diff --git a/src/api.v2/helpers/pipeline/pipelineConstruct/index.js b/src/api.v2/helpers/pipeline/pipelineConstruct/index.js
index 8c82c2800..c84c7d5a0 100644
--- a/src/api.v2/helpers/pipeline/pipelineConstruct/index.js
+++ b/src/api.v2/helpers/pipeline/pipelineConstruct/index.js
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ const createQCPipeline = async (experimentId, processingConfigUpdates, authJWT)
         return;
       }
 
-      _.merge(processingConfig[name], body);
+      _.assign(processingConfig[name], body);
     });
   }
 
diff --git a/tests/api.v2/helpers/pipeline/pipelineConstruct.test.js b/tests/api.v2/helpers/pipeline/pipelineConstruct.test.js
index d8d8794be..440572d43 100644
--- a/tests/api.v2/helpers/pipeline/pipelineConstruct.test.js
+++ b/tests/api.v2/helpers/pipeline/pipelineConstruct.test.js
@@ -68,6 +68,9 @@ describe('test for pipeline services', () => {
       name: 'doubletScores',
       body: {
         oneSample: {
+          defaultFilterSettings: {
+            oneSetting: 1,
+          },
           filterSettings: {
             oneSetting: 7,
           },