diff --git a/gsrs-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/gsrs/GsrsFactoryConfiguration.java b/gsrs-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/gsrs/GsrsFactoryConfiguration.java
index b24e40c7..d550e687 100644
--- a/gsrs-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/gsrs/GsrsFactoryConfiguration.java
+++ b/gsrs-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/gsrs/GsrsFactoryConfiguration.java
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@
 @Slf4j
 public class GsrsFactoryConfiguration {
 
-    private Map<String, Map<String,Map<String, Object>>> validators;
+    private Map<String, Map<String, Map<String, Object>>> validators;
 
-    private Map<String, List<Map<String, Object>>> importAdapterFactories;
+    private Map<String, Map<String, Map<String, Object>>> importAdapterFactories;
 
     private Map<String, List<Map<String, Object>>> matchableCalculators;
 
@@ -146,16 +146,40 @@ public List<? extends ImportAdapterFactoryConfig> getImportAdapterFactories(Stri
             return Collections.emptyList();
         }
         try {
-            List<Map<String, Object>> list = importAdapterFactories.get(context);
-            log.trace("list (before):");
-            list.forEach(i -> i.keySet().forEach(k -> log.trace("key: {}; value: {}", k, i.get(k))));
+            Map<String, Map<String, Object>> map = importAdapterFactories.get(context);
+            log.trace("map (before):");
 
-            if (list == null || list.isEmpty()) {
+            // fix this later
+            // list.forEach(i -> i.keySet().forEach(k -> log.trace("key: {}; value: {}", k, i.get(k))));
+
+            if (map == null || map.isEmpty()) {
                 log.warn("no import adapter factory configuration info found!");
                 return Collections.emptyList();
             }
+
+            // Copy the key into the Object for quality control and maybe as a way to access by key from the list
+            for (String k: map.keySet()) {
+                map.get(k).put("key", k);
+            }
+
+            // By the time we are here all conf files have been processed
+
+            List<Object> list = map.values().stream().collect(Collectors.toList());
+
             List<? extends ImportAdapterFactoryConfig> configs = EntityUtils.convertClean(list, new TypeReference<List<? extends ImportAdapterFactoryConfig>>() {
             });
+
+            System.out.println("Import adapter factory configurations found before filtering: " + configs.size());
+
+            configs = configs.stream().filter(a->!a.isDisabled()).sorted(Comparator.comparing(a->a.getOrder(),nullsFirst(naturalOrder()))).collect(Collectors.toList());
+
+            System.out.println("Import adapter factory configurations active after filtering: " + configs.size());
+
+            System.out.println(String.format("%s|%s|%s|%s", "ImportAdapterFactoryConfig", "class", "key", "order", "isDisabled"));
+            for (ImportAdapterFactoryConfig config : configs) {
+                System.out.println(String.format("%s|%s|%s|%s", "ImportAdapterFactoryConfig", config.getImportAdapterFactoryClass(), config.getKey(), config.getOrder(), config.isDisabled()));
+            }
+
             //log.trace("list (after):");
             //configs.forEach(c-> log.trace("name: {}; desc: {}; ext: {}", c.getAdapterName(), c.getDescription(), c.getSupportedFileExtensions()));
             return configs;
diff --git a/gsrs-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/gsrs/imports/DefaultImportAdapterFactoryConfig.java b/gsrs-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/gsrs/imports/DefaultImportAdapterFactoryConfig.java
index def8c9ed..433e4783 100644
--- a/gsrs-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/gsrs/imports/DefaultImportAdapterFactoryConfig.java
+++ b/gsrs-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/gsrs/imports/DefaultImportAdapterFactoryConfig.java
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ public class DefaultImportAdapterFactoryConfig implements ImportAdapterFactoryCo
     //private List<ActionConfig> actions;
     private List<String> extensions;
     private String adapterName;
+
+    private String key;
+    private Double order;
+    private boolean disabled = false;
+
     private Map<String, Object> parameters;
     private String stagingAreaServiceClass;
     private List<Class> entityServices;
@@ -78,6 +83,37 @@ public void setImportAdapterFactoryClass(Class importAdapterFactoryClass) {
         this.importAdapterFactoryClass = importAdapterFactoryClass;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String getKey() {
+        return this.key;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setKey(String key) {
+        this.key = key;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Double getOrder() {
+        return this.order;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setOrder(Double order) {
+        this.order = order;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean isDisabled() {
+        return this.disabled;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void setDisabled(boolean disabled) {
+        this.disabled = disabled;
+    }
+
+
     @Override
     public Map<String, Object> getParameters() {
         return parameters;
diff --git a/gsrs-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/gsrs/imports/ImportAdapterFactoryConfig.java b/gsrs-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/gsrs/imports/ImportAdapterFactoryConfig.java
index db18e984..0f712b51 100644
--- a/gsrs-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/gsrs/imports/ImportAdapterFactoryConfig.java
+++ b/gsrs-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/gsrs/imports/ImportAdapterFactoryConfig.java
@@ -20,6 +20,16 @@ public interface ImportAdapterFactoryConfig {
 
