diff --git a/docs/installation.md b/docs/installation.md
index 9e92b8558..f97c0a4cf 100644
--- a/docs/installation.md
+++ b/docs/installation.md
@@ -156,12 +156,17 @@ MONGOOSE_HOST = localhost
 MONGOOSE_HOST_READ = localhost
 MONGOOSE_PORT = 27017
 MONGOOSE_PORT_READ = 27018
+MONGOOSE_READ_PREFERENCE = secondaryPreferred
+REPLICASET = rs0
 
 REDIS_HOST = localhost
 REDIS_HOST_READ = localhost
 WHISPR_AUTH_CONFIG_SECRET = (change to your auth server - see [Security](./security.md))
 ```
 
+You can specify a different hosts to spread read access to mongodb replica using MONGOOSE_HOST_READ,MONGOOSE_PORT_READ,REPLICASET and MONGOOSE_READ_PREFERENCE
+see https://www.mongodb.com/docs/manual/core/read-preference/ for more details
+
 ### Setup a local AWS instance with localstack (optional)
 
 If you want to work with a local file storage instead of AWS use this:
diff --git a/src/config/config.service.ts b/src/config/config.service.ts
index 4e1b72764..d8fe3c853 100644
--- a/src/config/config.service.ts
+++ b/src/config/config.service.ts
@@ -58,20 +58,21 @@ export class ConfigService {
 
   getMongooseURI(): string {
     return this.get('REPLICASET') !== undefined
-      ? `mongodb://${this.get('MONGOOSE_HOST')}:${this.get('MONGOOSE_PORT')},${this.get(
-        'MONGOOSE_HOST_READ',
-      )}:${this.get('MONGOOSE_PORT_READ')}`
+      ? `mongodb://${this.get('MONGOOSE_HOST')}:${this.get('MONGOOSE_PORT')},`
+          + `${this.get('MONGOOSE_HOST_READ')}:${this.get('MONGOOSE_PORT_READ')}`
       : `mongodb://${this.get('MONGOOSE_HOST')}:${this.get('MONGOOSE_PORT')}`;
   }
 
   getMongooseOptions(): MongooseModuleOptions {
+    const readPreference = this.get('MONGOOSE_READ_PREFERENCE')
+      ? this.get('MONGOOSE_READ_PREFERENCE')
+      : 'secondaryPreferred';
     let options: MongooseModuleOptions = {
       uri: this.getMongooseURI(),
       dbName: 'whisps',
-      readPreference: this.get('REPLICASET') !== undefined ? 'primary' : null,
+      readPreference: this.get('REPLICASET') !== undefined ? readPreference : null,
       user: this.get('MONGOOSE_USERNAME'),
       pass: this.get('MONGOOSE_PASSWORD'),
-      replicaSet: this.get('REPLICASET'),
     };
     if (this.get('SSL_VALIDATE') === true) {
       options = {
diff --git a/src/config/environmentValidationSchema.ts b/src/config/environmentValidationSchema.ts
index 842b8a3c6..045a0dc5e 100644
--- a/src/config/environmentValidationSchema.ts
+++ b/src/config/environmentValidationSchema.ts
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ export default Joi.object({
   MONGOOSE_PORT_READ: Joi.number().default(27017),
   MONGOOSE_USERNAME: Joi.string(),
   MONGOOSE_PASSWORD: Joi.string(),
+  MONGOOSE_READ_PREFERENCE: Joi.string(),
 
   REDIS_HOST: Joi.string().required(),
   REDIS_PORT: Joi.number().default(6379),
diff --git a/tests/load/whisp-create.load.js b/tests/load/whisp-create.load.js
index 48db37809..e78d37081 100644
--- a/tests/load/whisp-create.load.js
+++ b/tests/load/whisp-create.load.js
@@ -51,29 +51,64 @@ export default function () {
   }
   `;
 
+  const query = `
+  query Whisps( $sortTimestamp: JSONObject,$filter:JSONObject) {  
+    whisps(sort:$sortTimestamp,filter:$filter,limit:1000) {    
+      _id    
+      #readableID  
+      type   
+      description 
+      updated
+      timestamp
+      applicationID
+      #data
+      #openedById
+      #openedBy
+      expirationDate
+      timeToLiveSec
+      
+  
+    }
+  }
+  `;
+
+  const variables = `
+  {
+    "sortUpdated": {
+      "updated": "desc"
+    },
+    "sortTimestamp": {
+      "timestamp": "desc"
+    },
+    "filter": {
+      "type": "ACTION"
+    }
+  }
+  `;
+
   const url = __ENV.ENVIRONMENT_URL || 'http://127.0.0.1:3000/graphql';
 
   const headers = {
-    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
   };
 
   const response = http.post(url,
-    JSON.stringify({ query: mutationOpen }),
+    JSON.stringify({ query: query,variables:variables }),
     { headers });
 
-  // const result = check(response, {
-  //   'response has status code 200': (r) => r.status === 200,
-  //   'repsonse does not contain error': (r) => r.headers['Retry-After'] === undefined,
-  //   'response does contain data': (r) => {
-  //     try {
-  //       return (r.json() as any).data;
-  //     } catch (error) {
-  //       return false;
-  //     }
-  //   },
-  // });
+  const result = check(response, {
+    'response has status code 200': (r) => r.status === 200,
+    'repsonse does not contain error': (r) => !(r.json().errors && r.json().errors.length !== 0),
+    'response does contain data': (r) => {
+      try {
+        return (r.json() ).data;
+      } catch (error) {
+        return false;
+      }
+    },
+  });
   // // This allows us to have a global check to display the succeeded request ratio in the results
-  // check(response, { 'request succeed': () => result });
+  //check(response, { 'request succeed': () => result });
 
   sleep(1);
 }