diff --git a/.controlplane/templates/rails.yml b/.controlplane/templates/rails.yml
index dce1544..1c2e38b 100644
--- a/.controlplane/templates/rails.yml
+++ b/.controlplane/templates/rails.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ spec:
   defaultOptions:
     # Start out like this for "test apps"
     autoscaling:
+      minScale: 1
       # Max of 1 effectively disables autoscaling, so like a Heroku dyno count of 1
       maxScale: 1
     capacityAI: false