diff --git a/tutoraspects/patches/xapi-db-load-config-yaml b/tutoraspects/patches/xapi-db-load-config-yaml
index 7a105580..7c347801 100644
--- a/tutoraspects/patches/xapi-db-load-config-yaml
+++ b/tutoraspects/patches/xapi-db-load-config-yaml
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ course_length_days: 120
 num_organizations: 3
 num_actors: 10
 
+# This replicates users updating their profiles several times, creating
+# more rows
+num_actor_profile_changes: 5
+
 # How many of each size course to create. The sum of these is the total number
 # of courses created for the test.
 num_course_sizes:
@@ -35,6 +39,11 @@ num_course_sizes:
   large: 1
   huge: 1
 
+# How many times each course will be "published", this creates a more realistic
+# distribution of course blocks where each course can be published dozens or
+# hundreds of times while it is being developed.
+num_course_publishes: 100
+
 # Course size configurations, how many of each type of object are created for
 # each course of this size. "actors" must be less than or equal to "num_actors".
 # For a course of this size to be created it needs to exist both here and in