diff --git a/src/librmb/rados-cluster.cpp b/src/librmb/rados-cluster.cpp
index 3bff0342..8d289b91 100644
--- a/src/librmb/rados-cluster.cpp
+++ b/src/librmb/rados-cluster.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ using namespace librmb;  // NOLINT
 
 librados::Rados RadosCluster::cluster;
 int RadosCluster::cluster_ref_count = 0;
+const std::string RadosCluster::CFG_OSD_MAX_WRITE_SIZE = "osd_max_write_size";
 
 RadosCluster::RadosCluster() {}
 
@@ -108,6 +109,8 @@ int RadosCluster::storage_create(const string &pool, const string &username, Rad
       break;
     }
   }
+
+
   if (pool_found != true) {
     err = cluster.pool_create(pool.c_str());
     if (err < 0) {
@@ -122,6 +125,15 @@ int RadosCluster::storage_create(const string &pool, const string &username, Rad
     return err;
   }
 
-  *storage = new RadosStorage(&io_ctx, username);
+  std::string max_write_size;
+  err = cluster.conf_get(RadosCluster::CFG_OSD_MAX_WRITE_SIZE.c_str(), max_write_size);
+  if (err < 0) {
+    // *error_r = t_strdup_printf("Cannot open RADOS pool %s: %s", pool.c_str(), strerror(-err));
+    return err;
+  }
+
+  //"found: max write size " << max_write_size.c_str() << "\n";
+
+  *storage = new RadosStorage(&io_ctx, username, std::stoi(max_write_size));
   return 0;
 }
diff --git a/src/librmb/rados-cluster.h b/src/librmb/rados-cluster.h
index 0b4acb91..8e441f28 100644
--- a/src/librmb/rados-cluster.h
+++ b/src/librmb/rados-cluster.h
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ class RadosCluster {
  private:
   static librados::Rados cluster;
   static int cluster_ref_count;
+
+ public:
+  static const std::string CFG_OSD_MAX_WRITE_SIZE;
 };
 
 }  // namespace librmb
diff --git a/src/librmb/rados-storage.cpp b/src/librmb/rados-storage.cpp
index 22ff857a..8c5f08d2 100644
--- a/src/librmb/rados-storage.cpp
+++ b/src/librmb/rados-storage.cpp
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ using std::string;
 
 #define DICT_USERNAME_SEPARATOR '/'
 
-RadosStorage::RadosStorage(librados::IoCtx *ctx, const string &username) : io_ctx(*ctx), username(username) {
-}
+RadosStorage::RadosStorage(librados::IoCtx *ctx, const string &username, const int max_write_size)
+    : io_ctx(*ctx), username(username), max_write_size(max_write_size) {}
 
 RadosStorage::~RadosStorage() { get_io_ctx().close(); }
diff --git a/src/librmb/rados-storage.h b/src/librmb/rados-storage.h
index cae0e704..150730c3 100644
--- a/src/librmb/rados-storage.h
+++ b/src/librmb/rados-storage.h
@@ -13,16 +13,19 @@ namespace librmb {
 
 class RadosStorage {
  public:
-  RadosStorage(librados::IoCtx* ctx, const std::string& username);
+  RadosStorage(librados::IoCtx* ctx, const std::string& username, const int max_write_size);
   virtual ~RadosStorage();
 
   librados::IoCtx& get_io_ctx() { return io_ctx; }
 
   const std::string& get_username() const { return username; }
 
+  const int get_max_write_size() const { return max_write_size; }
+
  private:
   librados::IoCtx io_ctx;
   std::string username;
+  int max_write_size;
 };
 
 }  // namespace librmb