diff --git a/weed/command/scaffold.go b/weed/command/scaffold.go
index eb97af91c..3ef7ab914 100644
--- a/weed/command/scaffold.go
+++ b/weed/command/scaffold.go
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ addresses = [
     "localhost:30006",
 ]
 password = ""
-readOnly = true
-routeByLatency = true
+readOnly = false
+routeByLatency = false
 
 [etcd]
 enabled = false
diff --git a/weed/filer2/redis/redis_cluster_store.go b/weed/filer2/redis/redis_cluster_store.go
index b17bfed14..0915be219 100644
--- a/weed/filer2/redis/redis_cluster_store.go
+++ b/weed/filer2/redis/redis_cluster_store.go
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ func (store *RedisClusterStore) GetName() string {
 
 func (store *RedisClusterStore) Initialize(configuration util.Configuration) (err error) {
 
-	configuration.SetDefault("useReadOnly", false)
-	configuration.SetDefault("routeByLatency", false)
-
 	return store.initialize(
 		configuration.GetStringSlice("addresses"),
 		configuration.GetString("password"),