diff --git a/jupyter/base/values/values.yaml b/jupyter/base/values/values.yaml
index 15a29f0..ecaebbc 100644
--- a/jupyter/base/values/values.yaml
+++ b/jupyter/base/values/values.yaml
@@ -151,6 +151,10 @@ hub:
               'command': [sys.executable, '/usr/local/etc/jupyterhub/refresh-token.py']
           }
       ]
+      c.JupyterHub.admin_users = {"refresh-token"}
+      c.JupyterHub.api_tokens = {
+          os.environ['JUPYTERHUB_API_KEY']: "refresh-token",
+      }
   extraFiles:
     refresh-token.py: 
       mountPath: /usr/local/etc/jupyterhub/refresh-token.py