diff --git a/other/java/client/src/main/java/seaweedfs/client/FileChunkManifest.java b/other/java/client/src/main/java/seaweedfs/client/FileChunkManifest.java
index 608deaf80..d8d29ede8 100644
--- a/other/java/client/src/main/java/seaweedfs/client/FileChunkManifest.java
+++ b/other/java/client/src/main/java/seaweedfs/client/FileChunkManifest.java
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ public class FileChunkManifest {
 
     private static FilerProto.FileChunk mergeIntoManifest(final FilerGrpcClient filerGrpcClient, List<FilerProto.FileChunk> dataChunks) throws IOException {
         // create and serialize the manifest
+        dataChunks = FilerClient.beforeEntrySerialization(dataChunks);
         FilerProto.FileChunkManifest.Builder m = FilerProto.FileChunkManifest.newBuilder().addAllChunks(dataChunks);
         byte[] data = m.build().toByteArray();
 
diff --git a/other/java/client/src/main/java/seaweedfs/client/FilerClient.java b/other/java/client/src/main/java/seaweedfs/client/FilerClient.java
index 0d087d5b4..468a95e28 100644
--- a/other/java/client/src/main/java/seaweedfs/client/FilerClient.java
+++ b/other/java/client/src/main/java/seaweedfs/client/FilerClient.java
@@ -25,7 +25,64 @@ public class FilerClient {
     }
 
     public static String toFileId(FilerProto.FileId fid) {
-        return String.format("%d,%d%x", fid.getVolumeId(), fid.getFileKey(), fid.getCookie());
+        if (fid == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return String.format("%d,%x%08x", fid.getVolumeId(), fid.getFileKey(), fid.getCookie());
+    }
+
+    public static FilerProto.FileId toFileIdObject(String fileIdStr) {
+        if (fileIdStr == null || fileIdStr.length() == 0) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        int commaIndex = fileIdStr.lastIndexOf(',');
+        String volumeIdStr = fileIdStr.substring(0, commaIndex);
+        String fileKeyStr = fileIdStr.substring(commaIndex + 1, fileIdStr.length() - 8);
+        String cookieStr = fileIdStr.substring(fileIdStr.length() - 8);
+
+        return FilerProto.FileId.newBuilder()
+                .setVolumeId(Integer.parseInt(volumeIdStr))
+                .setFileKey(Long.parseLong(fileKeyStr, 16))
+                .setCookie((int) Long.parseLong(cookieStr, 16))
+                .build();
+    }
+
+    public static List<FilerProto.FileChunk> beforeEntrySerialization(List<FilerProto.FileChunk> chunks) {
+        List<FilerProto.FileChunk> cleanedChunks = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (FilerProto.FileChunk chunk : chunks) {
+            FilerProto.FileChunk.Builder chunkBuilder = chunk.toBuilder();
+            chunkBuilder.clearFileId();
+            chunkBuilder.clearSourceFileId();
+            chunkBuilder.setFid(toFileIdObject(chunk.getFileId()));
+            FilerProto.FileId sourceFid = toFileIdObject(chunk.getSourceFileId());
+            if (sourceFid != null) {
+                chunkBuilder.setSourceFid(sourceFid);
+            }
+            cleanedChunks.add(chunkBuilder.build());
+        }
+        return cleanedChunks;
+    }
+
+    public static FilerProto.Entry afterEntryDeserialization(FilerProto.Entry entry) {
+        if (entry.getChunksList().size() <= 0) {
+            return entry;
+        }
+        String fileId = entry.getChunks(0).getFileId();
+        if (fileId != null && fileId.length() != 0) {
+            return entry;
+        }
+        FilerProto.Entry.Builder entryBuilder = entry.toBuilder();
+        entryBuilder.clearChunks();
+        for (FilerProto.FileChunk chunk : entry.getChunksList()) {
+            FilerProto.FileChunk.Builder chunkBuilder = chunk.toBuilder();
+            chunkBuilder.setFileId(toFileId(chunk.getFid()));
+            String sourceFileId = toFileId(chunk.getSourceFid());
+            if (sourceFileId != null) {
+                chunkBuilder.setSourceFileId(sourceFileId);
+            }
+            entryBuilder.addChunks(chunkBuilder);
+        }
+        return entryBuilder.build();
     }
 
     public boolean mkdirs(String path, int mode) {
@@ -188,7 +245,7 @@ public class FilerClient {
         List<FilerProto.Entry> entries = new ArrayList<>();
         while (iter.hasNext()) {
             FilerProto.ListEntriesResponse resp = iter.next();
-            entries.add(fixEntryAfterReading(resp.getEntry()));
+            entries.add(afterEntryDeserialization(resp.getEntry()));
         }
         return entries;
     }
@@ -203,7 +260,7 @@ public class FilerClient {
             if (entry == null) {
                 return null;
             }
-            return fixEntryAfterReading(entry);
+            return afterEntryDeserialization(entry);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             if (e.getMessage().indexOf("filer: no entry is found in filer store") > 0) {
                 return null;
@@ -270,22 +327,4 @@ public class FilerClient {
         return true;
     }
 
-    private FilerProto.Entry fixEntryAfterReading(FilerProto.Entry entry) {
-        if (entry.getChunksList().size() <= 0) {
-            return entry;
-        }
-        String fileId = entry.getChunks(0).getFileId();
-        if (fileId != null && fileId.length() != 0) {
-            return entry;
-        }
-        FilerProto.Entry.Builder entryBuilder = entry.toBuilder();
-        entryBuilder.clearChunks();
-        for (FilerProto.FileChunk chunk : entry.getChunksList()) {
-            FilerProto.FileChunk.Builder chunkBuilder = chunk.toBuilder();
-            chunkBuilder.setFileId(toFileId(chunk.getFid()));
-            entryBuilder.addChunks(chunkBuilder);
-        }
-        return entryBuilder.build();
-    }
-
 }