diff --git a/weed-fs/src/cmd/weed/upload.go b/weed-fs/src/cmd/weed/upload.go
index c025c5029..01f3e1658 100644
--- a/weed-fs/src/cmd/weed/upload.go
+++ b/weed-fs/src/cmd/weed/upload.go
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ func upload(filename string, server string, fid string) (int) {
 		}
 		panic(err.Error())
 	}
-	ret, _ := operation.Upload(server, fid, filename, fh)
+	ret, _ := operation.Upload("http://"+server+"/"+fid, filename, fh)
 	return ret.Size
 }
 
diff --git a/weed-fs/src/cmd/weed/volume.go b/weed-fs/src/cmd/weed/volume.go
index af4ec8d5e..4fcdf06dc 100644
--- a/weed-fs/src/cmd/weed/volume.go
+++ b/weed-fs/src/cmd/weed/volume.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"log"
 	"math/rand"
@@ -127,31 +128,34 @@ func GetHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	w.Write(n.Data)
 }
 func PostHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+  r.ParseForm()
 	vid, _, _ := parseURLPath(r.URL.Path)
 	volumeId, e := storage.NewVolumeId(vid)
 	if e != nil {
 		writeJson(w, r, e)
 	} else {
-		needle, ne := storage.NewNeedle(r)
+		needle, filename, ne := storage.NewNeedle(r)
 		if ne != nil {
 			writeJson(w, r, ne)
 		} else {
 			ret := store.Write(volumeId, needle)
-			if ret > 0 { //send to other replica locations
+			if ret > 0 || !store.HasVolume(volumeId){ //send to other replica locations
 				if r.FormValue("type") != "standard" {
 					waitTime, err := strconv.Atoi(r.FormValue("wait"))
 					lookupResult, lookupErr := operation.Lookup(*server, volumeId)
 					if lookupErr == nil {
 						sendFunc := func(background bool) {
-							postContentFunc := func(location operation.Location) bool{
-							
-							  return true
+							postContentFunc := func(location operation.Location) bool {
+								operation.Upload("http://"+location.PublicUrl+r.URL.Path+"?type=standard", filename, bytes.NewReader(needle.Data))
+								return true
 							}
 							for _, location := range lookupResult.Locations {
-								if background {
-								  go postContentFunc(location)
-								}else{
-                  postContentFunc(location)
+								if location.PublicUrl != *publicUrl {
+									if background {
+										go postContentFunc(location)
+									} else {
+										postContentFunc(location)
+									}
 								}
 							}
 						}
diff --git a/weed-fs/src/pkg/operation/upload_content.go b/weed-fs/src/pkg/operation/upload_content.go
index 83e20bf3b..069a9ff4e 100644
--- a/weed-fs/src/pkg/operation/upload_content.go
+++ b/weed-fs/src/pkg/operation/upload_content.go
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ type UploadResult struct {
   Size int
 }
 
-func Upload(server string, fid string, filename string, reader io.Reader) (*UploadResult, error) {
+func Upload(uploadUrl string, filename string, reader io.Reader) (*UploadResult, error) {
   body_buf := bytes.NewBufferString("")
   body_writer := multipart.NewWriter(body_buf)
   file_writer, err := body_writer.CreateFormFile("file", filename)
   io.Copy(file_writer, reader)
   content_type := body_writer.FormDataContentType()
   body_writer.Close()
-  resp, err := http.Post("http://"+server+"/"+fid, content_type, body_buf)
+  resp, err := http.Post(uploadUrl, content_type, body_buf)
   if err != nil {
     return nil, err
   }
diff --git a/weed-fs/src/pkg/storage/needle.go b/weed-fs/src/pkg/storage/needle.go
index 8d3058a1a..d4db281dc 100644
--- a/weed-fs/src/pkg/storage/needle.go
+++ b/weed-fs/src/pkg/storage/needle.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package storage
 
 import (
 	"encoding/hex"
+	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"mime"
@@ -21,17 +22,17 @@ type Needle struct {
 	Padding  []byte "Aligned to 8 bytes"
 }
 
-func NewNeedle(r *http.Request) (n *Needle, e error) {
+func NewNeedle(r *http.Request) (n *Needle, fname string, e error) {
 
 	n = new(Needle)
 	form, fe := r.MultipartReader()
 	if fe != nil {
-		println("MultipartReader [ERROR]", fe)
+		fmt.Println("MultipartReader [ERROR]", fe)
 		e = fe
 		return
 	}
 	part, _ := form.NextPart()
-	fname := part.FileName()
+	fname = part.FileName()
 	data, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(part)
 	//log.Println("uploading file " + part.FileName())
 	dotIndex := strings.LastIndex(fname, ".")