diff --git a/weed/command/server.go b/weed/command/server.go
index 4aeecbff0..6f40263bb 100644
--- a/weed/command/server.go
+++ b/weed/command/server.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func init() {
 	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", 1024, "limit file size to avoid out of memory")
 	serverOptions.v.publicUrl = cmdServer.Flag.String("volume.publicUrl", "", "publicly accessible address")
-	serverOptions.v.preStopSeconds = cmdServer.Flag.Int("volume.preStopSeconds", 30, "number of seconds between stop send heartbeats and stop volume server")
+	serverOptions.v.preStopSeconds = cmdServer.Flag.Int("volume.preStopSeconds", 10, "number of seconds between stop send heartbeats and stop volume server")
 	serverOptions.v.pprof = &False
 
 	s3Options.port = cmdServer.Flag.Int("s3.port", 8333, "s3 server http listen port")
diff --git a/weed/command/volume.go b/weed/command/volume.go
index c8f24802c..33d075d20 100644
--- a/weed/command/volume.go
+++ b/weed/command/volume.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func init() {
 	v.publicUrl = cmdVolume.Flag.String("publicUrl", "", "Publicly accessible address")
 	v.bindIp = cmdVolume.Flag.String("ip.bind", "0.0.0.0", "ip address to bind to")
 	v.masters = cmdVolume.Flag.String("mserver", "localhost:9333", "comma-separated master servers")
-	v.preStopSeconds = cmdVolume.Flag.Int("preStopSeconds", 30, "number of seconds between stop send heartbeats and stop volume server")
+	v.preStopSeconds = cmdVolume.Flag.Int("preStopSeconds", 10, "number of seconds between stop send heartbeats and stop volume server")
 	// v.pulseSeconds = cmdVolume.Flag.Int("pulseSeconds", 5, "number of seconds between heartbeats, must be smaller than or equal to the master's setting")
 	v.idleConnectionTimeout = cmdVolume.Flag.Int("idleTimeout", 30, "connection idle seconds")
 	v.dataCenter = cmdVolume.Flag.String("dataCenter", "", "current volume server's data center name")