diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c00d2b0..c78d195 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 ### Added
+- add add "__skipThisObject" attribute to skip objects while performing `update` command
 ### Fixed
 
 ## [1.1.5] - 2022-02-07
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 0ba6d37..511cf4d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -189,6 +189,8 @@ the "default" VPN or the VPN of the Solace Cloud Service instance, since you
 can only update them.
 
       <confPath>   Configuration file
+      --no-delete   Do NOT perform DELETE actions, only new objects and update
+                      existed objects
 ```
 
 ## Opaque Password
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/solace/tools/solconfig/model/ConfigObject.java b/src/main/java/com/solace/tools/solconfig/model/ConfigObject.java
index 525050d..d1ada34 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/solace/tools/solconfig/model/ConfigObject.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/solace/tools/solconfig/model/ConfigObject.java
@@ -370,13 +370,11 @@ public void generateUpdateCommands(ConfigObject newObj,
             newObj.attributes.put(SempSpec.ENABLED_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, false);
         }
 
-        if ((boolean) newObj.attributes.getOrDefault(SempSpec.SKIP_THIS_OBJECT, false)) {
-            System.out.println("HAHA");
-        }
-
-        if (!attributes.entrySet().equals(newObj.attributes.entrySet())) {
-            var payload = newObj.toJsonStringAttributeOnly();
-            updateCommandList.append(HTTPMethod.PUT, objectPath, payload);
+        if (! (boolean) newObj.attributes.getOrDefault(SempSpec.SKIP_THIS_OBJECT, false)) {
+            if (!attributes.entrySet().equals(newObj.attributes.entrySet())) {
+                var payload = newObj.toJsonStringAttributeOnly();
+                updateCommandList.append(HTTPMethod.PUT, objectPath, payload);
+            }
         }
 
         for (int i = 0; i < oldChildren.size(); i++) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/solace/tools/solconfig/model/SempSpec.java b/src/main/java/com/solace/tools/solconfig/model/SempSpec.java
index f5d36c6..a768a8a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/solace/tools/solconfig/model/SempSpec.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/solace/tools/solconfig/model/SempSpec.java
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 public class SempSpec {
-    public static final String SKIP_THIS_OBJECT = "skipThisObject";
+    public static final String SKIP_THIS_OBJECT = "__skipThisObject";
     public static final String BROKER_SPEC_PATH = "";
     public static final String SEMP_VERSION = "sempVersion";
     public static final String OPAQUE_PASSWORD = "opaquePassword";
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ private static SempSpec of(String parentObjectPath, String collectionName) {
         spec.childrenNames = jsonSpec.getChildrenNames(objectPath);
         spec.sempClassName = jsonSpec.getSempClassName(collectionPath);
         spec.attributeCombinations = jsonSpec.findAttributesCombinations(collectionPath);
+        spec.attributes.get(AttributeType.ALL.toString()).add(SempSpec.SKIP_THIS_OBJECT);
 
         return spec;
     }