diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 58ab562..8e8ed54 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -38,14 +38,28 @@ custom:
   stageSettings:
     CacheClusterEnabled: true
     CacheClusterSize: '0.5'
+    TracingEnabled: Boolean
     Variables:
       foo: bar
       baz: xyzzy
+    # MethodSettings:Use this to overwrite above global settings at each method level.
+    # Type: List of MethodSetting
     MethodSettings:
-      LoggingLevel: INFO
-      CachingEnabled: true
-      CacheTtlInSeconds: 3600
-      # see below...
+    - CacheDataEncrypted: Boolean
+      CacheTtlInSeconds: Integer
+      CachingEnabled: Boolean
+      DataTraceEnabled: Boolean
+      HttpMethod: String
+      LoggingLevel: String
+      MetricsEnabled: Boolean
+      ResourcePath: String
+      ThrottlingBurstLimit: Integer
+      ThrottlingRateLimit: Double
+      ...
+    - CacheDataEncrypted: Boolean
+      CacheTtlInSeconds: Integer
+      CachingEnabled: Boolean
+      ...
 #...
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index ecd66bd..9f118d1 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -116,16 +116,23 @@ module.exports = function (serverless) {
                             AccessLogSetting: stageSettings.AccessLogSetting || {},
                             CacheClusterEnabled: stageSettings.CacheClusterEnabled || false,
                             CacheClusterSize: stageSettings.CacheClusterSize || '0.5',
+                            TracingEnabled: stageSettings.TracingEnabled || false,
                             ClientCertificateId: stageSettings.ClientCertificateId || undefined,
                             DocumentationVersion: stageSettings.DocumentationVersion || undefined,
                             MethodSettings: methodSettings.map((item) => (
                                 _.defaults(
                                     item || {},
                                     {
-                                        DataTraceEnabled: true,
-                                        HttpMethod: '*',
-                                        ResourcePath: '/*',
-                                        MetricsEnabled: false
+                                        HttpMethod: stageSettings.HttpMethod || '*',
+                                        ResourcePath: stageSettings.ResourcePath || '/*',
+                                        CachingEnabled: stageSettings.CachingEnabled || false,
+                                        CacheDataEncrypted: stageSettings.CacheDataEncrypted || false,
+                                        CacheTtlInSeconds: stageSettings.CacheTtlInSeconds || undefined,
+                                        DataTraceEnabled: stageSettings.DataTraceEnabled || false,
+                                        LoggingLevel: stageSettings.LoggingLevel || 'OFF',
+                                        MetricsEnabled: stageSettings.MetricsEnabled || false,
+                                        ThrottlingBurstLimit: stageSettings.ThrottlingBurstLimit || undefined,
+                                        ThrottlingRateLimit: stageSettings.ThrottlingRateLimit || undefined
                                     }
                                 )
                             ))
diff --git a/test/spec/index.spec.js b/test/spec/index.spec.js
index 9754a67..9b893fb 100644
--- a/test/spec/index.spec.js
+++ b/test/spec/index.spec.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ describe('The `serverless-api-stage` plugin', function () {
                         AccessLogSetting: {},
                         CacheClusterEnabled: false,
                         CacheClusterSize: '0.5',
+                        TracingEnabled: false,
                         ClientCertificateId: undefined,
                         DocumentationVersion: undefined,
                         DeploymentId: {
@@ -50,10 +51,16 @@ describe('The `serverless-api-stage` plugin', function () {
                         Variables: {},
                         MethodSettings: [
                             {
-                                DataTraceEnabled: true,
                                 HttpMethod: '*',
                                 ResourcePath: '/*',
-                                MetricsEnabled: false
+                                CachingEnabled: false,
+                                CacheDataEncrypted: false,
+                                CacheTtlInSeconds: undefined,
+                                DataTraceEnabled: false,
+                                LoggingLevel: 'OFF',
+                                MetricsEnabled: false,
+                                ThrottlingBurstLimit: undefined,
+                                ThrottlingRateLimit: undefined
                             }
                         ]
                     }
@@ -77,6 +84,7 @@ describe('The `serverless-api-stage` plugin', function () {
                 },
                 CacheClusterEnabled: true,
                 CacheClusterSize: '1.0',
+                TracingEnabled: true,
                 ClientCertificateId: undefined,
                 DocumentationVersion: undefined,
                 Variables: {
@@ -87,7 +95,8 @@ describe('The `serverless-api-stage` plugin', function () {
                     MetricsEnabled: true,
                     HttpMethod: 'GET',
                     CacheTtlInSeconds: 3600,
-                    CachingEnabled: true
+                    CachingEnabled: true,
+                    DataTraceEnabled: true
                 }
             });
             pluginInstance = new ApiStagePlugin(serverless);
@@ -194,6 +203,7 @@ describe('The `serverless-api-stage` plugin', function () {
                         },
                         CacheClusterEnabled: true,
                         CacheClusterSize: '1.0',
+                        TracingEnabled: true,
                         ClientCertificateId: undefined,
                         DocumentationVersion: undefined,
                         DeploymentId: {
@@ -207,10 +217,13 @@ describe('The `serverless-api-stage` plugin', function () {
                                 LoggingLevel: 'INFO',
                                 CacheTtlInSeconds: 3600,
                                 CachingEnabled: true,
+                                CacheDataEncrypted: false,
                                 DataTraceEnabled: true,
                                 HttpMethod: 'GET',
                                 ResourcePath: '/*',
-                                MetricsEnabled: true
+                                MetricsEnabled: true,
+                                ThrottlingBurstLimit: undefined,
+                                ThrottlingRateLimit: undefined
                             }
                         ]
                     }
@@ -331,6 +344,7 @@ describe('The `serverless-api-stage` plugin', function () {
                         AccessLogSetting: {},
                         CacheClusterEnabled: false,
                         CacheClusterSize: '0.5',
+                        TracingEnabled: false,
                         DeploymentId: {
                             Ref: 'Deployment'
                         },
@@ -339,10 +353,16 @@ describe('The `serverless-api-stage` plugin', function () {
                         Variables: {},
                         MethodSettings: [
                             {
-                                DataTraceEnabled: true,
                                 HttpMethod: '*',
                                 ResourcePath: '/*',
-                                MetricsEnabled: false
+                                CachingEnabled: false,
+                                CacheDataEncrypted: false,
+                                CacheTtlInSeconds: undefined,
+                                DataTraceEnabled: false,
+                                LoggingLevel: 'OFF',
+                                MetricsEnabled: false,
+                                ThrottlingBurstLimit: undefined,
+                                ThrottlingRateLimit: undefined
                             }
                         ]
                     }
@@ -463,6 +483,7 @@ describe('The `serverless-api-stage` plugin', function () {
                         AccessLogSetting: {},
                         CacheClusterEnabled: false,
                         CacheClusterSize: '0.5',
+                        TracingEnabled: false,
                         DeploymentId: {
                             Ref: 'Deployment'
                         },
@@ -471,10 +492,16 @@ describe('The `serverless-api-stage` plugin', function () {
                         Variables: {},
                         MethodSettings: [
                             {
-                                DataTraceEnabled: true,
                                 HttpMethod: '*',
                                 ResourcePath: '/*',
-                                MetricsEnabled: false
+                                CachingEnabled: false,
+                                CacheDataEncrypted: false,
+                                CacheTtlInSeconds: undefined,
+                                DataTraceEnabled: false,
+                                LoggingLevel: 'OFF',
+                                MetricsEnabled: false,
+                                ThrottlingBurstLimit: undefined,
+                                ThrottlingRateLimit: undefined
                             }
                         ]
                     }