diff --git a/k8s/apps/llm-serving/clef-serve.yaml b/k8s/apps/llm-serving/clef-serve.yaml
index a8b820f..bd37506 100644
--- a/k8s/apps/llm-serving/clef-serve.yaml
+++ b/k8s/apps/llm-serving/clef-serve.yaml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ spec:
   # Cold start is about four minutes: the pod pip-installs on every boot because the
   # torch base image cannot be pushed to the registry (Cloudflare answers 413 above
   # 100 MB per layer). startupProbe allows for that.
-  replicas: 1
+  replicas: 0
   # Recreate, not RollingUpdate. Every GPU card is allocated, so a rolling update leaves
   # the new pod Pending forever waiting for a card the old pod still holds.
   strategy: