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 c4ce30e..f4b8c69 100644
--- a/lab/us-gov-east-1/vpc/_mcmCluster/eks/terragrunt.hcl
+++ b/lab/us-gov-east-1/vpc/_mcmCluster/eks/terragrunt.hcl
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ locals {
   vpc_domain_name                          = "dev.lab.csp2.census.gov"
   eks_instance_disk_size                   = 100
   eks_vpc_name                             = "vpc3-lab-dev"
-  eks_ng_desired_size                      = 3
+  eks_ng_desired_size                      = 1
   eks_ng_max_size                          = 10
   eks_ng_min_size                          = 1
   operators_ns                             = "operators"