diff --git a/cloud/gcp/gks.tf b/cloud/gcp/gks.tf
index 7616f739df..a1c29e0edc 100644
--- a/cloud/gcp/gks.tf
+++ b/cloud/gcp/gks.tf
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ resource "google_container_cluster" "biot" {
   
   remove_default_node_pool = true
   initial_node_count       = 1
+  
+  network    = google_compute_network.vpc.name
+  subnetwork = google_compute_subnetwork.subnet.name
 }
 
 # Separately Managed Node Pool
@@ -25,7 +28,20 @@ resource "google_container_node_pool" "node_pool" {
   node_count = var.gke_num_nodes
 
   node_config {
-    preemptible  = true
-    machine_type = "e2-medium"
+    oauth_scopes = [
+      "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/logging.write",
+      "https://www.googleapis.com/auth/monitoring",
+    ]
+
+    labels = {
+      env = var.gcp_project_id
+    }
+
+    # preemptible  = true
+    machine_type = "n1-standard-1"
+    tags         = ["gke-node", "${var.gcp_project_id}-gke"]
+    metadata = {
+      disable-legacy-endpoints = "true"
+    }
   }
 }