be a writer by default

lbry/wallet/orchstr8/node.py

@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ class SPVNode:
             'INDIVIDUAL_TAG_INDEXES': '',
             'RPC_PORT': self.rpc_port,
             'ES_INDEX_PREFIX': uuid4().hex,
+            'ES_MODE': 'writer',
         }
         if extraconf:
             conf.update(extraconf)

lbry/wallet/server/db/writer.py

@@ -951,7 +951,10 @@ class LBRYLevelDB(LevelDB):
         for algorithm_name in self.env.trending_algorithms:
             if algorithm_name in TRENDING_ALGORITHMS:
                 trending.append(TRENDING_ALGORITHMS[algorithm_name])
-        if self.env.es_mode == 'writer':
+        if self.env.es_mode == 'reader':
+            self.logger.info('Index mode: reader')
+            self.sql = None
+        else:
             self.logger.info('Index mode: writer. Using SQLite db to sync ES')
             self.sql = SQLDB(
                 self, path,
@@ -959,9 +962,6 @@ class LBRYLevelDB(LevelDB):
                 self.env.default('FILTERING_CHANNEL_IDS', '').split(' '),
                 trending
             )
-        else:
-            self.logger.info('Index mode: reader')
-            self.sql = None
 
         # Search index
         self.search_index = SearchIndex(self.env.es_index_prefix)