diff --git a/gsrs-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/gsrs/controller/AbstractGsrsEntityController.java b/gsrs-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/gsrs/controller/AbstractGsrsEntityController.java
index b71df4c3..50545037 100644
--- a/gsrs-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/gsrs/controller/AbstractGsrsEntityController.java
+++ b/gsrs-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/gsrs/controller/AbstractGsrsEntityController.java
@@ -155,6 +155,11 @@ public ResponseEntity<Object> createEntity(@RequestBody JsonNode newEntityJson,
                                                @RequestParam Map<String, String> queryParameters,
                                                Principal principal) throws IOException {
         GsrsEntityService<T, I> entityService = getEntityService();
+        if( entityService.isReadOnly()) {
+            log.warn("detected forbidden operation in createEntity");
+            String message = "Please use the parent object to perform this operation";
+            return new ResponseEntity<>(message, gsrsControllerConfiguration.getHttpStatusFor(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST, queryParameters));
+        }
         AbstractGsrsEntityService.CreationResult<T> result =null;
         try {
             result = entityService.createEntity(newEntityJson);
@@ -202,7 +207,13 @@ public ValidationResponse<T> validateEntity(@RequestBody JsonNode updatedEntityJ
     public ResponseEntity<Object> updateEntity(@RequestBody JsonNode updatedEntityJson,
                                                @RequestParam Map<String, String> queryParameters,
                                                Principal principal) throws Exception {
-       AbstractGsrsEntityService.UpdateResult<T> result = getEntityService().updateEntity(updatedEntityJson);
+        if( getEntityService().isReadOnly()) {
+            log.warn("detected forbidden operation in createEntity");
+            String message = "Please use the parent object to perform this operation";
+            return new ResponseEntity<>(message, gsrsControllerConfiguration.getHttpStatusFor(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST, queryParameters));
+        }
+
+        AbstractGsrsEntityService.UpdateResult<T> result = getEntityService().updateEntity(updatedEntityJson);
         if(result.getStatus()== AbstractGsrsEntityService.UpdateResult.STATUS.NOT_FOUND){
             return gsrsControllerConfiguration.handleNotFound(queryParameters);
         }
@@ -479,7 +490,13 @@ public ResponseEntity<Object> getById(@PathVariable("id") String id, @RequestPar
     @PreAuthorize("isAuthenticated()")
     @DeleteGsrsRestApiMapping(value = {"({id})", "/{id}"})
     public ResponseEntity<Object> deleteById(@PathVariable("id") String id, @RequestParam Map<String, String> queryParameters){
+        if( getEntityService().isReadOnly()) {
+            log.warn("detected forbidden operation in createEntity");
+            String message = "Please use the parent object to perform this operation";
+            return new ResponseEntity<>(message, gsrsControllerConfiguration.getHttpStatusFor(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST, queryParameters));
+        }
         Optional<I> idOptional = getEntityService().getEntityIdOnlyBySomeIdentifier(id);
+
         if(idOptional.isPresent()){
             getEntityService().delete(idOptional.get());
             return new ResponseEntity<>(HttpStatus.NO_CONTENT);
diff --git a/gsrs-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/gsrs/service/AbstractGsrsEntityService.java b/gsrs-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/gsrs/service/AbstractGsrsEntityService.java
index 60148252..ba9e51d5 100644
--- a/gsrs-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/gsrs/service/AbstractGsrsEntityService.java
+++ b/gsrs-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/gsrs/service/AbstractGsrsEntityService.java
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractGsrsEntityService<T,I> implements GsrsEntityServic
     private final String context;
     private final Pattern idPattern;
 
+    private boolean readOnly = false;
+
     private CachedSupplier<ValidatorFactory> validatorFactory;
     /**
      * Create a new GSRS Entity Service with the given context.
@@ -290,7 +292,10 @@ public EntityManager getEntityManager() {
 
     @Override
     public  CreationResult<T> createEntity(JsonNode newEntityJson, boolean partOfBatchLoad){
-        
+        if( isReadOnly()){
+            log.error("Trying to create a {} when service is read-only", getFriendlyName());
+            throw new RuntimeException("Please use the parent object to create a " + getFriendlyName());
+        }
         TransactionTemplate transactionTemplate = new TransactionTemplate(this.getTransactionManager());
         
         ValidatorConfig.METHOD_TYPE methodType = partOfBatchLoad? ValidatorConfig.METHOD_TYPE.BATCH : ValidatorConfig.METHOD_TYPE.CREATE;
@@ -416,6 +421,11 @@ public PlatformTransactionManager getTransactionManager() {
     
     @Override
     public UpdateResult<T> updateEntity(T updatedEntity, EntityPersistAdapter.ChangeOperation<T> changeOperation) throws Exception {
+        log.trace("updateEntity 2 parms");
+        if( isReadOnly()){
+            log.error("Trying to update a {} when service is read-only", getFriendlyName());
+            throw new RuntimeException("Please use the parent object to update a " + getFriendlyName());
+        }
 
         TransactionTemplate transactionTemplate = new TransactionTemplate(getTransactionManager());
         
@@ -448,6 +458,11 @@ public UpdateResult<T> updateEntity(T updatedEntity, EntityPersistAdapter.Change
     
     @Override
     public UpdateResult<T> updateEntity(JsonNode updatedEntityJson) throws Exception {
+        log.trace("updateEntity 1 parm");
+        if( isReadOnly()){
+            log.error("Trying to update a {} when service is read-only", getFriendlyName());
+            throw new RuntimeException("Please use the parent object to update a " + getFriendlyName());
+        }
 
         TransactionTemplate transactionTemplate = new TransactionTemplate(this.getTransactionManager());
         
@@ -783,4 +798,22 @@ protected Optional<I> flexLookupIdOnly(String someKindOfId){
      */
     @Transactional
     public abstract Optional<T> flexLookup(String someKindOfId);
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isReadOnly() {
+        return readOnly;
+    }
+
+    private String getFriendlyName() {
+        if( getEntityClass() != null ){
+            String fullClassName = getEntityClass().getName();
+            if( fullClassName.contains(".")) {
+                return fullClassName.substring(fullClassName.lastIndexOf(".")+1);
+            }
+            return fullClassName;
+        }
+        String name = getContext();
+        if( name.endsWith("s")) return name.substring(0, name.length()-1);
+        return name;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/gsrs-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/gsrs/service/GsrsEntityService.java b/gsrs-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/gsrs/service/GsrsEntityService.java
index d3bbf8d0..69af6222 100644
--- a/gsrs-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/gsrs/service/GsrsEntityService.java
+++ b/gsrs-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/gsrs/service/GsrsEntityService.java
@@ -12,14 +12,12 @@
 import lombok.Builder;
 import lombok.Data;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
-import org.springframework.data.domain.PageRequest;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
-import java.util.UUID;
 
 /**
  * Contains all the business logic for converting JSON into an Entity, reading and writing
@@ -157,4 +155,6 @@ public static ProcessResult ofUpdate(UpdateResult update) {
             return builder.build();
         }
     }
+
+    boolean isReadOnly();
 }