diff --git a/weed/storage/disk_location.go b/weed/storage/disk_location.go
index 6bfb1ff76..a4a3c519e 100644
--- a/weed/storage/disk_location.go
+++ b/weed/storage/disk_location.go
@@ -57,9 +57,11 @@ func (l *DiskLocation) loadExistingVolume(dir os.FileInfo, needleMapKind NeedleM
 					size, _, _ := v.FileStat()
 					glog.V(0).Infof("data file %s, replicaPlacement=%s v=%d size=%d ttl=%s",
 						l.Directory+"/"+name, v.ReplicaPlacement, v.Version(), size, v.Ttl.String())
+					// println("volume", vid, "last append at", v.lastAppendAtNs)
 				} else {
 					glog.V(0).Infof("new volume %s error %s", name, e)
 				}
+
 			}
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/weed/storage/needle/needle_read_write.go b/weed/storage/needle/needle_read_write.go
index d1df7d4e2..e1ad075b4 100644
--- a/weed/storage/needle/needle_read_write.go
+++ b/weed/storage/needle/needle_read_write.go
@@ -185,15 +185,17 @@ func (n *Needle) ReadData(r *os.File, offset int64, size uint32, version Version
 	case Version2, Version3:
 		err = n.readNeedleDataVersion2(bytes[NeedleHeaderSize : NeedleHeaderSize+int(n.Size)])
 	}
-	if size == 0 || err != nil {
+	if err != nil && err != io.EOF{
 		return err
 	}
-	checksum := util.BytesToUint32(bytes[NeedleHeaderSize+size : NeedleHeaderSize+size+NeedleChecksumSize])
-	newChecksum := NewCRC(n.Data)
-	if checksum != newChecksum.Value() {
-		return errors.New("CRC error! Data On Disk Corrupted")
+	if size > 0 {
+		checksum := util.BytesToUint32(bytes[NeedleHeaderSize+size : NeedleHeaderSize+size+NeedleChecksumSize])
+		newChecksum := NewCRC(n.Data)
+		if checksum != newChecksum.Value() {
+			return errors.New("CRC error! Data On Disk Corrupted")
+		}
+		n.Checksum = newChecksum
 	}
-	n.Checksum = newChecksum
 	if version == Version3 {
 		tsOffset := NeedleHeaderSize + size + NeedleChecksumSize
 		n.AppendAtNs = util.BytesToUint64(bytes[tsOffset : tsOffset+TimestampSize])
diff --git a/weed/storage/volume_checking.go b/weed/storage/volume_checking.go
index 9599885ec..980656823 100644
--- a/weed/storage/volume_checking.go
+++ b/weed/storage/volume_checking.go
@@ -9,28 +9,29 @@ import (
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/util"
 )
 
-func CheckVolumeDataIntegrity(v *Volume, indexFile *os.File) error {
+func CheckVolumeDataIntegrity(v *Volume, indexFile *os.File) (lastAppendAtNs uint64, e error) {
 	var indexSize int64
-	var e error
 	if indexSize, e = verifyIndexFileIntegrity(indexFile); e != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("verifyIndexFileIntegrity %s failed: %v", indexFile.Name(), e)
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("verifyIndexFileIntegrity %s failed: %v", indexFile.Name(), e)
 	}
 	if indexSize == 0 {
-		return nil
+		return 0,nil
 	}
 	var lastIdxEntry []byte
 	if lastIdxEntry, e = readIndexEntryAtOffset(indexFile, indexSize-NeedleMapEntrySize); e != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("readLastIndexEntry %s failed: %v", indexFile.Name(), e)
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("readLastIndexEntry %s failed: %v", indexFile.Name(), e)
 	}
 	key, offset, size := IdxFileEntry(lastIdxEntry)
-	if offset.IsZero() || size == TombstoneFileSize {
-		return nil
+	if offset.IsZero() {
+		return 0,nil
 	}
-	if e = verifyNeedleIntegrity(v.dataFile, v.Version(), offset.ToAcutalOffset(), key, size); e != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("verifyNeedleIntegrity %s failed: %v", indexFile.Name(), e)
+	if size == TombstoneFileSize {
+		size = 0
 	}
-
-	return nil
+	if lastAppendAtNs, e = verifyNeedleIntegrity(v.dataFile, v.Version(), offset.ToAcutalOffset(), key, size); e != nil {
+		return lastAppendAtNs, fmt.Errorf("verifyNeedleIntegrity %s failed: %v", indexFile.Name(), e)
+	}
+	return
 }
 
 func verifyIndexFileIntegrity(indexFile *os.File) (indexSize int64, err error) {
@@ -52,14 +53,13 @@ func readIndexEntryAtOffset(indexFile *os.File, offset int64) (bytes []byte, err
 	return
 }
 
-func verifyNeedleIntegrity(datFile *os.File, v needle.Version, offset int64, key NeedleId, size uint32) error {
+func verifyNeedleIntegrity(datFile *os.File, v needle.Version, offset int64, key NeedleId, size uint32) (lastAppendAtNs uint64, err error) {
 	n := new(needle.Needle)
-	err := n.ReadData(datFile, offset, size, v)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+	if err = n.ReadData(datFile, offset, size, v); err != nil {
+		return n.AppendAtNs, err
 	}
 	if n.Id != key {
-		return fmt.Errorf("index key %#x does not match needle's Id %#x", key, n.Id)
+		return n.AppendAtNs, fmt.Errorf("index key %#x does not match needle's Id %#x", key, n.Id)
 	}
-	return nil
+	return n.AppendAtNs, err
 }
diff --git a/weed/storage/volume_loading.go b/weed/storage/volume_loading.go
index eb82ffe98..cfc59eb09 100644
--- a/weed/storage/volume_loading.go
+++ b/weed/storage/volume_loading.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func (v *Volume) load(alsoLoadIndex bool, createDatIfMissing bool, needleMapKind
 				return fmt.Errorf("cannot write Volume Index %s.idx: %v", fileName, e)
 			}
 		}
-		if e = CheckVolumeDataIntegrity(v, indexFile); e != nil {
+		if v.lastAppendAtNs, e = CheckVolumeDataIntegrity(v, indexFile); e != nil {
 			v.readOnly = true
 			glog.V(0).Infof("volumeDataIntegrityChecking failed %v", e)
 		}