diff --git a/hub/values.yaml b/hub/values.yaml
index 95b93d9a9..9c814485e 100644
--- a/hub/values.yaml
+++ b/hub/values.yaml
@@ -42,10 +42,10 @@ jupyterhub:
       image:
         tag: 4.6.2
       extraCommandLineFlags:
-        # set the timeout and proxyTimeout to 24 hours (arg is in milliseconds)
+        # set the timeout and proxyTimeout to 5 seconds
         # https://github.com/http-party/node-http-proxy?tab=readme-ov-file#options
-        # - "--timeout=86400000"
-        # - "--proxy-timeout=86400000"
+        - "--timeout=5000"
+        - "--proxy-timeout=5000"
       resources:
         requests:
           # FIXME: We want no guarantees here!!!
diff --git a/node-placeholder/values.yaml b/node-placeholder/values.yaml
index 7c1e77daf..186424333 100644
--- a/node-placeholder/values.yaml
+++ b/node-placeholder/values.yaml
@@ -168,6 +168,14 @@ nodePools:
         # Some value slightly lower than allocatable RAM on the nodepool
         memory: 60929654784
     replicas: 1
+  julia:
+    nodeSelector:
+      hub.jupyter.org/pool-name: julia-pool
+    resources:
+      requests:
+        # Some value slightly lower than allocatable RAM on the nodepool
+        memory: 60929654784
+    replicas: 0
   nature:
     nodeSelector:
       hub.jupyter.org/pool-name: nature-pool