diff --git a/internal/persistence_test.go b/internal/persistence_test.go
index e616182..73f1630 100644
--- a/internal/persistence_test.go
+++ b/internal/persistence_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ func TestStorePersistence_Simple(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, 10, store.policy.window.Len())
 	require.Equal(t, 10, store.policy.slru.protected.Len())
 	require.Equal(t, 10, store.policy.slru.probation.Len())
+	require.Equal(t, 30, int(store.policy.weightedSize))
 	require.ElementsMatch(t,
 		strings.Split("9/8/7/6/5/4/3/2/1/0", "/"),
 		strings.Split(store.policy.slru.protected.display(), "/"),
@@ -76,6 +78,7 @@ func TestStorePersistence_Simple(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, 10, new.policy.window.Len())
 	require.Equal(t, 10, new.policy.slru.protected.Len())
 	require.Equal(t, 10, new.policy.slru.probation.Len())
+	require.Equal(t, 30, int(new.policy.weightedSize))
 
 	require.ElementsMatch(t,
 		strings.Split("9/8/7/6/5/4/3/2/1/0", "/"),
@@ -184,3 +187,78 @@ func TestStorePersistence_Resize(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 }
+
+func TestStorePersistence_Readonly(t *testing.T) {
+	store := NewStore[int, int](1000, false, true, nil, nil, nil, 0, 0, nil)
+	for i := 0; i < 1000; i++ {
+		_ = store.Set(i, i, 1, 0)
+	}
+	for i := 0; i < 500; i++ {
+		_, _ = store.Get(i)
+	}
+	store.Wait()
+	var counter atomic.Uint64
+	persistDone := make(chan bool)
+
+	v, ok := store.Get(100)
+	require.True(t, ok)
+	require.Equal(t, 100, v)
+
+	go func() {
+		done := false
+		for !done {
+			select {
+			case <-persistDone:
+				done = true
+			default:
+				store.Get(int(counter.Load()) % 1000)
+				counter.Add(1)
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	go func() {
+		done := false
+		i := 0
+		for !done {
+			select {
+			case <-persistDone:
+				done = true
+			default:
+				store.Set(100, i, 1, 0)
+				i++
+			}
+		}
+	}()
+
+	f, err := os.Create("stest")
+	defer os.Remove("stest")
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	start := counter.Load()
+	err = store.Persist(0, f)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	f.Close()
+	persistDone <- true
+
+	new := NewStore[int, int](1000, false, true, nil, nil, nil, 0, 0, nil)
+	f, err = os.Open("stest")
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	err = new.Recover(0, f)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+	f.Close()
+
+	require.True(t, counter.Load()-start > 10)
+
+	oldv, ok := store.Get(100)
+	require.True(t, ok)
+	newv, ok := new.Get(100)
+	require.True(t, ok)
+	require.NotEqual(t, oldv, newv)
+
+	for i := 0; i < 5000; i++ {
+		new.Get(i)
+		new.Set(i, 123, 1, 0)
+	}
+	new.Wait()
+
+}
diff --git a/internal/store.go b/internal/store.go
index c99ec63..002ff34 100644
--- a/internal/store.go
+++ b/internal/store.go
@@ -779,6 +779,13 @@ func (m *StoreMeta) Persist(writer io.Writer, blockEncoder *gob.Encoder) error {
 func (s *Store[K, V]) Persist(version uint64, writer io.Writer) error {
 	blockEncoder := gob.NewEncoder(writer)
 	s.policyMu.Lock()
+	defer s.policyMu.Unlock()
+
+	for _, s := range s.shards {
+		token := s.mu.RLock()
+		defer s.mu.RUnlock(token)
+	}
+
 	meta := &StoreMeta{
 		Version:   version,
 		StartNano: s.timerwheel.clock.Start.UnixNano(),
@@ -802,7 +809,6 @@ func (s *Store[K, V]) Persist(version uint64, writer io.Writer) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	s.policyMu.Unlock()
 
 	// write end block
 	block := NewBlock[int](255, bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, 0)), blockEncoder)
@@ -914,6 +920,7 @@ func (s *Store[K, V]) Recover(version uint64, reader io.Reader) error {
 					entry := pentry.entry()
 					s.policy.window.PushBack(entry)
 					s.insertSimple(entry)
+					s.policy.weightedSize += uint(entry.policyWeight)
 				}
 			}
 		case 3: // main-probation
@@ -937,6 +944,7 @@ func (s *Store[K, V]) Recover(version uint64, reader io.Reader) error {
 					entry := pentry.entry()
 					l2.PushBack(entry)
 					s.insertSimple(entry)
+					s.policy.weightedSize += uint(entry.policyWeight)
 				}
 			}
 		case 4: // main protected
@@ -959,6 +967,7 @@ func (s *Store[K, V]) Recover(version uint64, reader io.Reader) error {
 					entry := pentry.entry()
 					l.PushBack(entry)
 					s.insertSimple(entry)
+					s.policy.weightedSize += uint(entry.policyWeight)
 				}
 			}