diff --git a/go/twitterchiver/related_fetcher/fetcher.go b/go/twitterchiver/related_fetcher/fetcher.go
index 5fc8a9ee25..e867e7de31 100644
--- a/go/twitterchiver/related_fetcher/fetcher.go
+++ b/go/twitterchiver/related_fetcher/fetcher.go
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ var (
 	workAtOnce   = flag.Int("work_at_once", 40, "Work to enqueue at once (i.e. we will only look for this much work to do).")
 
 	mediaFetchDestination = flag.String("media_fetch_destination", "/tmp", "Path to write fetched media to.")
+	mediaTickInterval     = flag.Duration("media_tick_interval", 0, "Tick interval for media - takes priority over --tick_interval if non-zero.")
+	mediaWorkAtOnce       = flag.Int("media_work_at_once", 0, "Work to enqueue at once for media - takes priority over --work_at_once if non-zero.")
+
+	relatedTickInterval = flag.Duration("related_tick_interval", 0, "Tick interval for related - takes priority over --tick_interval if non-zero.")
+	relatedWorkAtOnce   = flag.Int("related_work_at_once", 0, "Work to enqueue at once for related - takes priority over --work_at_once if non-zero.")
 )
 
 type WorkerConfig struct {
@@ -46,6 +51,28 @@ type WorkerConfig struct {
 	WorkQueue chan func(context.Context)
 }
 
+func (wc WorkerConfig) Merge(other WorkerConfig) WorkerConfig {
+	if other.Name != "" {
+		wc.Name = other.Name
+	}
+	if other.TickInterval > 0 {
+		wc.TickInterval = other.TickInterval
+	}
+	if other.OAuthConfig != nil {
+		wc.OAuthConfig = other.OAuthConfig
+	}
+	if other.WorkAtOnce != 0 {
+		wc.WorkAtOnce = other.WorkAtOnce
+	}
+	if other.DatabasePool != nil {
+		wc.DatabasePool = other.DatabasePool
+	}
+	if other.WorkQueue != nil {
+		wc.WorkQueue = other.WorkQueue
+	}
+	return wc
+}
+
 type worker func(context.Context, WorkerConfig) error
 
 type tweetVideoVariant struct {
@@ -454,8 +481,8 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	workers := map[string]worker{
-		"mediaFetchWorker":   mediaFetchWorker,
-		"relatedFetchWorker": relatedFetchWorker,
+		"media":   mediaFetchWorker,
+		"related": relatedFetchWorker,
 	}
 	wg.Add(len(workers))
 	cfg := WorkerConfig{
@@ -466,13 +493,28 @@ func main() {
 		DatabasePool: conn,
 		WorkQueue:    workQueue,
 	}
+	configs := map[string]WorkerConfig{
+		"media": cfg.Merge(WorkerConfig{
+			Name:         "media",
+			TickInterval: *mediaTickInterval,
+			WorkAtOnce:   *mediaWorkAtOnce,
+		}),
+		"related": cfg.Merge(WorkerConfig{
+			Name:         "related",
+			TickInterval: *relatedTickInterval,
+			WorkAtOnce:   *relatedWorkAtOnce,
+		}),
+	}
 	for wn, w := range workers {
-		wn, w, cfg := wn, w, cfg
-		cfg.Name = wn
+		wn, w := wn, w
+		wcfg, ok := configs[wn]
+		if !ok {
+			wcfg = cfg
+		}
 		go func() {
 			defer wg.Done()
 			log.Printf("Starting worker %v.", wn)
-			if err := w(cctx, cfg); err != nil {
+			if err := w(cctx, wcfg); err != nil {
 				log.Printf("[%v] %v", wn, err)
 			}
 		}()