diff --git a/weed/command/master.go b/weed/command/master.go
index b1fbf44cf..02a155da8 100644
--- a/weed/command/master.go
+++ b/weed/command/master.go
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@ package command
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	hashicorpRaft "github.com/hashicorp/raft"
 	"net/http"
 	"os"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
+	hashicorpRaft "github.com/hashicorp/raft"
+
 	"golang.org/x/exp/slices"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
@@ -163,11 +164,11 @@ func startMaster(masterOption MasterOptions, masterWhiteList []string) {
 		RaftResumeState:   *masterOption.raftResumeState,
 		HeartbeatInterval: *masterOption.heartbeatInterval,
 		ElectionTimeout:   *masterOption.electionTimeout,
-		RaftBootstrap:     *m.raftBootstrap,
+		RaftBootstrap:     *masterOption.raftBootstrap,
 	}
 	var raftServer *weed_server.RaftServer
 	var err error
-	if *m.raftHashicorp {
+	if *masterOption.raftHashicorp {
 		if raftServer, err = weed_server.NewHashicorpRaftServer(raftServerOption); err != nil {
 			glog.Fatalf("NewHashicorpRaftServer: %s", err)
 		}
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ func startMaster(masterOption MasterOptions, masterWhiteList []string) {
 	ms.SetRaftServer(raftServer)
 	r.HandleFunc("/cluster/status", raftServer.StatusHandler).Methods("GET")
 	r.HandleFunc("/cluster/healthz", raftServer.HealthzHandler).Methods("GET", "HEAD")
-	if *m.raftHashicorp {
+	if *masterOption.raftHashicorp {
 		r.HandleFunc("/raft/stats", raftServer.StatsRaftHandler).Methods("GET")
 	}
 	// starting grpc server
@@ -191,7 +192,7 @@ func startMaster(masterOption MasterOptions, masterWhiteList []string) {
 	}
 	grpcS := pb.NewGrpcServer(security.LoadServerTLS(util.GetViper(), "grpc.master"))
 	master_pb.RegisterSeaweedServer(grpcS, ms)
-	if *m.raftHashicorp {
+	if *masterOption.raftHashicorp {
 		raftServer.TransportManager.Register(grpcS)
 	} else {
 		protobuf.RegisterRaftServer(grpcS, raftServer)
@@ -204,7 +205,7 @@ func startMaster(masterOption MasterOptions, masterWhiteList []string) {
 	go grpcS.Serve(grpcL)
 
 	timeSleep := 1500 * time.Millisecond
-	if !*m.raftHashicorp {
+	if !*masterOption.raftHashicorp {
 		go func() {
 			time.Sleep(timeSleep)
 
diff --git a/weed/command/server.go b/weed/command/server.go
index ba56d8897..978cea117 100644
--- a/weed/command/server.go
+++ b/weed/command/server.go
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ func init() {
 	masterOptions.metricsIntervalSec = cmdServer.Flag.Int("master.metrics.intervalSeconds", 15, "Prometheus push interval in seconds")
 	masterOptions.raftResumeState = cmdServer.Flag.Bool("master.resumeState", false, "resume previous state on start master server")
 	masterOptions.raftHashicorp = cmdServer.Flag.Bool("master.raftHashicorp", false, "use hashicorp raft")
+	masterOptions.raftBootstrap = cmdMaster.Flag.Bool("master.raftBootstrap", false, "Whether to bootstrap the Raft cluster")
 	masterOptions.heartbeatInterval = cmdServer.Flag.Duration("master.heartbeatInterval", 300*time.Millisecond, "heartbeat interval of master servers, and will be randomly multiplied by [1, 1.25)")
 	masterOptions.electionTimeout = cmdServer.Flag.Duration("master.electionTimeout", 10*time.Second, "election timeout of master servers")