diff --git a/src/aind_data_transfer_service/configs/job_configs.py b/src/aind_data_transfer_service/configs/job_configs.py
index 205d8b8..881267a 100644
--- a/src/aind_data_transfer_service/configs/job_configs.py
+++ b/src/aind_data_transfer_service/configs/job_configs.py
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     PrivateAttr,
     SecretStr,
     ValidationInfo,
-    field_validator,
+    field_validator, ConfigDict,
 )
 from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings
 
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ def get_compress_source_default(
 class BasicUploadJobConfigs(BaseSettings):
     """Configuration for the basic upload job"""
 
+    # Allow users to pass in extra fields
+    model_config = ConfigDict(extra='allow',)
+
     # Need some way to extract abbreviations. Maybe a public method can be
     # added to the Platform class
     _PLATFORM_MAP: ClassVar = {