Index: share/www/script/jquery.couch.js
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--- share/www/script/jquery.couch.js	(revision 825472)
+++ share/www/script/jquery.couch.js	(working copy)
@@ -189,7 +189,9 @@
             var method = "PUT";
             var uri = this.uri + encodeDocId(doc._id);
           }
+          if (options.async === undefined) options.async = true;
           $.ajax({
+            async: options.async,
             type: method, url: uri + encodeOptions(options),
             contentType: "application/json",
             dataType: "json", data: toJSON(doc),
@@ -362,7 +364,7 @@
     var buf = [];
     if (typeof(options) === "object" && options !== null) {
       for (var name in options) {
-        if ($.inArray(name, ["error", "success"]) >= 0)
+        if ($.inArray(name, ["error", "success", "async"]) >= 0)
           continue;
         var value = options[name];
         if ($.inArray(name, ["key", "startkey", "endkey"]) >= 0) {