diff --git a/weed/filer2/filer.go b/weed/filer2/filer.go
index 4ee6f4e50..467f846ed 100644
--- a/weed/filer2/filer.go
+++ b/weed/filer2/filer.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 	"os"
 	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/pb/filer_pb"
+	"github.com/chrislusf/seaweedfs/weed/glog"
 )
 
 type Filer struct {
@@ -44,22 +45,23 @@ func (f *Filer) CreateEntry(entry *Entry) (error) {
 		dirPath := "/" + filepath.Join(dirParts[:i]...)
 		// fmt.Printf("%d directory: %+v\n", i, dirPath)
 
-		dirFound := false
-
 		// first check local cache
 		dirEntry := f.cacheGetDirectory(dirPath)
 
 		// not found, check the store directly
 		if dirEntry == nil {
+			glog.V(4).Infof("find uncached directory: %s", dirPath)
 			var dirFindErr error
-			dirFound, dirEntry, dirFindErr = f.FindEntry(FullPath(dirPath))
+			_, dirEntry, dirFindErr = f.FindEntry(FullPath(dirPath))
 			if dirFindErr != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("findDirectory %s: %v", dirPath, dirFindErr)
 			}
+		}else{
+			glog.V(4).Infof("found cached directory: %s", dirPath)
 		}
 
 		// no such existing directory
-		if !dirFound {
+		if dirEntry == nil {
 
 			// create the directory
 			now := time.Now()
@@ -75,6 +77,7 @@ func (f *Filer) CreateEntry(entry *Entry) (error) {
 				},
 			}
 
+			glog.V(2).Infof("create directory: %s", dirPath)
 			mkdirErr := f.store.InsertEntry(dirEntry)
 			if mkdirErr != nil {
 				return fmt.Errorf("mkdir %s: %v", dirPath, mkdirErr)
diff --git a/weed/filer2/memdb/memdb_store.go b/weed/filer2/memdb/memdb_store.go
index 0276e9a7f..7e886f4ef 100644
--- a/weed/filer2/memdb/memdb_store.go
+++ b/weed/filer2/memdb/memdb_store.go
@@ -77,11 +77,13 @@ func (filer *MemDbStore) ListDirectoryEntries(fullpath filer2.FullPath, startFil
 			}
 			entry := item.(Entry).Entry
 			// println("checking", entry.FullPath)
+
 			if entry.FullPath == fullpath {
 				// skipping the current directory
 				// println("skipping the folder", entry.FullPath)
 				return true
 			}
+
 			dir, name := entry.FullPath.DirAndName()
 			if name == startFileName {
 				if inclusive {
@@ -90,11 +92,13 @@ func (filer *MemDbStore) ListDirectoryEntries(fullpath filer2.FullPath, startFil
 				}
 				return true
 			}
-			if !strings.HasPrefix(dir, string(fullpath)) {
-				// println("directory is:", dir, "fullpath:", fullpath)
+
+			// only iterate the same prefix
+			if !strings.HasPrefix(string(entry.FullPath), string(fullpath)) {
 				// println("breaking from", entry.FullPath)
 				return false
 			}
+
 			if dir != string(fullpath) {
 				// this could be items in deeper directories
 				// println("skipping deeper folder", entry.FullPath)
diff --git a/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_admin.go b/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_admin.go
index 2c5c1bc21..06d041398 100644
--- a/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_admin.go
+++ b/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_admin.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ func (fs *FilerServer) registerHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	fileId := r.FormValue("fileId")
 	fileSize, err := strconv.ParseUint(r.FormValue("fileSize"), 10, 64)
 	if err != nil {
-		glog.V(4).Infof("register %s to %s parse fileSize %s: %v", fileId, path, r.FormValue("fileSize"), err)
+		glog.V(0).Infof("register %s to %s parse fileSize %s: %v", fileId, path, r.FormValue("fileSize"), err)
 		writeJsonError(w, r, http.StatusInternalServerError, err)
 		return
 	}
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ func (fs *FilerServer) registerHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			Mtime:  time.Now().UnixNano(),
 		}},
 	}
+	glog.V(2).Infof("register %s to %s parse fileSize %s", fileId, path, r.FormValue("fileSize"))
 	err = fs.filer.CreateEntry(entry)
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.V(4).Infof("register %s to %s error: %v", fileId, path, err)
diff --git a/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_read.go b/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_read.go
index 3517299cf..52b7ba177 100644
--- a/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_read.go
+++ b/weed/server/filer_server_handlers_read.go
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ func (fs *FilerServer) listDirectoryHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Reque
 		lastFileName = entries[len(entries)-1].Name()
 	}
 
+	glog.V(4).Infof("listDirectory %s, last file %s, limit %d: %d items", path, lastFileName, limit, len(entries))
+
 	args := struct {
 		Path                  string
 		Entries               interface{}