diff --git a/management-service/database/database.go b/management-service/database/database.go
index 8cc86260..d8bd4a10 100644
--- a/management-service/database/database.go
+++ b/management-service/database/database.go
@@ -29,9 +29,7 @@ func ConnectionString(cfg *config.DatabaseConfig) string {
 func Open(cfg *config.DatabaseConfig) (*gorm.DB, error) {
 	db, err := gorm.Open(pg.Open(ConnectionString(cfg)),
 		&gorm.Config{
-			// This is needed to ensure that any saves to nested fields also update their respective tables
-			FullSaveAssociations: true,
-			Logger:               logger.Default.LogMode(logger.Silent),
+			Logger: logger.Default.LogMode(logger.Silent),
 		})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err