diff --git a/arangod/Cluster/HeartbeatThread.cpp b/arangod/Cluster/HeartbeatThread.cpp
index 8d767deaaa..b92b48bac9 100644
--- a/arangod/Cluster/HeartbeatThread.cpp
+++ b/arangod/Cluster/HeartbeatThread.cpp
@@ -372,13 +372,23 @@ void HeartbeatThread::runCoordinator() {
            AgencyCommManager::path("Shutdown"),
            AgencyCommManager::path("Sync/Commands", _myId),
            AgencyCommManager::path("Sync/UserVersion"),
-           AgencyCommManager::path("Target/FailedServers")}));
+              AgencyCommManager::path("Target/FailedServers"), "/.agency"}));
       AgencyCommResult result = _agency.sendTransactionWithFailover(trx, 1.0);
 
       if (!result.successful()) {
         LOG_TOPIC(WARN, Logger::HEARTBEAT)
             << "Heartbeat: Could not read from agency!";
       } else {
+
+          VPackSlice agentPool =
+            result.slice()[0].get(
+              std::vector<std::string>({".agency","pool"}));
+          if (agentPool.isObject()) {
+            _agency.updateEndpoints(agentPool);
+          } else {
+            LOG(DEBUG) << "Cannot find an agency persisted in RAFT 8|";
+          }
+        
         VPackSlice shutdownSlice = result.slice()[0].get(
             std::vector<std::string>({AgencyCommManager::path(), "Shutdown"}));
 
diff --git a/scripts/startLocalCluster.sh b/scripts/startLocalCluster.sh
index 197246a5ef..b4ae3eef7c 100755
--- a/scripts/startLocalCluster.sh
+++ b/scripts/startLocalCluster.sh
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ for aid in `seq 0 $(( $NRAGENTS - 1 ))`; do
         --server.threads 16 \
         --log.file cluster/$port.log \
         --log.force-direct true \
+        --log.level agency=DEBUG \
         $LOG_LEVEL_AGENCY \
         $AUTHENTICATION \
         $SSLKEYFILE \