diff --git a/storage/badger/badger_store.go b/storage/badger/badger_store.go
index 9ddc07ca6..141e586d2 100644
--- a/storage/badger/badger_store.go
+++ b/storage/badger/badger_store.go
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ func NewBadgerStoreOpts(opts *Options) (*BadgerStore, error) {
 	bOpts.Dir = opts.Path
 	bOpts.ValueDir = opts.Path
 	bOpts.SyncWrites = false
+	bOpts.ValueThreshold = 1 << 11 // LSM mode
 
 	db, err := b.Open(bOpts)
 	if err != nil {