diff --git a/source/common/src/tglobal.c b/source/common/src/tglobal.c
index ae8b14d84e..24fc3b2a96 100644
--- a/source/common/src/tglobal.c
+++ b/source/common/src/tglobal.c
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@ static int32_t taosAddServerCfg(SConfig *pCfg) {
   tsLogBufferMemoryAllowed = TRANGE(tsLogBufferMemoryAllowed, TSDB_MAX_MSG_SIZE * 10LL, TSDB_MAX_MSG_SIZE * 10000LL);
 
   // clang-format off
-  TAOS_CHECK_RETURN(cfgAddDir(pCfg, "dataDir", tsDataDir, CFG_SCOPE_SERVER, CFG_DYN_NONE, CFG_CATEGORY_LOCAL));
+  TAOS_CHECK_RETURN(cfgAddDir(pCfg, "dataDir", tsDataDir, CFG_SCOPE_SERVER, CFG_DYN_SERVER, CFG_CATEGORY_LOCAL));
   TAOS_CHECK_RETURN(cfgAddFloat(pCfg, "minimalDataDirGB", 2.0f, 0.001f, 10000000, CFG_SCOPE_SERVER, CFG_DYN_NONE, CFG_CATEGORY_LOCAL));
   TAOS_CHECK_RETURN(cfgAddInt32(pCfg, "supportVnodes", tsNumOfSupportVnodes, 0, 4096, CFG_SCOPE_SERVER, CFG_DYN_ENT_SERVER, CFG_CATEGORY_LOCAL));