diff --git a/config/samples/seaweed_v1_seaweed.yaml b/config/samples/seaweed_v1_seaweed.yaml
index b53cb3e..68e9333 100644
--- a/config/samples/seaweed_v1_seaweed.yaml
+++ b/config/samples/seaweed_v1_seaweed.yaml
@@ -14,4 +14,10 @@ spec:
       storage: 2Gi
   filer:
     replicas: 2
+    config: |
+      [leveldb2]
+      # local on disk, mostly for simple single-machine setup, fairly scalable
+      # faster than previous leveldb, recommended.
+      enabled = true
+      dir = "."                    # directory to store level db files