diff --git a/deployments/astro/config/common.yaml b/deployments/astro/config/common.yaml
index 47524c300..eb8caee98 100644
--- a/deployments/astro/config/common.yaml
+++ b/deployments/astro/config/common.yaml
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ jupyterhub:
         stringData: |
           c.QtPDFExporter.enabled = False
           c.QtPNGExporter.enabled = False
+          c.WebPDFExporter.embed_images = True
     extraEnv:
       # Unset NotebookApp from hub/values. Necessary for recent lab versions.
       JUPYTERHUB_SINGLEUSER_APP: "jupyter_server.serverapp.ServerApp"
diff --git a/deployments/biology/config/common.yaml b/deployments/biology/config/common.yaml
index 317794daa..0a9a647e3 100644
--- a/deployments/biology/config/common.yaml
+++ b/deployments/biology/config/common.yaml
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ jupyterhub:
         stringData: |
           c.QtPDFExporter.enabled = False
           c.QtPNGExporter.enabled = False
+          c.WebPDFExporter.embed_images = True
       git-credential-helper:
         mountPath: /etc/gitconfig
         stringData: |
diff --git a/deployments/data100/config/common.yaml b/deployments/data100/config/common.yaml
index ba7daa602..b95787543 100644
--- a/deployments/data100/config/common.yaml
+++ b/deployments/data100/config/common.yaml
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ jupyterhub:
         stringData: |
           c.QtPDFExporter.enabled = False
           c.QtPNGExporter.enabled = False
+          c.WebPDFExporter.embed_images = True
     defaultUrl: "/lab"
     extraEnv:
       GH_SCOPED_CREDS_CLIENT_ID: Iv1.f79b4903c7ea2847
diff --git a/deployments/data101/config/common.yaml b/deployments/data101/config/common.yaml
index 7e5a92d33..8720901ee 100644
--- a/deployments/data101/config/common.yaml
+++ b/deployments/data101/config/common.yaml
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ jupyterhub:
         stringData: |
           c.QtPDFExporter.enabled = False
           c.QtPNGExporter.enabled = False
+          c.WebPDFExporter.embed_images = True
     extraContainers:
       - name: mongo
         image: mongo:5.0.11
diff --git a/deployments/data102/config/common.yaml b/deployments/data102/config/common.yaml
index 4c47aa5bc..ef4e3626c 100644
--- a/deployments/data102/config/common.yaml
+++ b/deployments/data102/config/common.yaml
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ jupyterhub:
         stringData: |
           c.QtPDFExporter.enabled = False
           c.QtPNGExporter.enabled = False
+          c.WebPDFExporter.embed_images = True
     defaultUrl: "/lab"
     extraEnv:
       GH_SCOPED_CREDS_CLIENT_ID: Iv1.f769e27a8207e5c9
diff --git a/deployments/data8/config/common.yaml b/deployments/data8/config/common.yaml
index 2b2864063..471ffda36 100644
--- a/deployments/data8/config/common.yaml
+++ b/deployments/data8/config/common.yaml
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ jupyterhub:
         stringData: |
           c.QtPDFExporter.enabled = False
           c.QtPNGExporter.enabled = False
+          c.WebPDFExporter.embed_images = True
     extraEnv:
       # Unset NotebookApp from hub/values. Necessary for recent lab versions.
       JUPYTERHUB_SINGLEUSER_APP: "jupyter_server.serverapp.ServerApp"
diff --git a/deployments/dlab/config/common.yaml b/deployments/dlab/config/common.yaml
index d530b9954..ae7b435d6 100644
--- a/deployments/dlab/config/common.yaml
+++ b/deployments/dlab/config/common.yaml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ jupyterhub:
         stringData: |
           c.QtPDFExporter.enabled = False
           c.QtPNGExporter.enabled = False
+          c.WebPDFExporter.embed_images = True
       # Set gh-scoped-creds vars for RStudio too. RStudio drops most vars
       # including those we set in extraEnv.
       gh-scoped-creds:
diff --git a/deployments/eecs/config/common.yaml b/deployments/eecs/config/common.yaml
index ac7e30455..2eb397534 100644
--- a/deployments/eecs/config/common.yaml
+++ b/deployments/eecs/config/common.yaml
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ jupyterhub:
         stringData: |
           c.QtPDFExporter.enabled = False
           c.QtPNGExporter.enabled = False
+          c.WebPDFExporter.embed_images = True
       git-credential-helper:
         # Move back to /etc/gitconfig if https://github.com/conda-forge/git-feedstock/issues/113
         # ever gets fixed, or if we start using git from apt again
diff --git a/deployments/ischool/config/common.yaml b/deployments/ischool/config/common.yaml
index 71384a795..ca1ee6691 100644
--- a/deployments/ischool/config/common.yaml
+++ b/deployments/ischool/config/common.yaml
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ jupyterhub:
         stringData: |
           c.QtPDFExporter.enabled = False
           c.QtPNGExporter.enabled = False
+          c.WebPDFExporter.embed_images = True
     extraEnv:
       # Unset NotebookApp from hub/values. Necessary for recent lab versions.
       JUPYTERHUB_SINGLEUSER_APP: "jupyter_server.serverapp.ServerApp"
diff --git a/deployments/julia/config/common.yaml b/deployments/julia/config/common.yaml
index 9e8300a67..99a463c79 100644
--- a/deployments/julia/config/common.yaml
+++ b/deployments/julia/config/common.yaml
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ jupyterhub:
           c.QtPDFExporter.enabled = False
           c.QtPNGExporter.enabled = False
           # Causes 100% cpu spike and hang if DISPLAY is set - see DH-330
+          c.WebPDFExporter.embed_images = True
           c.WebPDFExporter.enabled = False
     extraEnv:
       # Tell code where to display GUIs
diff --git a/deployments/prob140/config/common.yaml b/deployments/prob140/config/common.yaml
index 07c6b3953..1727c8711 100644
--- a/deployments/prob140/config/common.yaml
+++ b/deployments/prob140/config/common.yaml
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ jupyterhub:
         stringData: |
           c.QtPDFExporter.enabled = False
           c.QtPNGExporter.enabled = False 
+          c.WebPDFExporter.embed_images = True
     extraEnv:
       # Unset NotebookApp from hub/values. Necessary for recent lab versions.
       JUPYTERHUB_SINGLEUSER_APP: "jupyter_server.serverapp.ServerApp"
diff --git a/deployments/publichealth/config/common.yaml b/deployments/publichealth/config/common.yaml
index b28fb0235..44f92504f 100644
--- a/deployments/publichealth/config/common.yaml
+++ b/deployments/publichealth/config/common.yaml
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ jupyterhub:
         stringData: |
           c.QtPDFExporter.enabled = False
           c.QtPNGExporter.enabled = False
+          c.WebPDFExporter.embed_images = True
     extraEnv:
       # Unset NotebookApp from hub/values. Necessary for recent lab versions.
       JUPYTERHUB_SINGLEUSER_APP: "jupyter_server.serverapp.ServerApp"
diff --git a/deployments/r/config/common.yaml b/deployments/r/config/common.yaml
index f06b714b0..7dbe64ff5 100644
--- a/deployments/r/config/common.yaml
+++ b/deployments/r/config/common.yaml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ jupyterhub:
         stringData: |
           c.QtPDFExporter.enabled = False
           c.QtPNGExporter.enabled = False
+          c.WebPDFExporter.embed_images = True
     extraEnv:
       # Unset NotebookApp from hub/values. Necessary for recent lab versions.
       JUPYTERHUB_SINGLEUSER_APP: "jupyter_server.serverapp.ServerApp"