diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index e529fee9..d7c16c05 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@
 
 group=com.nike
 artifactId=cerberus-lifecycle-cli
-version=4.7.0
+version=4.7.1
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/command/cms/UpdateCmsConfigCommand.java b/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/command/cms/UpdateCmsConfigCommand.java
index 6b36e55b..06bf4183 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/command/cms/UpdateCmsConfigCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/command/cms/UpdateCmsConfigCommand.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public class UpdateCmsConfigCommand implements Command {
     public static final String COMMAND_NAME = "update-cms-config";
     public static final String OVERWRITE_LONG_ARG = "--overwrite";
     public static final String FORCE_ARG = "--force";
+    public static final String IGNORE_DEFAULT_CONFIGURATIONS_ARGUMENT = "--ignore-default-configurations";
 
     @Parameter(names = CreateCmsConfigCommand.ADMIN_GROUP_LONG_ARG, description = "Group that has admin privileges in CMS.")
     private String adminGroup;
@@ -50,6 +51,9 @@ public class UpdateCmsConfigCommand implements Command {
     @Parameter(names = FORCE_ARG, description = "Force allow overwriting of system generated property. This may break your configuration.")
     private boolean force = false;
 
+    @Parameter(names = IGNORE_DEFAULT_CONFIGURATIONS_ARGUMENT, description = "Ignores default configurations of the CMS.  ")
+    private boolean ignoreDefaultConfigurations = false;
+
     public String getAdminGroup() {
         return adminGroup;
     }
@@ -66,6 +70,10 @@ public boolean isForce() {
         return force;
     }
 
+    public boolean isIgnoreDefaultConfigurations() {
+        return ignoreDefaultConfigurations;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String getCommandName() {
         return COMMAND_NAME;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/operation/cms/CreateCmsConfigOperation.java b/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/operation/cms/CreateCmsConfigOperation.java
index 0881f826..63cc3f84 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/operation/cms/CreateCmsConfigOperation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/operation/cms/CreateCmsConfigOperation.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public CreateCmsConfigOperation(final ConfigStore configStore) {
     @Override
     public void run(final CreateCmsConfigCommand command) {
         logger.info("Retrieving configuration data from the configuration bucket.");
-        final Properties cmsConfigProperties = configStore.getCmsSystemProperties(false);
+        final Properties cmsConfigProperties = configStore.getCmsSystemProperties(false, false);
 
         cmsConfigProperties.put(CMS_ADMIN_GROUP_KEY, command.getAdminGroup());
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/operation/cms/UpdateCmsConfigOperation.java b/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/operation/cms/UpdateCmsConfigOperation.java
index add18073..615d0475 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/operation/cms/UpdateCmsConfigOperation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/operation/cms/UpdateCmsConfigOperation.java
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ public void run(final UpdateCmsConfigCommand command) {
 
         logger.debug("Retrieving configuration data from the configuration bucket.");
 
-        final Properties newProperties = configStore.getCmsSystemProperties(true);
+        final Properties newProperties = configStore.getCmsSystemProperties(true, command.isIgnoreDefaultConfigurations());
         final Properties existingCustomProperties = configStore.getExistingCmsUserProperties();
         if (!command.getOverwrite()) {
             // keep existing custom properties
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/store/ConfigStore.java b/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/store/ConfigStore.java
index 072c1e1b..27f25d87 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/store/ConfigStore.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/nike/cerberus/store/ConfigStore.java
@@ -324,8 +324,7 @@ private Properties generateBaseCmsSystemProperties() {
     /**
      * System properties not set with -P param
      */
-    public Properties getCmsSystemProperties(boolean shouldLoadExistingProperties) {
-
+    public Properties getCmsSystemProperties(boolean shouldLoadExistingProperties, boolean shouldIgnoreDefaultCmsProperties) {
         Properties properties = new Properties();
 
         Properties existingProperties;
@@ -339,8 +338,10 @@ public Properties getCmsSystemProperties(boolean shouldLoadExistingProperties) {
             });
         }
 
-        // overwrite any of the automatically generated properties that may have changed
-        properties.putAll(generateBaseCmsSystemProperties());
+        if (!shouldIgnoreDefaultCmsProperties) {
+            // overwrite any of the automatically generated properties that may have changed
+            properties.putAll(generateBaseCmsSystemProperties());
+        }
 
         if (!properties.containsKey(HASH_SALT)) {
             properties.put(HASH_SALT, saltGenerator.generateSalt());