diff --git a/weed/filer2/redis/universal_redis_store.go b/weed/filer2/redis/universal_redis_store.go
index a5d57b598..c7daf1042 100644
--- a/weed/filer2/redis/universal_redis_store.go
+++ b/weed/filer2/redis/universal_redis_store.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/go-redis/redis"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 )
 
 const (
@@ -24,7 +25,7 @@ func (store *UniversalRedisStore) InsertEntry(entry *filer2.Entry) (err error) {
 		return fmt.Errorf("encoding %s %+v: %v", entry.FullPath, entry.Attr, err)
 	}
 
-	_, err = store.Client.Set(string(entry.FullPath), value, 0).Result()
+	_, err = store.Client.Set(string(entry.FullPath), value, time.Duration(entry.TtlSec) * time.Second).Result()
 
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("persisting %s : %v", entry.FullPath, err)