diff --git a/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/starter/AppProperties.java b/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/starter/AppProperties.java
index eb15699..b9720d9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/starter/AppProperties.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/starter/AppProperties.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public class AppProperties {
   private Boolean allow_multiple_delete = false;
   private Boolean allow_override_default_search_params = true;
   private Boolean auto_create_placeholder_reference_targets = false;
+  private Boolean enable_mass_ingestion_mode = false;
   private final Set<String> auto_version_reference_at_paths = new HashSet<>();
   private Boolean language_search_parameter_enabled = false;
   private Boolean dao_scheduling_enabled = true;
@@ -328,6 +329,10 @@ public Cors getCors() {
     return auto_create_placeholder_reference_targets;
   }
 
+  public Boolean getEnable_mass_ingestion_mode() {
+    return enable_mass_ingestion_mode;
+  }
+
   public void setAuto_create_placeholder_reference_targets(
     Boolean auto_create_placeholder_reference_targets) {
     this.auto_create_placeholder_reference_targets = auto_create_placeholder_reference_targets;
@@ -913,4 +918,4 @@ public Boolean getResource_dbhistory_enabled() {
 public void setResource_dbhistory_enabled(Boolean resource_dbhistory_enabled) {
 	this.resource_dbhistory_enabled = resource_dbhistory_enabled;
 }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/starter/common/FhirServerConfigCommon.java b/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/starter/common/FhirServerConfigCommon.java
index 10ea4a6..14318f6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/starter/common/FhirServerConfigCommon.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ca/uhn/fhir/jpa/starter/common/FhirServerConfigCommon.java
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ public class FhirServerConfigCommon {
 						: StorageSettings.IndexEnabledEnum.DISABLED);
 		jpaStorageSettings.setAutoCreatePlaceholderReferenceTargets(
 				appProperties.getAuto_create_placeholder_reference_targets());
+		jpaStorageSettings.setEnableMassIngestionMode(
+				appProperties.getEnable_mass_ingestion_mode());
 		jpaStorageSettings.setAutoVersionReferenceAtPaths(appProperties.getAuto_version_reference_at_paths());
 		jpaStorageSettings.setEnforceReferentialIntegrityOnWrite(
 				appProperties.getEnforce_referential_integrity_on_write());
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.yaml b/src/main/resources/application.yaml
index d7dcaf1..48feebc 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.yaml
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.yaml
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ hapi:
     #    allow_multiple_delete: true
     #    allow_override_default_search_params: true
     #    auto_create_placeholder_reference_targets: false
+    #    enable_mass_ingestion_mode: false
     ### tells the server to automatically append the current version of the target resource to references at these paths
     #    auto_version_reference_at_paths: Device.patient, Device.location, Device.parent, DeviceMetric.parent, DeviceMetric.source, Observation.device, Observation.subject
     #    ips_enabled: false