diff --git a/node/src/gql/mutation/me/subject-add-or-update-questions.ts b/node/src/gql/mutation/me/subject-add-or-update-questions.ts
index e653769..0ff7539 100644
--- a/node/src/gql/mutation/me/subject-add-or-update-questions.ts
+++ b/node/src/gql/mutation/me/subject-add-or-update-questions.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import {
   GraphQLID,
   GraphQLList,
   GraphQLString,
+  GraphQLBoolean,
 } from 'graphql';
 import { User } from '../../../models/User';
 
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ interface SubjectAddOrUpdateQuestionGQLType {
   question: number;
   category: string;
   topics: string[];
+  useDefaultTopics?: boolean;
 }
 
 export const SubjectAddOrUpdateQuestionGQLType = new GraphQLObjectType({
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ export const SubjectAddOrUpdateQuestionGQLType = new GraphQLObjectType({
     category: { type: GraphQLString },
     topics: { type: GraphQLList(GraphQLID) },
     question: { type: GraphQLID },
+    useDefaultTopics: { type: GraphQLBoolean },
   },
 });
 
diff --git a/node/src/gql/mutation/me/subject-update.ts b/node/src/gql/mutation/me/subject-update.ts
index 2add9e0..6d87947 100644
--- a/node/src/gql/mutation/me/subject-update.ts
+++ b/node/src/gql/mutation/me/subject-update.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ export interface SubjectQuestionUpdateInput {
   question: QuestionUpdateInput;
   category?: CategoryUpdateInput;
   topics?: TopicUpdateInput[];
+  useDefaultTopics?: boolean;
 }
 
 export const SubjectQuestionInputType = new GraphQLInputObjectType({
@@ -75,6 +76,7 @@ export const SubjectQuestionInputType = new GraphQLInputObjectType({
     question: { type: QuestionUpdateInputType },
     category: { type: CategoryInputType },
     topics: { type: GraphQLList(TopicInputType) },
+    useDefaultTopics: { type: GraphQLBoolean },
   }),
 });
 
@@ -123,6 +125,7 @@ export async function questionInputToUpdate(
   return {
     question: q._id,
     category: input.category?.id,
+    useDefaultTopics: input.useDefaultTopics || false,
     // don't include topics that are not in the subject
     topics:
       input.topics
diff --git a/node/src/gql/query/mentor-import-preview.ts b/node/src/gql/query/mentor-import-preview.ts
index ecbc00e..416a098 100644
--- a/node/src/gql/query/mentor-import-preview.ts
+++ b/node/src/gql/query/mentor-import-preview.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ export const SubjectQuestionPreviewType = new GraphQLObjectType({
     category: { type: CategoryType },
     topics: { type: GraphQLList(TopicType) },
     question: { type: QuestionType },
+    useDefaultTopics: { type: GraphQLBoolean },
   },
 });
 export const AnswerPreviewType = new GraphQLObjectType({
diff --git a/node/src/gql/types/subject.ts b/node/src/gql/types/subject.ts
index 6177944..b96a798 100644
--- a/node/src/gql/types/subject.ts
+++ b/node/src/gql/types/subject.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ export const SubjectQuestionType = new GraphQLObjectType({
   fields: {
     category: { type: CategoryType },
     topics: { type: GraphQLList(TopicType) },
+    useDefaultTopics: { type: GraphQLBoolean },
     question: { type: QuestionType },
   },
 });
diff --git a/node/src/models/Subject.ts b/node/src/models/Subject.ts
index f803c68..25ffa31 100644
--- a/node/src/models/Subject.ts
+++ b/node/src/models/Subject.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ export interface SubjectQuestionProps {
   question: Question['_id'];
   category: Category['id'];
   topics: Topic['id'][];
+  useDefaultTopics?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface SubjectQuestion extends SubjectQuestionProps, Document {}
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ export const SubjectQuestionSchema = new Schema({
   question: { type: mongoose.Types.ObjectId, ref: 'Question' },
   category: { type: String },
   topics: { type: [String] },
+  useDefaultTopics: { type: Boolean, default: false },
 });
 
 export interface Subject extends Document {
@@ -167,6 +169,7 @@ SubjectSchema.statics.getQuestions = async function (
     question: questions.find((q) => `${q._id}` === `${sq.question}`),
     category: subject.categories.find((c) => c.id === sq.category),
     topics: subject.topics.filter((t) => sq.topics.includes(t.id)),
+    useDefaultTopics: sq.useDefaultTopics,
   }));
 };
 
diff --git a/node/test/graphql/mutation/me/subject-add-or-update-questions.spec.ts b/node/test/graphql/mutation/me/subject-add-or-update-questions.spec.ts
index a1cf3fd..bffce8a 100644
--- a/node/test/graphql/mutation/me/subject-add-or-update-questions.spec.ts
+++ b/node/test/graphql/mutation/me/subject-add-or-update-questions.spec.ts
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ describe('subjectAddOrUpdateQuestions', () => {
               question
               category
               topics
+              useDefaultTopics
             }
           }
         }`,
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ describe('subjectAddOrUpdateQuestions', () => {
                   id: '5ffdf41a1ee2c62320b49ec2',
                 },
               ],
+              useDefaultTopics: true,
             },
             {
               question: {
@@ -170,11 +172,13 @@ describe('subjectAddOrUpdateQuestions', () => {
         question: '511111111111111111111116',
         category: 'category',
         topics: ['5ffdf41a1ee2c62320b49ec2'],
+        useDefaultTopics: true,
       },
       {
         question: '511111111111111111111110',
         category: 'invalid',
         topics: ['5ffdf41a1ee2c62320b49ec2'],
+        useDefaultTopics: false,
       },
     ]);
 
diff --git a/node/test/graphql/mutation/me/subject-update.spec.ts b/node/test/graphql/mutation/me/subject-update.spec.ts
index c6df2cb..e5421f0 100644
--- a/node/test/graphql/mutation/me/subject-update.spec.ts
+++ b/node/test/graphql/mutation/me/subject-update.spec.ts
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ describe('updateSubject', () => {
             question: 'How old are you?',
           },
           category: { id: 'newcategory' },
+          useDefaultTopics: true,
           topics: [
             {
               id: 'newtopic',
@@ -170,6 +171,7 @@ describe('updateSubject', () => {
                 categoryParent
               }
               questions {
+                useDefaultTopics
                 question {
                   question
                 }
@@ -221,6 +223,7 @@ describe('updateSubject', () => {
           question: {
             question: 'How old are you?',
           },
+          useDefaultTopics: true,
           category: {
             id: 'newcategory',
             name: 'New category',
@@ -239,6 +242,7 @@ describe('updateSubject', () => {
         {
           question: { question: 'new question' },
           category: null,
+          useDefaultTopics: false,
           topics: [
             {
               id: '5ffdf41a1ee2c62320b49ec3',