diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4c47679..259753b 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
-2019-12-16 Alibaba Cloud.
+2019-12-xx Alibaba Cloud.
 	* VERSION: 1.6.24
 	* BUGFIX: cluster receive channel size adjust from 4096 to `sender.count`.
 	* BUGFIX: update redis-go-cluster to solve the send and receive
 	concurrency conflict.
 	* BUGFIX: fix some bugs in redis-go-cluster including io timeout problem,
 	see #192, #210.
+	* IMPROVE: set 'psync' to true by default in configuration, if the source
+	redis version is less than v2.8, switch to false.
 2019-11-28 Alibaba Cloud.
 	* VERSION: 1.6.23
 	* BUGFIX: update redis-go-cluster driver to solve MOVED error in lua
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fb73a8f..2dbf00e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -104,3 +104,4 @@ Plus, we have a DingDing(钉钉) group so that users can join and discuss, pleas
 | muicoder | muicoder@gmail.com |
 | zhklcf | huikangzhu@126.com |
 | shuff1e | sfxu@foxmail.com |
+| xuhualin | xuhualing8439523@163.com |
diff --git a/conf/redis-shake.conf b/conf/redis-shake.conf
index 9a7f76e..4b7f813 100644
--- a/conf/redis-shake.conf
+++ b/conf/redis-shake.conf
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ big_key_threshold = 524288000
 
 # use psync command.
 # used in `sync`.
-# 默认使用sync命令，启用将会使用psync命令
-psync = false
+# 默认使用psync命令进行同步，置为false将会用sync命令进行同步，代码层面会自动识别2.8以前的版本改为sync。
+psync = true
 
 # enable metric
 # used in `sync`.
diff --git a/src/redis-shake/main/main.go b/src/redis-shake/main/main.go
index cd5f6c6..518fa45 100644
--- a/src/redis-shake/main/main.go
+++ b/src/redis-shake/main/main.go
@@ -469,6 +469,11 @@ func sanitizeOptions(tp string) error {
 				conf.Options.TargetVersion, conf.Options.SourceVersion)
 			conf.Options.BigKeyThreshold = 1
 		}
+
+		// use 'sync' instead of 'psync' if the source version < 2.8
+		if ret := utils.CompareVersion(conf.Options.SourceVersion, "2.8", 2); ret == 1 && conf.Options.Psync {
+			conf.Options.Psync = false
+		}
 	}
 
 	if tp == conf.TypeRump {
diff --git a/src/redis-shake/sync.go b/src/redis-shake/sync.go
index 83bbc44..2bb85e6 100644
--- a/src/redis-shake/sync.go
+++ b/src/redis-shake/sync.go
@@ -361,24 +361,24 @@ func (ds *dbSyncer) sendPSyncCmd(master, auth_type, passwd string, tlsEnable boo
 }
 
 func (ds *dbSyncer) pSyncPipeCopy(c net.Conn, br *bufio.Reader, bw *bufio.Writer, offset int64, copyto io.Writer) (int64, error) {
-	// TODO, two times call c.Close() ? maybe a bug
-	defer c.Close()
 	var nread atomic2.Int64
 	go func() {
 		defer c.Close()
-		for {
-			time.Sleep(time.Second * 1)
+		for range time.NewTicker(1 * time.Second).C {
 			select {
 			case <-ds.waitFull:
 				if err := utils.SendPSyncAck(bw, offset+nread.Get()); err != nil {
+					log.Errorf("dbSyncer[%v] send offset to source redis failed[%v]", ds.id, err)
 					return
 				}
 			default:
 				if err := utils.SendPSyncAck(bw, 0); err != nil {
+					log.Errorf("dbSyncer[%v] send offset to source redis failed[%v]", ds.id, err)
 					return
 				}
 			}
 		}
+		log.Errorf("dbSyncer[%v] heartbeat thread closed!", ds.id)
 	}()
 
 	var p = make([]byte, 8192)