diff --git a/scripts/manage_mcp_service.py b/scripts/manage_mcp_service.py
index 664703e..f758f36 100755
--- a/scripts/manage_mcp_service.py
+++ b/scripts/manage_mcp_service.py
@@ -406,7 +406,6 @@ def main(argv: Sequence[str] | None = None) -> int:
                 port=args.port,
                 path=args.path,
                 token_bytes=args.token_bytes,
-                enable_ingest=args.enable_ingest,
             ),
             end="",
         )
@@ -420,6 +419,7 @@ def main(argv: Sequence[str] | None = None) -> int:
                 port=args.port,
                 path=args.path,
                 token_bytes=args.token_bytes,
+                enable_ingest=args.enable_ingest,
             ),
             end="",
         )
diff --git a/tests/test_mcp_service.py b/tests/test_mcp_service.py
index 9012dab..9ecf52d 100644
--- a/tests/test_mcp_service.py
+++ b/tests/test_mcp_service.py
@@ -225,6 +225,30 @@ class McpServiceConfigTests(unittest.TestCase):
                 ]
             )
 
+    def test_main_start_passes_enable_ingest_to_start_service(self):
+        with (
+            patch.object(manage_mcp_service, "start_service", return_value="config\n") as start_service,
+            patch("builtins.print") as print_fn,
+        ):
+            status = manage_mcp_service.main(["start", "--enable-ingest"])
+
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0)
+        start_service.assert_called_once()
+        self.assertTrue(start_service.call_args.kwargs["enable_ingest"])
+        print_fn.assert_called_once_with("config\n", end="")
+
+    def test_main_new_token_does_not_expect_enable_ingest_argument(self):
+        with (
+            patch.object(manage_mcp_service, "new_token", return_value="config\n") as new_token,
+            patch("builtins.print") as print_fn,
+        ):
+            status = manage_mcp_service.main(["new-token"])
+
+        self.assertEqual(status, 0)
+        new_token.assert_called_once()
+        self.assertNotIn("enable_ingest", new_token.call_args.kwargs)
+        print_fn.assert_called_once_with("config\n", end="")
+
     def test_uninstall_service_removes_only_managed_files(self):
         with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmp:
             project_root = Path(tmp) / "project"