diff --git a/weed/operation/assign_file_id.go b/weed/operation/assign_file_id.go
index e4b30f040..8dbdbbe57 100644
--- a/weed/operation/assign_file_id.go
+++ b/weed/operation/assign_file_id.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func Assign(masterFn GetMasterFn, grpcDialOption grpc.DialOption, primaryRequest
 			ret.PublicUrl = resp.PublicUrl
 			ret.Error = resp.Error
 			ret.Auth = security.EncodedJwt(resp.Auth)
-			for _, r := range ret.Replicas {
+			for _, r := range resp.Replicas {
 				ret.Replicas = append(ret.Replicas, AssignResultReplica{
 					Url:       r.Url,
 					PublicUrl: r.PublicUrl,
diff --git a/weed/server/filer_grpc_server_remote.go b/weed/server/filer_grpc_server_remote.go
index 95cdb7003..c47356a8e 100644
--- a/weed/server/filer_grpc_server_remote.go
+++ b/weed/server/filer_grpc_server_remote.go
@@ -62,8 +62,7 @@ func (fs *FilerServer) DownloadToLocal(ctx context.Context, req *filer_pb.Downlo
 	}
 
 	// detect storage option
-	// replication level is set to "000" to ensure only need to ask one volume server to fetch the data.
-	so, err := fs.detectStorageOption(req.Directory, "", "000", 0, "", "", "")
+	so, err := fs.detectStorageOption(req.Directory, "", "", 0, "", "", "")
 	if err != nil {
 		return resp, err
 	}
diff --git a/weed/server/volume_grpc_remote.go b/weed/server/volume_grpc_remote.go
index de7f2d594..aff57e52b 100644
--- a/weed/server/volume_grpc_remote.go
+++ b/weed/server/volume_grpc_remote.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/storage/needle"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/storage/types"
 	"sync"
+	"time"
 )
 
 func (vs *VolumeServer) FetchAndWriteNeedle(ctx context.Context, req *volume_server_pb.FetchAndWriteNeedleRequest) (resp *volume_server_pb.FetchAndWriteNeedleResponse, err error) {
@@ -44,6 +45,8 @@ func (vs *VolumeServer) FetchAndWriteNeedle(ctx context.Context, req *volume_ser
 		// copied from *Needle.prepareWriteBuffer()
 		n.Size = 4 + types.Size(n.DataSize) + 1
 		n.Checksum = needle.NewCRC(n.Data)
+		n.LastModified = uint64(time.Now().Unix())
+		n.SetHasLastModifiedDate()
 		if _, localWriteErr := vs.store.WriteVolumeNeedle(v.Id, n, true, false); localWriteErr != nil {
 			if err == nil {
 				err = fmt.Errorf("local write needle %d size %d: %v", req.NeedleId, req.Size, err)