diff --git a/dist/src/main/conf/jobs/profile-defaults/profile-crawler-beans.cxml b/dist/src/main/conf/jobs/profile-defaults/profile-crawler-beans.cxml
index ce947695..38d68921 100644
--- a/dist/src/main/conf/jobs/profile-defaults/profile-crawler-beans.cxml
+++ b/dist/src/main/conf/jobs/profile-defaults/profile-crawler-beans.cxml
@@ -400,6 +400,13 @@ http://example.example/example
   <!-- <property name="maxTimeSeconds" value="0" /> -->
  </bean>
  
+ <!-- CHECKPOINTSERVICE: checkpointing assistance -->
+ <bean id="checkpointService" 
+   class="org.archive.crawler.framework.CheckpointService">
+  <!-- <property name="checkpointIntervalMinutes" value="-1"/> -->
+  <!-- <property name="checkpointsDir" value="checkpoints"/> -->
+ </bean>
+ 
  <!-- 
    OPTIONAL BEANS
     Uncomment and expand as needed, or if non-default alternate 
diff --git a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/profile-crawler-beans.cxml b/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/profile-crawler-beans.cxml
index fa50dcc5..6856c49c 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/profile-crawler-beans.cxml
+++ b/engine/src/main/java/org/archive/crawler/restlet/profile-crawler-beans.cxml
@@ -400,6 +400,13 @@ http://example.example/example
   <!-- <property name="maxTimeSeconds" value="0" /> -->
  </bean>
  
+ <!-- CHECKPOINTSERVICE: checkpointing assistance -->
+ <bean id="checkpointService" 
+   class="org.archive.crawler.framework.CheckpointService">
+  <!-- <property name="checkpointIntervalMinutes" value="-1"/> -->
+  <!-- <property name="checkpointsDir" value="checkpoints"/> -->
+ </bean>
+ 
  <!-- 
    OPTIONAL BEANS
     Uncomment and expand as needed, or if non-default alternate 
diff --git a/engine/src/main/resources/org/archive/crawler/migrate/migrate-template-crawler-beans.cxml b/engine/src/main/resources/org/archive/crawler/migrate/migrate-template-crawler-beans.cxml
index 853d88c9..db923c64 100644
--- a/engine/src/main/resources/org/archive/crawler/migrate/migrate-template-crawler-beans.cxml
+++ b/engine/src/main/resources/org/archive/crawler/migrate/migrate-template-crawler-beans.cxml
@@ -387,6 +387,13 @@
   <!-- <property name="maxDocumentsDownload" value="0" /> -->
   <!-- <property name="maxTimeSeconds" value="0" /> -->
  </bean>
+
+ <!-- CHECKPOINTSERVICE: checkpointing assistance -->
+ <bean id="checkpointService" 
+   class="org.archive.crawler.framework.CheckpointService">
+  <!-- <property name="checkpointIntervalMinutes" value="-1"/> -->
+  <!-- <property name="checkpointsDir" value="checkpoints"/> -->
+ </bean>
  
  <!-- 
    OPTIONAL BEANS