diff --git a/cmd/server/demo.go b/cmd/server/demo.go
index 7b828c2..5c59c90 100644
--- a/cmd/server/demo.go
+++ b/cmd/server/demo.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/Jille/raftadmin"
 	raftadminpb "github.com/Jille/raftadmin/proto"
 	"github.com/bootjp/elastickv/adapter"
+	"github.com/bootjp/elastickv/distribution"
 	"github.com/bootjp/elastickv/kv"
 	pb "github.com/bootjp/elastickv/proto"
 	"github.com/bootjp/elastickv/store"
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ func setupStorage(dir string) (raft.LogStore, raft.StableStore, raft.SnapshotSto
 	return ldb, sdb, fss, nil
 }
 
-func setupGRPC(r *raft.Raft, st store.MVCCStore, tm *transport.Manager, coordinator *kv.Coordinate) *grpc.Server {
+func setupGRPC(r *raft.Raft, st store.MVCCStore, tm *transport.Manager, coordinator *kv.Coordinate, distServer *adapter.DistributionServer) *grpc.Server {
 	s := grpc.NewServer()
 	trx := kv.NewTransaction(r)
 	gs := adapter.NewGRPCServer(st, coordinator)
@@ -232,6 +233,7 @@ func setupGRPC(r *raft.Raft, st store.MVCCStore, tm *transport.Manager, coordina
 	pb.RegisterRawKVServer(s, gs)
 	pb.RegisterTransactionalKVServer(s, gs)
 	pb.RegisterInternalServer(s, adapter.NewInternal(trx, r, coordinator.Clock()))
+	pb.RegisterDistributionServer(s, distServer)
 	leaderhealth.Setup(r, s, []string{"RawKV"})
 	raftadmin.Register(s, r)
 	return s
@@ -307,8 +309,10 @@ func run(eg *errgroup.Group, cfg config) error {
 
 	trx := kv.NewTransaction(r)
 	coordinator := kv.NewCoordinator(trx, r)
+	distEngine := distribution.NewEngineWithDefaultRoute()
+	distServer := adapter.NewDistributionServer(distEngine)
 
-	s := setupGRPC(r, st, tm, coordinator)
+	s := setupGRPC(r, st, tm, coordinator, distServer)
 
 	grpcSock, err := lc.Listen(ctx, "tcp", cfg.address)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/distribution/engine.go b/distribution/engine.go
index 1b35712..bff6abe 100644
--- a/distribution/engine.go
+++ b/distribution/engine.go
@@ -30,11 +30,21 @@ type Engine struct {
 	hotspotThreshold uint64
 }
 
+const defaultGroupID uint64 = 1
+
 // NewEngine creates an Engine with no hotspot splitting.
 func NewEngine() *Engine {
 	return NewEngineWithThreshold(0)
 }
 
+// NewEngineWithDefaultRoute creates an Engine and registers a default route
+// covering the full keyspace with a default group ID.
+func NewEngineWithDefaultRoute() *Engine {
+	engine := NewEngine()
+	engine.UpdateRoute([]byte(""), nil, defaultGroupID)
+	return engine
+}
+
 // NewEngineWithThreshold creates an Engine and sets a threshold for hotspot
 // detection. A non-zero threshold enables automatic range splitting when the
 // number of accesses to a range exceeds the threshold.
diff --git a/distribution/engine_test.go b/distribution/engine_test.go
index dfad358..69ee037 100644
--- a/distribution/engine_test.go
+++ b/distribution/engine_test.go
@@ -126,6 +126,34 @@ func TestEngineRecordAccessConcurrent(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestNewEngineWithDefaultRoute(t *testing.T) {
+	e := NewEngineWithDefaultRoute()
+	stats := e.Stats()
+
+	if len(stats) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 1 route, got %d", len(stats))
+	}
+
+	r := stats[0]
+	if r.GroupID != defaultGroupID {
+		t.Fatalf("expected group ID %d, got %d", defaultGroupID, r.GroupID)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(r.Start, []byte("")) {
+		t.Fatalf("expected start of keyspace (empty slice), got %q", r.Start)
+	}
+	if r.End != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("expected end of keyspace (nil), got %q", r.End)
+	}
+
+	route, ok := e.GetRoute([]byte("any-key"))
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatal("GetRoute should find the default route")
+	}
+	if route.GroupID != defaultGroupID {
+		t.Fatalf("GetRoute: expected group ID %d, got %d", defaultGroupID, route.GroupID)
+	}
+}
+
 func assertRange(t *testing.T, r Route, start, end []byte) {
 	t.Helper()
 	if !bytes.Equal(r.Start, start) || !bytes.Equal(r.End, end) {