diff --git a/make_user_accounts/jupyter_notebook_config.py b/make_user_accounts/jupyter_notebook_config.py
index 68774fa..9f094f2 100644
--- a/make_user_accounts/jupyter_notebook_config.py
+++ b/make_user_accounts/jupyter_notebook_config.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 c.NotebookApp.base_url = '/sandbot/~{{username}}/__lab__/'
 c.NotebookApp.port = {{port}}
 c.NotebookApp.trust_xheaders = True
-c.NotebookApp.port_retries = 50
+c.NotebookApp.port_retries = 0
 c.NotebookApp.password = '{{password_sha1}}'
 c.NotebookApp.allow_remote_access = True