diff --git a/server/articles/Article.coffee b/server/articles/Article.coffee
index 79acdebfb..0b69ceec0 100644
--- a/server/articles/Article.coffee
+++ b/server/articles/Article.coffee
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 mongoose = require 'mongoose'
 plugins = require '../plugins/plugins'
 
-ArticleSchema = new mongoose.Schema(body: String, {strict: false})
+ArticleSchema = new mongoose.Schema(body: String, {strict: false,read:'nearest'})
 
 ArticleSchema.index(
   {
diff --git a/server/campaigns/Campaign.coffee b/server/campaigns/Campaign.coffee
index 35e218971..b48ec0b1a 100644
--- a/server/campaigns/Campaign.coffee
+++ b/server/campaigns/Campaign.coffee
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ mongoose = require 'mongoose'
 plugins = require '../plugins/plugins'
 log = require 'winston'
 
-CampaignSchema = new mongoose.Schema(body: String, {strict: false})
+CampaignSchema = new mongoose.Schema(body: String, {strict: false,read:'nearest'})
 
 CampaignSchema.index({i18nCoverage: 1}, {name: 'translation coverage index', sparse: true})
 CampaignSchema.index({slug: 1}, {name: 'slug index', sparse: true, unique: true})
diff --git a/server/commons/database.coffee b/server/commons/database.coffee
index 13a485ab4..18e8248fe 100644
--- a/server/commons/database.coffee
+++ b/server/commons/database.coffee
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ module.exports.connect = () ->
   mongooseCache.install(mongoose, {max: 200, maxAge: 1 * 60 * 1000, debug: false}, Aggregate)
 
 module.exports.generateMongoConnectionString = ->
-  if not testing and config.mongo.mongoose_replica_string
+  if not testing and config.tokyo
+    address = config.mongo.mongoose_tokyo_replica_string
+  else if not testing and config.mongo.mongoose_replica_string
     address = config.mongo.mongoose_replica_string
   else
     dbName = config.mongo.db
diff --git a/server/levels/Level.coffee b/server/levels/Level.coffee
index b27264615..29924522a 100644
--- a/server/levels/Level.coffee
+++ b/server/levels/Level.coffee
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ jsonschema = require '../../app/schemas/models/level'
 
 LevelSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
   description: String
-}, {strict: false})
+}, {strict: false, read:'nearest'})
 
 LevelSchema.index(
   {
diff --git a/server/levels/components/LevelComponent.coffee b/server/levels/components/LevelComponent.coffee
index 46f36822f..3404ca6f6 100644
--- a/server/levels/components/LevelComponent.coffee
+++ b/server/levels/components/LevelComponent.coffee
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ jsonschema = require '../../../app/schemas/models/level_component'
 LevelComponentSchema = new mongoose.Schema {
   description: String
   system: String
-}, {strict: false}
+}, {strict: false, read:'nearest'}
 
 LevelComponentSchema.index(
   {
diff --git a/server/levels/sessions/LevelSession.coffee b/server/levels/sessions/LevelSession.coffee
index d45f167a7..74769ee89 100644
--- a/server/levels/sessions/LevelSession.coffee
+++ b/server/levels/sessions/LevelSession.coffee
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ LevelSessionSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
   created:
     type: Date
     'default': Date.now
-}, {strict: false})
+}, {strict: false,read:'nearest'})
 
 LevelSessionSchema.index({creator: 1})
 LevelSessionSchema.index({level: 1})
diff --git a/server/levels/systems/LevelSystem.coffee b/server/levels/systems/LevelSystem.coffee
index 0b0279baa..5d3830f5e 100644
--- a/server/levels/systems/LevelSystem.coffee
+++ b/server/levels/systems/LevelSystem.coffee
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ jsonschema = require '../../../app/schemas/models/level_system'
 
 LevelSystemSchema = new mongoose.Schema {
   description: String
-}, {strict: false}
+}, {strict: false,read:'nearest'}
 
 LevelSystemSchema.index(
   {
diff --git a/server/levels/thangs/ThangType.coffee b/server/levels/thangs/ThangType.coffee
index 605cb97a9..973ecfcdd 100644
--- a/server/levels/thangs/ThangType.coffee
+++ b/server/levels/thangs/ThangType.coffee
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ plugins = require '../../plugins/plugins'
 
 ThangTypeSchema = new mongoose.Schema({
   body: String,
-}, {strict: false})
+}, {strict: false,read:'nearest'})
 
 ThangTypeSchema.index(
   {
diff --git a/server_config.coffee b/server_config.coffee
index 3d9fd2e43..008c93422 100644
--- a/server_config.coffee
+++ b/server_config.coffee
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config = {}
 
 config.unittest = process.argv.indexOf('--unittest') > -1
 
+config.tokyo = process.env.TOKYO or false
 config.port = process.env.COCO_PORT or process.env.COCO_NODE_PORT or 3000
 config.ssl_port = process.env.COCO_SSL_PORT or process.env.COCO_SSL_NODE_PORT or 3443
 config.cloudflare =
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ config.mongo =
   host: process.env.COCO_MONGO_HOST or 'localhost'
   db: process.env.COCO_MONGO_DATABASE_NAME or 'coco'
   mongoose_replica_string: process.env.COCO_MONGO_MONGOOSE_REPLICA_STRING or ''
+  mongoose_tokyo_replica_string: process.env.COCO_MONGO_MONGOOSE_TOKYO_REPLICA_STRING or ''
 
 config.apple =
   verifyURL: process.env.COCO_APPLE_VERIFY_URL or 'https://sandbox.itunes.apple.com/verifyReceipt'