diff --git a/weed/filer/filer.go b/weed/filer/filer.go
index 7a555372f..d131fe07e 100644
--- a/weed/filer/filer.go
+++ b/weed/filer/filer.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import (
 const (
 	LogFlushInterval = time.Minute
 	PaginationSize   = 1024 * 256
+	FilerStoreId     = "filer.store.id"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -48,7 +49,6 @@ func NewFiler(masters []string, grpcDialOption grpc.DialOption,
 		MasterClient:        wdclient.NewMasterClient(grpcDialOption, "filer", filerHost, filerGrpcPort, masters),
 		fileIdDeletionQueue: util.NewUnboundedQueue(),
 		GrpcDialOption:      grpcDialOption,
-		Signature:           util.RandomInt32(),
 	}
 	f.LocalMetaLogBuffer = log_buffer.NewLogBuffer(LogFlushInterval, f.logFlushFunc, notifyFn)
 	f.metaLogCollection = collection
@@ -72,6 +72,27 @@ func (f *Filer) AggregateFromPeers(self string, filers []string) {
 
 func (f *Filer) SetStore(store FilerStore) {
 	f.Store = NewFilerStoreWrapper(store)
+
+	f.setOrLoadFilerStoreSignature(store)
+
+}
+
+func (f *Filer) setOrLoadFilerStoreSignature(store FilerStore) {
+	storeIdBytes, err := store.KvGet(context.Background(), []byte(FilerStoreId))
+	if err == ErrKvNotFound || err == nil && len(storeIdBytes) == 0 {
+		f.Signature = util.RandomInt32()
+		storeIdBytes = make([]byte, 4)
+		util.Uint32toBytes(storeIdBytes, uint32(f.Signature))
+		if err = store.KvPut(context.Background(), []byte(FilerStoreId), storeIdBytes); err != nil {
+			glog.Fatalf("set %s=%d : %v", FilerStoreId, f.Signature, err)
+		}
+		glog.V(0).Infof("create %s to %d", FilerStoreId, f.Signature)
+	} else if err == nil && len(storeIdBytes) == 4 {
+		f.Signature = int32(util.BytesToUint32(storeIdBytes))
+		glog.V(0).Infof("existing %s = %d", FilerStoreId, f.Signature)
+	} else {
+		glog.Fatalf("read %v=%v : %v", FilerStoreId, string(storeIdBytes), err)
+	}
 }
 
 func (f *Filer) GetStore() (store FilerStore) {