diff --git a/lib/mixpanel-node.js b/lib/mixpanel-node.js
index fa1ddfc..f4f3fad 100644
--- a/lib/mixpanel-node.js
+++ b/lib/mixpanel-node.js
@@ -771,6 +771,9 @@ var create_client = function(token, config) {
             if (modifiers.hasOwnProperty("$time")) {
                 data.$time = parse_time(modifiers.$time);
             }
+            if (modifiers.$ignore_alias) {
+                data.$ignore_alias = modifiers.$ignore_alias;
+            }
         }
         return data;
     };