diff --git a/lib/CXGN/BrAPI/v2/ObservationUnits.pm b/lib/CXGN/BrAPI/v2/ObservationUnits.pm
index a2752f699d..9d289f4750 100644
--- a/lib/CXGN/BrAPI/v2/ObservationUnits.pm
+++ b/lib/CXGN/BrAPI/v2/ObservationUnits.pm
@@ -858,21 +858,7 @@ sub _refresh_matviews {
     my $bs = CXGN::BreederSearch->new( { dbh=>$dbh, dbname=>$c->config->{dbname}, } );
 
     # Refresh materialized view so data can be retrieved
-    my $refresh = $bs->refresh_matviews($c->config->{dbhost}, $c->config->{dbname}, $c->config->{dbuser}, $c->config->{dbpass}, 'phenotypes', 'concurrent', $c->config->{basepath});
-    # Wait until materialized view is reset. Wait 5 minutes total, then throw an error
-    my $refreshing = 1;
-    my $refresh_time = 0;
-    while ($refreshing && $refresh_time < $timeout) {
-        my $refresh_status = $bs->matviews_status();
-        if (!$refresh->{connection}->alive) {
-            $refreshing = 0;
-        } elsif ($refresh_time >= $timeout) {
-            return {error => CXGN::BrAPI::JSONResponse->return_error($self->status, "Refreshing materialized views is taking too long to return a response", 500)};
-        } else {
-            sleep 1;
-            $refresh_time += 1;
-        }
-    }
+    $bs->refresh_matviews($c->config->{dbhost}, $c->config->{dbname}, $c->config->{dbuser}, $c->config->{dbpass}, 'phenotypes', 'concurrent', $c->config->{basepath}, 0);
 }
 
 sub _order {
diff --git a/lib/CXGN/List/Validate/Plugin/Traits.pm b/lib/CXGN/List/Validate/Plugin/Traits.pm
index d20e397423..b89fd54eb5 100644
--- a/lib/CXGN/List/Validate/Plugin/Traits.pm
+++ b/lib/CXGN/List/Validate/Plugin/Traits.pm
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ sub validate {
     my $schema = shift;
     my $list = shift;
     my $validator = shift;
+    my $context = SGN::Context->new;
     my @missing;
     my @wrong_ids;
 
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@ sub validate {
         my @parts = split (/\|/ , $term);
         my ($db_name, $accession) = split ":", pop @parts;
         my $trait_name = join '|', @parts;
+        if(!$context->get_conf('list_trait_require_id')) {
+            $trait_name = $term;
+        }
 
         $accession =~ s/\s+$//;
         $accession =~ s/^\s+//;
@@ -35,16 +39,27 @@ sub validate {
         $trait_name =~ s/\s+$//;
         $trait_name =~ s/^\s+//;
 
+        print STDERR $db_name."\n";
+        print STDERR $trait_name."\n";
+        if (!$context->get_conf('list_trait_require_id') && ($db_name eq '' || $db_name eq $trait_name)) {
+          $db_name = $context->get_conf('trait_ontology_db_name');
+        }
+
         my $db_rs = $schema->resultset("General::Db")->search( { 'me.name' => $db_name });
         if ($db_rs->count() == 0) {
-            #print STDERR "Problem found with term $term at db $db_name\n";
+            print STDERR "Problem found with term $term at db $db_name\n";
             push @missing, $term;
         } else {
             my $db = $db_rs->first();
             my $query = {
                 'dbxref.db_id' => $db->db_id(),
-                'dbxref.accession' => $accession,
             };
+
+            if (!$context->get_conf('list_trait_require_id') && $accession eq '') {
+                $query->{'me.name'} = $trait_name;
+            } else {
+                $query->{'dbxref.accession'} = $accession;
+            }
             if ( $db_name eq 'COMP' && $validator->{composable_validation_check_name} ) {
                 $query->{'me.name'} = $trait_name;
             }
@@ -52,13 +67,13 @@ sub validate {
 
             my $is_missing = 0;
             if ($rs->count == 0) {
-                #print STDERR "Problem found with term $term at cvterm rs from accession $accession point 2\n";
+                print STDERR "Problem found with term $term at cvterm rs from accession $accession point 2\n";
                 push @missing, $term;
                 $is_missing = 1;
             } else {
                 my $rs_var = $rs->search_related('cvterm_relationship_subjects', {'type.name' => 'VARIABLE_OF'}, { 'join' => 'type'});
                 if ($rs_var->count == 0) {
-                    #print STDERR "Problem found with term $term at variable check point 3\n";
+                    print STDERR "Problem found with term $term at variable check point 3\n";
                     push @missing, $term;
                     $is_missing = 1;
                 }
@@ -89,7 +104,7 @@ sub validate {
         }
 
     }
-    # print STDERR Dumper \@missing;
+    print STDERR Dumper \@missing;
     print STDERR Dumper \@wrong_ids;
     return {
         missing => \@missing,
diff --git a/sgn.conf b/sgn.conf
index 44a07516fd..744653f381 100644
--- a/sgn.conf
+++ b/sgn.conf
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ allow_repeat_measures 0
 #export trait names as synonyms (1) or the original trait name (0)
 fieldbook_trait_synonym 1
 
+list_trait_require_id 1
+
 # Cluster backend
 backend Slurm