diff --git a/core/invoker/src/main/scala/org/apache/openwhisk/core/containerpool/AkkaClusterContainerResourceManager.scala b/core/invoker/src/main/scala/org/apache/openwhisk/core/containerpool/AkkaClusterContainerResourceManager.scala
index dd9ea1fbbc9..fc34a2fbe76 100644
--- a/core/invoker/src/main/scala/org/apache/openwhisk/core/containerpool/AkkaClusterContainerResourceManager.scala
+++ b/core/invoker/src/main/scala/org/apache/openwhisk/core/containerpool/AkkaClusterContainerResourceManager.scala
@@ -186,12 +186,13 @@ class AkkaClusterContainerResourceManager(system: ActorSystem,
     implicit val ec = context.dispatcher
     val mediator = DistributedPubSub(system).mediator
     val replicator = DistributedData(system).replicator
+    implicit val myAddress = DistributedData(system).selfUniqueAddress
 
     mediator ! Put(self) //allow point to point messaging based on the actor name: use Send(/user/<myname>) to send messages to me in the cluster
     //subscribe to invoker ids changes (need to setup additional keys based on each invoker arriving)
     replicator ! Subscribe(InvokerIdsKey, self)
     //add this invoker to ids list
-    replicator ! Update(InvokerIdsKey, ORSet.empty[Int], WriteLocal)(_ + (myId))
+    replicator ! Update(InvokerIdsKey, ORSet.empty[Int], WriteLocal)(_ :+ (myId))
 
     logging.info(this, "subscribing to NodeStats updates")
     system.eventStream.subscribe(self, classOf[NodeStatsUpdate])
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ class AkkaClusterContainerResourceManager(system: ActorSystem,
     private def cleanup() = {
       //remove this invoker from ids list
       logging.info(this, s"stopping invoker ${myId}")
-      replicator ! Update(InvokerIdsKey, ORSet.empty[Int], WriteLocal)(_ - myId)
+      replicator ! Update(InvokerIdsKey, ORSet.empty[Int], WriteLocal)(_.remove(myId))
 
     }
     override def receive: Receive = {
@@ -224,8 +225,8 @@ class AkkaClusterContainerResourceManager(system: ActorSystem,
           logging.info(
             this,
             s"invoker ${myId} (self) has ${reservations.size} reservations (${reservations.map(_.size.toMB).sum}MB)")
-          replicator ! Update(myReservationsKey, LWWRegister[List[Reservation]](List.empty), WriteLocal)(reg =>
-            reg.withValue(reservations))
+          replicator ! Update(myReservationsKey, LWWRegister[List[Reservation]](myAddress, List.empty), WriteLocal)(
+            reg => reg.withValueOf(reservations))
         }
         //update this invokers idles seen by other invokers; including only idles past the idleGrace period
         val idleGraceInstant = Instant.now().minusSeconds(poolConfig.clusterManagedIdleGrace.toSeconds)
@@ -238,8 +239,8 @@ class AkkaClusterContainerResourceManager(system: ActorSystem,
           logging.info(
             this,
             s"invoker ${myId} (self) has ${lastUnused.size} unused (${lastUnused.map(_.size.toMB).sum}MB)")
-          replicator ! Update(myUnusedKey, LWWRegister[List[RemoteContainerRef]](List.empty), WriteLocal)(reg =>
-            reg.withValue(idles))
+          replicator ! Update(myUnusedKey, LWWRegister[List[RemoteContainerRef]](myAddress, List.empty), WriteLocal)(
+            reg => reg.withValueOf(idles))
         }
       case UpdateSuccess => //nothing (normal behavior)
       case f: UpdateFailure[_] => //log the failure