diff --git a/values.template.yaml b/values.template.yaml
index 4602ba2b88c87ce1f5a8f1689aa1f1eaf86ea8f0..8f78f9a6188636db5332133b1dc4aeb2936e70e0 100644
--- a/values.template.yaml
+++ b/values.template.yaml
@@ -205,6 +205,8 @@ singleuser:
     name: localhost:30081/prp/jupyter-stack/minimal
     tag: latest
   startTimeout: 600
+  imagePullPolicy: IfNotPresent
+  priorityClassName: owner
   cpu:
     limit: 16
     guarantee: 4