diff --git a/extraFiles/my_spawner.py b/extraFiles/my_spawner.py
index 5cc79d16cd3f0a7579ee41172acb892673f95ad2..cf26ecbaf0815e168017fb352a89ffdbdf67d27f 100644
--- a/extraFiles/my_spawner.py
+++ b/extraFiles/my_spawner.py
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ class MySpawner(KubeSpawner):
             },
             'tolerations': tolerationsExpression,
             'priorityClassName': 'owner',
+            'imagePullPolicy': 'IfNotPresent',
         })