume.go
index ced6ec414..38a52efee 100644
--- a/weed/command/volume.go
+++ b/weed/command/volume.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func init() {
 	v.indexType = cmdVolume.Flag.String("index", "memory", "Choose [memory|leveldb|leveldbMedium|leveldbLarge] mode for memory~performance balance.")
 	v.diskType = cmdVolume.Flag.String("disk", "", "[hdd|ssd|<tag>] hard drive or solid state drive or any tag")
 	v.fixJpgOrientation = cmdVolume.Flag.Bool("images.fix.orientation", false, "Adjust jpg orientation when uploading.")
-	v.readMode = cmdVolume.Flag.String("readMode", "redirect", "[local|proxy|redirect] how to deal with non-local volume: 'not found|proxy to remote node|redirect volume location'.")
+	v.readMode = cmdVolume.Flag.String("readMode", "proxy", "[local|proxy|redirect] how to deal with non-local volume: 'not found|proxy to remote node|redirect volume location'.")
 	v.cpuProfile = cmdVolume.Flag.String("cpuprofile", "", "cpu profile output file")
 	v.memProfile = cmdVolume.Flag.String("memprofile", "", "memory profile output file")
 	v.compactionMBPerSecond = cmdVolume.Flag.Int("compactionMBps", 0, "limit background compaction or copying speed in mega bytes per second")