diff --git a/app/api/ingest.py b/app/api/ingest.py
index 6c59f91..e98e11f 100644
--- a/app/api/ingest.py
+++ b/app/api/ingest.py
@@ -10,14 +10,22 @@
 
 @router.post("/ingest_dois")
 async def ingest_dois(
-    file: UploadFile, limit: int=50, update_metadata: bool=False
+    file: UploadFile,
+    limit: int = 50,
+    update_metadata: bool = False,
+    write_metadata: bool = False,
 ) -> Tuple[IngestionMetrics, IngestionStates]:
     try:
         content = await file.read()
         dois = [line.strip() for line in content.decode().split("\n") if line.strip()]
         if not dois:
             raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="No valid DOIs found in file")
-        ingest = Ingest(dois=dois, limit=limit, update_metadata=update_metadata)
+        ingest = Ingest(
+            dois=dois,
+            limit=limit,
+            update_metadata=update_metadata,
+            write_metadata=write_metadata,
+        )
         return ingest.ingest_dois()
     except UnicodeDecodeError:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=400, detail="File must be UTF-8 encoded text")
diff --git a/app/crud/ingest.py b/app/crud/ingest.py
index 1f41846..2dfa1f8 100644
--- a/app/crud/ingest.py
+++ b/app/crud/ingest.py
@@ -6,16 +6,24 @@
 
 class Ingest:
     def __init__(
-        self, dois: list, limit: int, update_metadata: bool
+        self,
+        dois: list,
+        limit: int,
+        update_metadata: bool,
+        write_metadata: bool,
     ) -> Tuple[IngestionMetrics, IngestionStates]:
         self.dois = dois
         self.limit = limit
         self.update_metadata = update_metadata
+        self.write_metadata = write_metadata
 
     def ingest_dois(self):
         try:
             doi_manager = main(
-                self.dois, limit=self.limit, update_metadata=self.update_metadata
+                self.dois,
+                limit=self.limit,
+                update_metadata=self.update_metadata,
+                write_metadata=self.write_metadata,
             )
         except Exception as e:
             print(f"Error ingesting dois: {e}")
diff --git a/app/schemas/ingest.py b/app/schemas/ingest.py
index 2a3f157..b08580d 100644
--- a/app/schemas/ingest.py
+++ b/app/schemas/ingest.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 class IngestionMetrics(BaseModel):
     submitted_dois: int
+    duplicated_submissions: int
     processed_dois: int
     new_dois: int
     existing_dois: int
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ class IngestionMetrics(BaseModel):
 
 class IngestionStates(BaseModel):
     submitted_dois: List[str]
+    duplicated_submissions: List[str]
     processed_dois: List[str]
     new_dois: List[str]
     existing_dois: List[str]