diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index bdf6790d..7acae434 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ ENV GOPATH                 /go
 ENV SRC_PATH               /go/src/github.com/ipfs/ipfs-cluster
 ENV IPFS_CLUSTER_PATH      /data/ipfs-cluster
 ENV IPFS_CLUSTER_CONSENSUS crdt
+ENV IPFS_CLUSTER_DATASTORE leveldb
 
 EXPOSE 9094
 EXPOSE 9095
diff --git a/Dockerfile-bundle b/Dockerfile-bundle
index a7095e00..f640a3ed 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-bundle
+++ b/Dockerfile-bundle
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ ENV GOPATH                 /go
 ENV SRC_PATH               /go/src/github.com/ipfs/ipfs-cluster
 ENV IPFS_CLUSTER_PATH      /data/ipfs-cluster
 ENV IPFS_CLUSTER_CONSENSUS crdt
+ENV IPFS_CLUSTER_DATASTORE leveldb
 
 EXPOSE 9094
 EXPOSE 9095
diff --git a/Dockerfile-test b/Dockerfile-test
index 695325ac..39d5bdb5 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-test
+++ b/Dockerfile-test
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ ENV GOPATH                                      /go
 ENV SRC_PATH                                    /go/src/github.com/ipfs/ipfs-cluster
 ENV IPFS_CLUSTER_PATH                           /data/ipfs-cluster
 ENV IPFS_CLUSTER_CONSENSUS                      crdt
+ENV IPFS_CLUSTER_DATASTORE                      leveldb
 ENV IPFS_CLUSTER_RESTAPI_HTTPLISTENMULTIADDRESS /ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/9094
 ENV IPFS_CLUSTER_IPFSPROXY_LISTENMULTIADDRESS   /ip4/0.0.0.0/tcp/9095
 
diff --git a/docker/entrypoint.sh b/docker/entrypoint.sh
index 94da6607..56903b79 100755
--- a/docker/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/docker/entrypoint.sh
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ if [ -e "${IPFS_CLUSTER_PATH}/service.json" ]; then
 else
     echo "This container only runs ipfs-cluster-service. ipfs needs to be run separately!"
     echo "Initializing default configuration..."
-    ipfs-cluster-service init --consensus "${IPFS_CLUSTER_CONSENSUS}"
+    ipfs-cluster-service init --consensus "${IPFS_CLUSTER_CONSENSUS}" --datastore "${IPFS_CLUSTER_DATASTORE}"
 fi
 
 exec ipfs-cluster-service $@