diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 0dd4fc51..e862c8bb 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/imdario/mergo v0.3.8
 	github.com/jonboulle/clockwork v0.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/joncalhoun/qson v0.0.0-20170526102502-8a9cab3a62b1
-	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.9
+	github.com/json-iterator/go v1.1.9 // indirect
 	github.com/kr/pretty v0.1.0
 	github.com/leodido/go-urn v1.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/lib/pq v1.3.0
diff --git a/store/cockroach/cockroach.go b/store/cockroach/cockroach.go
index d70b0c1c..74bca2a5 100644
--- a/store/cockroach/cockroach.go
+++ b/store/cockroach/cockroach.go
@@ -296,9 +296,8 @@ func (s *sqlStore) initDB() error {
 }
 
 func (s *sqlStore) configure() error {
-	nodes := s.options.Nodes
-	if len(nodes) == 0 {
-		nodes = []string{"localhost:26257"}
+	if len(s.options.Nodes) == 0 {
+		s.options.Nodes = []string{"localhost:26257"}
 	}
 
 	namespace := s.options.Namespace
@@ -318,7 +317,7 @@ func (s *sqlStore) configure() error {
 	}
 	namespace = reg.ReplaceAllString(namespace, "_")
 
-	source := nodes[0]
+	source := s.options.Nodes[0]
 	// check if it is a standard connection string eg: host=%s port=%d user=%s password=%s dbname=%s sslmode=disable
 	// if err is nil which means it would be a URL like postgre://xxxx?yy=zz
 	_, err = url.Parse(source)