diff --git a/app/routers/event_badge_importing.py b/app/routers/event_badge_importing.py
index 945cf8c..b33a8a6 100644
--- a/app/routers/event_badge_importing.py
+++ b/app/routers/event_badge_importing.py
@@ -432,6 +432,8 @@ async def event_id_badge_import(
                 event_badge_id = event_person_result.get('event_badge_id')
                 event_person_profile_id = event_person_result.get('event_person_profile_id')
                 log.info(f'Found Event Person. Updating existing... Event Person ID: {event_person_id}')
+                # Don't touch enable on update — a manually disabled record is effectively
+                # blacklisted and should survive repeated re-imports of the same file.
                 event_person_data.pop('enable', None)
                 event_person_data.get('event_badge', {}).pop('enable', None)
                 event_person_data.get('event_person_profile', {}).pop('enable', None)
@@ -791,6 +793,8 @@ async def event_id_badge_import_zoom_csv(
             event_person_profile_id = event_person_result.get('event_person_profile_id')
             log.info(f'Found Event Person. Updating existing... Event Person ID: {event_person_id}')
 
+            # Don't touch enable on update — a manually disabled record is effectively
+            # blacklisted and should survive repeated re-imports of the same file.
             event_person_data.pop('enable', None)
             event_person_data.get('event_badge', {}).pop('enable', None)
             event_person_data.get('event_person_profile', {}).pop('enable', None)
@@ -1012,6 +1016,8 @@ async def event_id_badge_import_splash_xlsx(
             event_person_profile_id = event_person_result.get('event_person_profile_id')
             log.info(f'Found Event Person. Updating existing... Event Person ID: {event_person_id}')
 
+            # Don't touch enable on update — a manually disabled record is effectively
+            # blacklisted and should survive repeated re-imports of the same file.
             event_person_data.pop('enable', None)
             event_person_data.get('event_badge', {}).pop('enable', None)
             event_person_data.get('event_person_profile', {}).pop('enable', None)