diff --git a/config/clusters/2i2c/ucmerced.values.yaml b/config/clusters/2i2c/ucmerced.values.yaml
index 2f6801e162..db5edec790 100644
--- a/config/clusters/2i2c/ucmerced.values.yaml
+++ b/config/clusters/2i2c/ucmerced.values.yaml
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ jupyterhub:
       name: quay.io/2i2c/2i2c-hubs-image
       tag: "14107b8a85fb"
   hub:
+    image:
+      name: quay.io/2i2c/culler-failure
+      tag: "0.0.1-0.dev.git.7009.h8f624235"
     config:
       Authenticator:
         admin_users:
diff --git a/helm-charts/chartpress.yaml b/helm-charts/chartpress.yaml
index 962a638476..0fe8e92c86 100644
--- a/helm-charts/chartpress.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/chartpress.yaml
@@ -18,3 +18,9 @@ charts:
           REQUIREMENTS_FILE: "dynamic-image-building-requirements.txt"
         contextPath: "images/hub"
         dockerfilePath: "images/hub/Dockerfile"
+      culler-failure:
+        imageName: quay.io/2i2c/culler-failure
+        buildArgs:
+          REQUIREMENTS_FILE: "culler-failure-requirements.txt"
+        contextPath: "images/hub"
+        dockerfilePath: "images/hub/Dockerfile"
diff --git a/helm-charts/images/hub/culler-failure-requirements.txt b/helm-charts/images/hub/culler-failure-requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e96a3b2bd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/helm-charts/images/hub/culler-failure-requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+git+https://github.com/yuvipanda/jupyterhub-configurator@ed7e3a0df1e3d625d10903ef7d7fd9c2fbb548db
+# Brings in the head of kubespawner repo c.f. 2023-09-15 13:51 UTC
+git+https://github.com/jupyterhub/kubespawner@9663b7e0f0d3942962c99a39c375358f19e0718e