diff --git a/README b/README
index 757cd7579e..1e244c4482 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -942,6 +942,26 @@ stomp_password: password for connecting to the stomp server; defaults
     to null.
 
 stomp_persistent: keep items across queue server restart, if enabled.
+    Under ActiveMQ, the server configuration determines if and how
+    persistent storage is actually saved.
+
+    If using a message queue server other than ActiveMQ, you may
+    need to disable this if it does not support persistence.
+
+stomp_transactions: use transactions to aid in error detection.
+    A broken transaction will be seen quickly, allowing a message
+    to be redelivered immediately if a daemon crashes.
+
+    If using a message queue server other than ActiveMQ, you may
+    need to disable this if it does not support transactions.
+
+stomp_acks: send acknowledgements to aid in flow control.
+    An acknowledgement of successful processing tells the server
+    we're ready for more and can help keep things moving smoothly.
+
+    This should *not* be turned off when running with ActiveMQ, but
+    if using another message queue server that does not support
+    acknowledgements you might need to disable this.
 
 softlimit: an absolute or relative "soft memory limit"; daemons will
     restart themselves gracefully when they find they've hit
diff --git a/lib/default.php b/lib/default.php
index 7b0d08e4ca..7d9a37174b 100644
--- a/lib/default.php
+++ b/lib/default.php
@@ -88,6 +88,8 @@ $default =
               'stomp_username' => null,
               'stomp_password' => null,
               'stomp_persistent' => true, // keep items across queue server restart, if persistence is enabled
+              'stomp_transactions' => true, // use STOMP transactions to aid in detecting failures (supported by ActiveMQ, but not by all)
+              'stomp_acks' => true, // send acknowledgements after successful processing (supported by ActiveMQ, but not by all)
               'stomp_manual_failover' => true, // if multiple servers are listed, treat them as separate (enqueue on one randomly, listen on all)
               'monitor' => null, // URL to monitor ping endpoint (work in progress)
               'softlimit' => '90%', // total size or % of memory_limit at which to restart queue threads gracefully
diff --git a/lib/stompqueuemanager.php b/lib/stompqueuemanager.php
index 4d9f39791d..5d5c7ccfbd 100644
--- a/lib/stompqueuemanager.php
+++ b/lib/stompqueuemanager.php
@@ -60,13 +60,13 @@ class StompQueueManager extends QueueManager
         } else {
             $this->servers = array($server);
         }
-        $this->username = common_config('queue', 'stomp_username');
-        $this->password = common_config('queue', 'stomp_password');
-        $this->base     = common_config('queue', 'queue_basename');
-        $this->control  = common_config('queue', 'control_channel');
-        $this->breakout = common_config('queue', 'breakout');
-        $this->useTransactions = !common_config('queue', 'stomp_no_transactions');
-        $this->useAcks = !common_config('queue', 'stomp_no_acks');
+        $this->username        = common_config('queue', 'stomp_username');
+        $this->password        = common_config('queue', 'stomp_password');
+        $this->base            = common_config('queue', 'queue_basename');
+        $this->control         = common_config('queue', 'control_channel');
+        $this->breakout        = common_config('queue', 'breakout');
+        $this->useTransactions = common_config('queue', 'stomp_transactions');
+        $this->useAcks         = common_config('queue', 'stomp_acks');
     }
 
     /**