diff --git a/clusters/k3s-dgx/nim-service/qwen.yaml b/clusters/k3s-dgx/nim-service/qwen.yaml
index bf29956..db99b4b 100644
--- a/clusters/k3s-dgx/nim-service/qwen.yaml
+++ b/clusters/k3s-dgx/nim-service/qwen.yaml
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ metadata:
   namespace: nim-service
 spec:
   env:
+    - name: NIM_DISABLE_MODEL_DOWNLOAD
+      value: "1"
+    - name: HF_HUB_OFFLINE
+      value: "1"
     - name: NIM_BACKEND
       value: vllm
     - name: NIM_PASSTHROUGH_ARGS