diff --git a/weed/command/scaffold.go b/weed/command/scaffold.go
index 6ad8effc2..eb97af91c 100644
--- a/weed/command/scaffold.go
+++ b/weed/command/scaffold.go
@@ -136,6 +136,8 @@ addresses = [
     "localhost:30006",
 ]
 password = ""
+readOnly = true
+routeByLatency = true
 
 [etcd]
 enabled = false
diff --git a/weed/filer2/redis/redis_cluster_store.go b/weed/filer2/redis/redis_cluster_store.go
index 11c315391..379b7a2db 100644
--- a/weed/filer2/redis/redis_cluster_store.go
+++ b/weed/filer2/redis/redis_cluster_store.go
@@ -22,13 +22,17 @@ func (store *RedisClusterStore) Initialize(configuration util.Configuration) (er
 	return store.initialize(
 		configuration.GetStringSlice("addresses"),
 		configuration.GetString("password"),
+		configuration.GetBool("useReadOnly"),
+		configuration.GetBool("routeByLatency"),
 	)
 }
 
-func (store *RedisClusterStore) initialize(addresses []string, password string) (err error) {
+func (store *RedisClusterStore) initialize(addresses []string, password string, readOnly, routeByLatency bool) (err error) {
 	store.Client = redis.NewClusterClient(&redis.ClusterOptions{
-		Addrs:    addresses,
-		Password: password,
+		Addrs:          addresses,
+		Password:       password,
+		ReadOnly:       readOnly,
+		RouteByLatency: routeByLatency,
 	})
 	return
 }