diff --git a/weed/server/volume_server_handlers_read.go b/weed/server/volume_server_handlers_read.go
index bb04678d6..6f146cb55 100644
--- a/weed/server/volume_server_handlers_read.go
+++ b/weed/server/volume_server_handlers_read.go
@@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ func (vs *VolumeServer) GetOrHeadHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request)
 	} else if hasEcVolume {
 		count, err = vs.store.ReadEcShardNeedle(volumeId, n)
 	}
+	if err != nil && err != storage.ErrorDeleted && r.FormValue("type") != "replicate" && hasVolume {
+		glog.V(4).Infoln("read needle: %v", err)
+		// start to fix it from other replicas, if not deleted and hasVolume and is not a replicated request
+	}
 	// glog.V(4).Infoln("read bytes", count, "error", err)
 	if err != nil || count < 0 {
 		glog.V(3).Infof("read %s isNormalVolume %v error: %v", r.URL.Path, hasVolume, err)
diff --git a/weed/storage/store_ec.go b/weed/storage/store_ec.go
index bd7bdacbd..853757ce3 100644
--- a/weed/storage/store_ec.go
+++ b/weed/storage/store_ec.go
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ func (s *Store) ReadEcShardNeedle(vid needle.VolumeId, n *needle.Needle) (int, e
 				return 0, fmt.Errorf("locate in local ec volume: %v", err)
 			}
 			if size.IsDeleted() {
-				return 0, fmt.Errorf("entry %s is deleted", n.Id)
+				return 0, ErrorDeleted
 			}
 
 			glog.V(3).Infof("read ec volume %d offset %d size %d intervals:%+v", vid, offset.ToAcutalOffset(), size, intervals)
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ func (s *Store) ReadEcShardNeedle(vid needle.VolumeId, n *needle.Needle) (int, e
 				return 0, fmt.Errorf("ReadEcShardIntervals: %v", err)
 			}
 			if isDeleted {
-				return 0, fmt.Errorf("ec entry %s is deleted", n.Id)
+				return 0, ErrorDeleted
 			}
 
 			err = n.ReadBytes(bytes, offset.ToAcutalOffset(), size, localEcVolume.Version)
diff --git a/weed/storage/volume_read_write.go b/weed/storage/volume_read_write.go
index e11bde2cb..10c87c8ea 100644
--- a/weed/storage/volume_read_write.go
+++ b/weed/storage/volume_read_write.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 var ErrorNotFound = errors.New("not found")
+var ErrorDeleted = errors.New("already deleted")
 
 // isFileUnchanged checks whether this needle to write is same as last one.
 // It requires serialized access in the same volume.
@@ -266,7 +267,7 @@ func (v *Volume) readNeedle(n *needle.Needle, readOption *ReadOption) (int, erro
 			glog.V(3).Infof("reading deleted %s", n.String())
 			readSize = -readSize
 		} else {
-			return -1, errors.New("already deleted")
+			return -1, ErrorDeleted
 		}
 	}
 	if readSize == 0 {