diff --git a/extraFiles/my_spawner.py b/extraFiles/my_spawner.py
index 0399f154a794fd42b0a5937b82566eb259b53a51..b5d1d5a603e6ad52c52d770d83dca8398a1daa45 100644
--- a/extraFiles/my_spawner.py
+++ b/extraFiles/my_spawner.py
@@ -309,3 +309,7 @@ class MySpawner(KubeSpawner):
     ]
 
 c.JupyterHub.spawner_class = MySpawner
+# jupyterhub_config.py
+c.Spawner.start_timeout = 60  # Increase spawn timeout to 60 seconds
+c.Spawner.http_timeout = 60   # Increase HTTP check timeout to 60 seconds
+