diff --git a/terraform/prod/main.tf b/terraform/prod/main.tf
index b647c6341..8db18a285 100644
--- a/terraform/prod/main.tf
+++ b/terraform/prod/main.tf
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ resource "google_container_node_pool" "core" {
 
   lifecycle {
     ignore_changes = [
-        version
+      version
     ]
   }
 }
@@ -79,6 +79,50 @@ resource "google_container_node_pool" "user" {
   node_locations = ["${local.location}-a"]
   version        = local.gke_version
 
+  autoscaling {
+    min_node_count = 0
+    max_node_count = 1
+  }
+
+
+  node_config {
+    machine_type    = "n1-highmem-8"
+    disk_size_gb    = 1000
+    disk_type       = "pd-ssd"
+    local_ssd_count = 1
+
+    labels = {
+      "mybinder.org/pool-type" = "users"
+    }
+    # https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/google/r/container_cluster.html#oauth_scopes-1
+    oauth_scopes = [
+      "storage-ro",
+      "logging-write",
+      "monitoring",
+    ]
+
+    metadata = {
+      disable-legacy-endpoints = "true"
+    }
+  }
+
+  # do not recreate pools that have been auto-upgraded
+
+  lifecycle {
+    ignore_changes = [
+      version
+    ]
+  }
+}
+
+resource "google_container_node_pool" "user1" {
+  name     = "user-202201"
+  cluster  = module.mybinder.cluster_name
+  location = local.location # location of *cluster*
+  # node_locations lets us specify a single-zone regional cluster:
+  node_locations = ["${local.location}-a"]
+  version        = local.gke_version
+
   autoscaling {
     min_node_count = 2
     max_node_count = 12
@@ -87,7 +131,7 @@ resource "google_container_node_pool" "user" {
 
   node_config {
     machine_type    = "n1-highmem-8"
-    disk_size_gb    = 1000
+    disk_size_gb    = 500
     disk_type       = "pd-ssd"
     local_ssd_count = 1
 
@@ -110,7 +154,7 @@ resource "google_container_node_pool" "user" {
 
   lifecycle {
     ignore_changes = [
-        version
+      version
     ]
   }
 }