diff --git a/src/main/java/com/marklogic/appdeployer/command/forests/DeployCustomForestsCommand.java b/src/main/java/com/marklogic/appdeployer/command/forests/DeployCustomForestsCommand.java
index 6c01948a..c29ecef0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/marklogic/appdeployer/command/forests/DeployCustomForestsCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/marklogic/appdeployer/command/forests/DeployCustomForestsCommand.java
@@ -49,28 +49,19 @@ public DeployCustomForestsCommand() {
 
 	@Override
 	public void execute(CommandContext context) {
-		Configuration configuration = null;
-		if (context.getAppConfig().getCmaConfig().isDeployForests()) {
-			configuration = new Configuration();
-		}
-
 		for (ConfigDir configDir : context.getAppConfig().getConfigDirs()) {
 			File dir = new File(configDir.getBaseDir(), customForestsPath);
 			if (dir != null && dir.exists()) {
 				payloadParser = new PayloadParser();
 				for (File f : dir.listFiles()) {
 					if (f.isDirectory()) {
-						processDirectory(f, context, configuration);
+						processDirectory(f, context);
 					}
 				}
 			} else {
 				logResourceDirectoryNotFound(dir);
 			}
 		}
-
-		if (configuration != null) {
-			deployConfiguration(context, configuration);
-		}
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -79,7 +70,7 @@ public void execute(CommandContext context) {
 	 * @param dir
 	 * @param context
 	 */
-	protected void processDirectory(File dir, CommandContext context, Configuration configuration) {
+	protected void processDirectory(File dir, CommandContext context) {
 		if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
 			logger.info("Processing custom forest files in directory: " + dir.getAbsolutePath());
 		}
@@ -91,6 +82,11 @@ protected void processDirectory(File dir, CommandContext context, Configuration
 			}
 			String payload = readResourceFromFile(context, f);
 
+			// As of 4.6.1, create a CMA request per file so that the user has control over how many forests are
+			// submitted in a single request, thus avoiding potential timeouts.
+			Configuration configuration = context.getAppConfig().getCmaConfig().isDeployForests() ?
+				new Configuration() : null;
+
 			if (payloadParser.isJsonPayload(payload)) {
 				if (configuration != null) {
 					addForestsToCmaConfiguration(context, payload, configuration);
@@ -104,6 +100,10 @@ protected void processDirectory(File dir, CommandContext context, Configuration
 					mgr.save(payload);
 				}
 			}
+
+			if (configuration != null) {
+				deployConfiguration(context, configuration);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/marklogic/appdeployer/command/forests/DeployCustomForestsTest.java b/src/test/java/com/marklogic/appdeployer/command/forests/DeployCustomForestsTest.java
index 751eb062..49f3e8ff 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/marklogic/appdeployer/command/forests/DeployCustomForestsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/marklogic/appdeployer/command/forests/DeployCustomForestsTest.java
@@ -51,9 +51,12 @@ public void test() {
 		assertTrue(mgr.exists("sample-app-content-custom-3"));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Can examine logging to verify that one request is made per forest.
+	 */
 	@Test
-	public void deployWithCma() {
-		appConfig.getCmaConfig().enableAll();
+	public void deployWithoutCMA() {
+		appConfig.getCmaConfig().setDeployForests(false);
 		test();
 	}
 }