     void setImportAdapterFactoryClass(Class importAdapterFactoryClass);
 
+    String getKey();
+    void setKey(String key);
+
+
+    Double getOrder();
+    void setOrder(Double order);
+
+    boolean isDisabled();
+    void setDisabled(boolean disabled);
+
     Map<String, Object> getParameters();
     void setParameters(Map<String, Object> params);
 
diff --git a/gsrs-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/gsrs/imports/TestDefaultImportAdapterFactoryConfig.java b/gsrs-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/gsrs/imports/TestDefaultImportAdapterFactoryConfig.java
index 893a398f..d12c935e 100644
--- a/gsrs-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/gsrs/imports/TestDefaultImportAdapterFactoryConfig.java
+++ b/gsrs-spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/test/java/gsrs/imports/TestDefaultImportAdapterFactoryConfig.java
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ public class TestDefaultImportAdapterFactoryConfig {
     @Test
     @Disabled
     public void testSetup() throws ClassNotFoundException, IllegalAccessException, NoSuchFieldException {
+        // AW: this test does not work, I modified it a bit to not cause build error
+        // The test was "disabled" before I made these code changes.
+        // AW: to check with MM on why it was disabled.
+
         String substanceContext="substances";
         GsrsFactoryConfiguration config = new GsrsFactoryConfiguration();
         Map<String, String> stagingAreaService = new HashMap<>();
@@ -24,15 +28,17 @@ public void testSetup() throws ClassNotFoundException, IllegalAccessException, N
         entityService.put("substances", "gsrs.stagingarea.service.StagingAreaEntityService");
         config.setDefaultStagingAreaEntityService(entityService);
 
-        Map<String, List<Map<String,Object>>> adapterConfig = new HashMap<>();
+        Map<String, Map<String,Map<String,Object>>> adapterConfig = new HashMap<>();
         Map<String,Object> oneAdapter = new HashMap<>();
+
+        oneAdapter.put("key", "SDFImportAdaptorFactory");
         oneAdapter.put("importAdapterFactoryClass", "gsrs.module.substance.importers.SDFImportAdaptorFactory");
         oneAdapter.put("adapterName", "NSRS SDF Adapter");
         oneAdapter.put("extensions", new String[] {"sdf", "sd"});
         oneAdapter.put("parameters", buildConfigParameters());
         oneAdapter.put("description", "general description");
-        List<Map<String,Object>> adapters = new ArrayList<>();
-        adapters.add(oneAdapter);
+        Map<String, Map<String,Object>> adapters = new HashMap<>();
+        adapters.put((String)oneAdapter.get("key"), oneAdapter);
         adapterConfig.put(substanceContext, adapters);
         config.setImportAdapterFactories(adapterConfig);