diff --git a/.renku/renku.ini b/.renku/renku.ini
index fd87be3f41ad05d2f0032eea72c9aab508f71620..34e8ce82a766d84a701d5cd2fcf3cfd68fab27df 100644
--- a/.renku/renku.ini
+++ b/.renku/renku.ini
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 default_url = /lab
 mem_request = 8G
 lfs_auto_fetch = true
+disk_request = 4G
 
 [renku]
 autocommit_lfs = false