diff --git a/client/src/components/drawer/Drawing.tsx b/client/src/components/drawer/Drawing.tsx
index cb60ec80..71ff930e 100644
--- a/client/src/components/drawer/Drawing.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/drawer/Drawing.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export default function DrawingTab() {
       <ListSubheader disableGutters>Drawing</ListSubheader>
       <Toggle field="snappable" />
       <Toggle field="continueDrawing" />
+      <Toggle field="keepCutoutsOnMerge" />
       <UserTextInput field="radius" disabled={calculationMode === 'S2'} />
       <MultiOptionList
         field="setActiveMode"
diff --git a/client/src/hooks/usePersist.ts b/client/src/hooks/usePersist.ts
index 38f8ec61..ad56d88e 100644
--- a/client/src/hooks/usePersist.ts
+++ b/client/src/hooks/usePersist.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export interface UsePersist {
   snappable: boolean
   continueDrawing: boolean
   setActiveMode: 'hover' | 'click'
+  keepCutoutsOnMerge: boolean
 
   // Client Settings
   darkMode: boolean
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ export const usePersist = create(
       darkMode: true,
       tab: 0,
       drawer: false,
+      keepCutoutsOnMerge: false,
       location: [0, 0],
       zoom: 18,
       category: 'pokestop',
diff --git a/client/src/hooks/useShapes.ts b/client/src/hooks/useShapes.ts
index db2943ca..f96811c8 100644
--- a/client/src/hooks/useShapes.ts
+++ b/client/src/hooks/useShapes.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import type {
   KojiKey,
 } from '@assets/types'
 import { useDbCache } from './useDbCache'
+import { usePersist } from './usePersist'
 
 const { setRecord } = useDbCache.getState()
 
@@ -280,6 +281,8 @@ export const useShapes = create<UseShapes>((set, get) => ({
         MultiPolygon,
         setters: { remove, add },
       } = get()
+      const { keepCutoutsOnMerge } = usePersist.getState()
+
       let newPoly: Feature<Polygon | MultiPolygon> = {
         geometry: { type: 'MultiPolygon', coordinates: [] },
         type: 'Feature',
@@ -329,8 +332,14 @@ export const useShapes = create<UseShapes>((set, get) => ({
           }
         }
       })
-      if (newPoly.geometry.type === 'Polygon') {
-        newPoly.geometry.coordinates = [newPoly.geometry.coordinates[0]]
+      if (!keepCutoutsOnMerge) {
+        if (newPoly.geometry.type === 'Polygon') {
+          newPoly.geometry.coordinates = [newPoly.geometry.coordinates[0]]
+        } else if (newPoly.geometry.type === 'MultiPolygon') {
+          newPoly.geometry.coordinates = newPoly.geometry.coordinates.map(
+            (p) => [p[0]],
+          )
+        }
       }
       Object.entries(
         all