diff --git a/source/server/integration.test.ts b/source/server/integration.test.ts
index d1f952fd..241ee623 100644
--- a/source/server/integration.test.ts
+++ b/source/server/integration.test.ts
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ describe("Web Server Integration", function(){
         .set("Content-Type", "application/si-dpo-3d.document+json")
         .send(c)
         .expect(204);
+        
         let {text} = await this.agent.get("/scenes/foo/foo.svx.json")
         .expect(200)
         .expect("Content-Type", "application/si-dpo-3d.document+json");
diff --git a/source/server/migrations/004-node-ids.sql b/source/server/migrations/004-node-ids.sql
index 9d618838..ab2a1c71 100644
--- a/source/server/migrations/004-node-ids.sql
+++ b/source/server/migrations/004-node-ids.sql
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ WITH src AS (
       json_group_array(
         json_set(
           json_extract(data,'$.nodes[' || key || ']'), 
-          '$.id', hex(randomBlob(6))
+          '$.id', lower(hex(randomBlob(6)))
         )
       ) as data
     FROM src, json_each(src.nodes)
diff --git a/source/server/routes/scenes/put/document.test.ts b/source/server/routes/scenes/put/document.test.ts
index d00bc2c6..8783a216 100644
--- a/source/server/routes/scenes/put/document.test.ts
+++ b/source/server/routes/scenes/put/document.test.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ describe("PUT /scenes/:scene/scene.svx.json", function(){
   let titleSlug :string, scene_id :number, sampleDoc :any;
 
   this.beforeAll(async function(){
-    let locals = await createIntegrationContext(this);
+    let locals = await createIntegrationContext(this, {enable_document_merge: true});
     vfs = locals.vfs;
     userManager = locals.userManager;
     user = await userManager.addUser("bob", "12345678");
diff --git a/source/server/routes/scenes/put/document.ts b/source/server/routes/scenes/put/document.ts
index c7786c31..ae70ca09 100644
--- a/source/server/routes/scenes/put/document.ts
+++ b/source/server/routes/scenes/put/document.ts
@@ -2,32 +2,31 @@ import {inspect} from "util";
 import path from "path";
 import { Request, Response } from "express";
 
-import { getUserId, getVfs } from "../../../utils/locals.js";
+import { getLocals, getUserId, getVfs } from "../../../utils/locals.js";
 import { BadRequestError } from "../../../utils/errors.js";
 
 import * as merge from "../../../utils/merge/index.js";
 
-
 /**
  * Special handler for svx files to disallow the upload of invalid JSON.
  * @todo Should check against the official json schema using ajv
  * If the user provides a reference document ID and the document has been updated since, a diff is performed to try to merge the changes.
  */
 export default async function handlePutDocument(req :Request, res :Response){
+  const {config} = getLocals(req);
   const uid = getUserId(req);
   const {scene} = req.params;
   const newDoc = req.body;
   const refId = newDoc?.asset?.id;
+  if(typeof refId !== "undefined") delete newDoc.asset.id; //Don't write this to DB
 
   if(typeof newDoc !== "object"|| !Object.keys(newDoc).length) throw new BadRequestError(`Invalid json document`);
 
-  if(!refId){
+  if(!refId || !config.enable_document_merge){
     await getVfs(req).writeDoc(JSON.stringify(newDoc), scene, uid);
     return res.status(204).send();
   }
 
-  delete newDoc.asset.id; //Don't write this to DB
-
   await getVfs(req).isolate(async (tr)=>{
     // perform a diff of the document with the reference one
     const {id: scene_id} = await tr.getScene(scene);
diff --git a/source/server/utils/config.ts b/source/server/utils/config.ts
index 4f18eb69..3c112c14 100644
--- a/source/server/utils/config.ts
+++ b/source/server/utils/config.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ const values = {
   hot_reload:[false, toBool],
   smart_host: ["smtp://localhost", toString],
   verbose: [false, toBool],
+
+  /// FEATURE FLAGS ///
+  enable_document_merge: [false, toBool],
+  
 } as const;