diff --git a/lab/us-gov-east-1/vpc/_mcmCluster/eks/terragrunt.hcl b/lab/us-gov-east-1/vpc/_mcmCluster/eks/terragrunt.hcl
index 68adf0f..7cd772d 100644
--- a/lab/us-gov-east-1/vpc/_mcmCluster/eks/terragrunt.hcl
+++ b/lab/us-gov-east-1/vpc/_mcmCluster/eks/terragrunt.hcl
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ locals {
   domain                                   = "dev.lab.csp2.census.gov"
   eks_instance_disk_size                   = 100
   eks_vpc_name                             = "vpc3-lab-dev"
-  eks_ng_desired_size                      = 0
+  eks_ng_desired_size                      = 6
   eks_ng_max_size                          = 10
   eks_ng_min_size                          = 0
   operators_ns                             = "operators"