diff --git a/interfaces/innerkits/distributeddata/include/types.h b/interfaces/innerkits/distributeddata/include/types.h
index e0db34c2b58d16191e1d11243c6e090101c9d11d..5047c2670cfe21ae2c278ae8d83d7f8fe59dedfc 100644
--- a/interfaces/innerkits/distributeddata/include/types.h
+++ b/interfaces/innerkits/distributeddata/include/types.h
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ enum class DeviceFilterStrategy {
 struct Options {
     bool createIfMissing = true;
     bool encrypt = false;
-    bool persistent = false;
+    bool persistent = true;
     bool backup = true;
     bool autoSync = true;
     int securityLevel = SecurityLevel::NO_LABEL;
diff --git a/services/distributeddataservice/app/src/kvstore_app_manager.cpp b/services/distributeddataservice/app/src/kvstore_app_manager.cpp
index c8c9af74d9ffea29161b23fe980df17177cfcef5..35ae7d0006e9db829ffd25b64767631512c280e9 100644
--- a/services/distributeddataservice/app/src/kvstore_app_manager.cpp
+++ b/services/distributeddataservice/app/src/kvstore_app_manager.cpp
@@ -394,6 +394,7 @@ Status KvStoreAppManager::InitNbDbOption(const Options &options, const std::vect
 
     dbOption.syncDualTupleMode = true; // tuple of (appid+storeid)
     dbOption.createIfNecessary = options.createIfMissing;
+    dbOption.isMemoryDb = (!options.persistent);
     dbOption.isEncryptedDb = options.encrypt;
     if (options.encrypt) {
         dbOption.cipher = DistributedDB::CipherType::AES_256_GCM;