diff --git a/helm-charts/basehub/values.yaml b/helm-charts/basehub/values.yaml
index 1fe17bd89e..77986bbea2 100644
--- a/helm-charts/basehub/values.yaml
+++ b/helm-charts/basehub/values.yaml
@@ -743,6 +743,12 @@ jupyterhub:
           BaseFileIdManager: *server_config_base_file_id_manager
     startTimeout: 600 # 10 mins, node startup + image pulling sometimes takes more than the default 5min
     defaultUrl: /tree
+    # Putting the .jupyter config dir in a tmp location, rather than the home dir will
+    # permit the user server to start even if the user hits its home storage quota.
+    # Same goes for the npm logs stored in ~/.npm
+    extraEnv:
+      JUPYTER_CONFIG_DIR: /tmp/.jupyter
+      NPM_CONFIG_CACHE: /tmp/.npm
     image:
       name: quay.io/jupyter/scipy-notebook
       tag: "2024-03-18"