diff --git a/weed-fs/src/pkg/storage/needle_map.go b/weed-fs/src/pkg/storage/needle_map.go
index b173eb47f..c1b84358c 100644
--- a/weed-fs/src/pkg/storage/needle_map.go
+++ b/weed-fs/src/pkg/storage/needle_map.go
@@ -178,11 +178,7 @@ func (nm *NeedleMap) Put(key uint64, offset uint32, size uint32) (int, error) {
 	return nm.indexFile.Write(nm.bytes)
 }
 func (nm *NeedleMap) Get(key uint64) (element *NeedleValue, ok bool) {
-	if nm.m != nil {
-		element, ok = nm.m.Get(Key(key))
-	} else {
-		element, ok = nm.fm.Get(Key(key))
-	}
+	element, ok = nm.m.Get(Key(key))
 	return
 }
 func (nm *NeedleMap) Delete(key uint64) error {
@@ -206,8 +202,5 @@ func (nm *NeedleMap) ContentSize() uint64 {
 
 // iterate through all needles using the iterator function
 func (nm *NeedleMap) Walk(pedestrian func(*NeedleValue) error) (err error) {
-	if nm.m != nil {
-		return nm.m.Walk(pedestrian)
-	}
-	return nm.fm.Walk(pedestrian)
+	return nm.m.Walk(pedestrian)
 }
diff --git a/weed-fs/src/pkg/storage/store.go b/weed-fs/src/pkg/storage/store.go
index d9e94ee56..161b855e3 100644
--- a/weed-fs/src/pkg/storage/store.go
+++ b/weed-fs/src/pkg/storage/store.go
@@ -118,9 +118,7 @@ func (s *Store) loadExistingVolumes() {
 					if s.volumes[vid] == nil {
 						if v, e := NewVolume(s.dir, vid, CopyNil); e == nil {
 							s.volumes[vid] = v
-							log.Println("In dir", s.dir, "read volume =", vid, "replicationType =", v.replicaType, "version =", v.version, "size =", v.Size(), "frozen?", !v.IsWritable())
-						} else {
-							log.Println("ERROR loading volume", vid, "in dir", s.dir, ":", e.Error())
+							log.Println("In dir", s.dir, "read volume =", vid, "replicationType =", v.replicaType, "version =", v.version, "size =", v.Size())
 						}
 					}
 				}
diff --git a/weed-fs/src/pkg/storage/volume.go b/weed-fs/src/pkg/storage/volume.go
index 9a7c33a42..d694f27ba 100644
--- a/weed-fs/src/pkg/storage/volume.go
+++ b/weed-fs/src/pkg/storage/volume.go
@@ -36,14 +36,7 @@ func (v *Volume) load() error {
 	fileName := path.Join(v.dir, v.Id.String())
 	v.dataFile, e = os.OpenFile(fileName+".dat", os.O_RDWR|os.O_CREATE, 0644)
 	if e != nil {
-		if os.IsPermission(e) {
-			if util.FileExists(fileName + ".cdb") {
-				v.dataFile, e = os.Open(fileName + ".dat")
-			}
-		}
-		if e != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("cannot create Volume Data %s.dat: %s", fileName, e)
-		}
+		return fmt.Errorf("cannot create Volume Data %s.dat: %s", fileName, e)
 	}
 	if v.replicaType == CopyNil {
 		if e = v.readSuperBlock(); e != nil {