diff --git a/cmd/reflector.go b/cmd/reflector.go
index 19802f0..e411781 100644
--- a/cmd/reflector.go
+++ b/cmd/reflector.go
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ var peerPort int
 var quicPeerPort int
 var reflectorPort int
 var metricsPort int
+var disableUploads bool
+var reflectorServerAddress string
+var reflectorServerPort string
+var reflectorServerProtocol string
+var useDB bool
 
 func init() {
 	var cmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -33,25 +38,40 @@ func init() {
 		Run:   reflectorCmd,
 	}
 	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&reflectorCmdCacheDir, "cache", "", "Enable disk cache for blobs. Store them in this directory")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&reflectorServerAddress, "reflector-server-address", "", "address of another reflector server where blobs are fetched from")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&reflectorServerPort, "reflector-server-port", "5567", "port of another reflector server where blobs are fetched from")
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&reflectorServerProtocol, "reflector-server-protocol", "tcp", "protocol used to fetch blobs from another reflector server (tcp/udp)")
 	cmd.Flags().IntVar(&peerPort, "peer-port", 5567, "The port reflector will distribute content from")
 	cmd.Flags().IntVar(&quicPeerPort, "quic-peer-port", 5568, "The port reflector will distribute content from over QUIC protocol")
 	cmd.Flags().IntVar(&reflectorPort, "reflector-port", 5566, "The port reflector will receive content from")
 	cmd.Flags().IntVar(&metricsPort, "metrics-port", 2112, "The port reflector will use for metrics")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&disableUploads, "disable-uploads", false, "Disable uploads to this reflector server")
+	cmd.Flags().BoolVar(&useDB, "use-db", true, "whether to connect to the reflector db or not")
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(cmd)
 }
 
 func reflectorCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	log.Printf("reflector version %s, built %s", meta.Version, meta.BuildTime.Format(time.RFC3339))
 
-	// flip this flag to false when doing db maintenance. uploads will not work (as reflector server wont be running)
-	// but downloads will still work straight from s3
-	useDB := true
-
-	s3 := store.NewS3BlobStore(globalConfig.AwsID, globalConfig.AwsSecret, globalConfig.BucketRegion, globalConfig.BucketName)
+	var blobStore store.BlobStore
+	if reflectorServerAddress != "" {
+		switch reflectorServerProtocol {
+		case "tcp":
+			blobStore = peer.NewStore(peer.StoreOpts{
+				Address: reflectorServerAddress + ":" + reflectorServerPort,
+				Timeout: 30 * time.Second,
+			})
+		case "udp":
+			blobStore = quic.NewStore(quic.StoreOpts{
+				Address: reflectorServerAddress + ":" + reflectorServerPort,
+				Timeout: 30 * time.Second,
+			})
+		}
+	} else {
+		blobStore = store.NewS3BlobStore(globalConfig.AwsID, globalConfig.AwsSecret, globalConfig.BucketRegion, globalConfig.BucketName)
+	}
 
 	var err error
-
-	var blobStore store.BlobStore = s3
 	var reflectorServer *reflector.Server
 
 	if useDB {
@@ -61,7 +81,7 @@ func reflectorCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
 
-		blobStore = store.NewDBBackedStore(s3, db)
+		blobStore = store.NewDBBackedStore(blobStore, db)
 
 		reflectorServer = reflector.NewServer(blobStore)
 		reflectorServer.Timeout = 3 * time.Minute
@@ -82,18 +102,18 @@ func reflectorCmd(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 	}
 
 	peerServer := peer.NewServer(blobStore)
-	err = peerServer.Start(":"+ strconv.Itoa(peerPort))
+	err = peerServer.Start(":" + strconv.Itoa(peerPort))
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
 	quicPeerServer := quic.NewServer(blobStore)
-	err = quicPeerServer.Start(":"+ strconv.Itoa(quicPeerPort))
+	err = quicPeerServer.Start(":" + strconv.Itoa(quicPeerPort))
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
-	metricsServer := metrics.NewServer(":" + strconv.Itoa(metricsPort), "/metrics")
+	metricsServer := metrics.NewServer(":"+strconv.Itoa(metricsPort), "/metrics")
 	metricsServer.Start()
 
 	interruptChan := make(chan os.Signal, 1)
diff --git a/store/disk.go b/store/disk.go
index b7dea85..18f7bd7 100644
--- a/store/disk.go
+++ b/store/disk.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"os"
 	"path"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"sort"
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
@@ -191,10 +192,10 @@ func (d *DiskBlobStore) WipeOldestBlobs() (err error) {
 		File     *os.FileInfo
 		FullPath string
 	}
-	datedFiles := make([]datedFile, 0, 500)
+	datedFiles := make([]datedFile, 0, 5000)
 	for _, dir := range dirs {
 		if dir.IsDir() {
-			files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(d.blobDir + "/" + dir.Name())
+			files, err := ioutil.ReadDir(filepath.Join(d.blobDir, dir.Name()))
 			if err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ func (d *DiskBlobStore) WipeOldestBlobs() (err error) {
 					datedFiles = append(datedFiles, datedFile{
 						Atime:    atime(file),
 						File:     &file,
-						FullPath: d.blobDir + "/" + dir.Name() + "/" + file.Name(),
+						FullPath: filepath.Join(d.blobDir, dir.Name(), file.Name()),
 					})
 				}
 			}