diff --git a/solr/dromedary/conf/solrconfig_med/suggesters/common.xml b/solr/dromedary/conf/solrconfig_med/suggesters/common.xml
index fa39cf39..a8792f38 100644
--- a/solr/dromedary/conf/solrconfig_med/suggesters/common.xml
+++ b/solr/dromedary/conf/solrconfig_med/suggesters/common.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <str name="lookupImpl">FSTLookupFactory</str>
 <str name="exactMatchFirst">true</str>
-<str name="buildOnStartup">false</str>
 <str name="minPrefixChars">2</str>
 <str name="dictionaryImpl">DocumentDictionaryFactory</str>
 <str name="buildOnCommit">false</str>
+<str name="buildOnOptimize">false</str>
+<str name="buildOnStartup">true</str>
diff --git a/solr/dromedary/conf/solrconfig_med/suggesters/headword_and_forms_suggester.xml b/solr/dromedary/conf/solrconfig_med/suggesters/headword_and_forms_suggester.xml
index 905f444d..fe5f9111 100644
--- a/solr/dromedary/conf/solrconfig_med/suggesters/headword_and_forms_suggester.xml
+++ b/solr/dromedary/conf/solrconfig_med/suggesters/headword_and_forms_suggester.xml
@@ -11,8 +11,7 @@
 </searchComponent>
 
 <requestHandler name="/headword_and_forms_suggester"
-                class="solr.SearchHandler"
-                startup="lazy">
+                class="solr.SearchHandler">
 <lst name="defaults">
   <str name="suggest">true</str>
   <str name="suggest.count">15</str>
diff --git a/solr/dromedary/conf/solrconfig_med/suggesters/headword_only_suggester.xml b/solr/dromedary/conf/solrconfig_med/suggesters/headword_only_suggester.xml
index bb06e6b5..93fdc10a 100644
--- a/solr/dromedary/conf/solrconfig_med/suggesters/headword_only_suggester.xml
+++ b/solr/dromedary/conf/solrconfig_med/suggesters/headword_only_suggester.xml
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
   </lst>
 </searchComponent>
 
-<requestHandler name="/headword_only_suggester" class="solr.SearchHandler"
-                startup="lazy">
+<requestHandler name="/headword_only_suggester" class="solr.SearchHandler">
 <lst name="defaults">
   <str name="suggest">true</str>
   <str name="suggest.count">15</str>
diff --git a/solr/dromedary/conf/solrconfig_med/suggesters/oed_suggester.xml b/solr/dromedary/conf/solrconfig_med/suggesters/oed_suggester.xml
index a4a5a2bd..3515db30 100644
--- a/solr/dromedary/conf/solrconfig_med/suggesters/oed_suggester.xml
+++ b/solr/dromedary/conf/solrconfig_med/suggesters/oed_suggester.xml
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
 </lst>
 </searchComponent>
 
-<requestHandler name="/oed_suggester" class="solr.SearchHandler"
-                startup="lazy">
+<requestHandler name="/oed_suggester" class="solr.SearchHandler">
 <lst name="defaults">
   <str name="suggest">true</str>
   <str name="suggest.count">15</str>