diff --git a/molecule/autodeploy/converge.yml b/molecule/autodeploy/converge.yml
index 97eb7e9..69df63b 100644
--- a/molecule/autodeploy/converge.yml
+++ b/molecule/autodeploy/converge.yml
@@ -18,5 +18,7 @@
     k3s_server_manifests_urls:
       - url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/metallb/metallb/v0.9.6/manifests/namespace.yaml
         filename: 05-metallb-namespace.yml
+    k3s_service_env_vars:
+      GOGC: 10
   roles:
     - role: "{{ lookup('env', 'MOLECULE_PROJECT_DIRECTORY') | basename }}"
diff --git a/molecule/highavailabilitydb/converge.yml b/molecule/highavailabilitydb/converge.yml
index 300e903..c61eae5 100644
--- a/molecule/highavailabilitydb/converge.yml
+++ b/molecule/highavailabilitydb/converge.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
       datastore-endpoint: "postgres://postgres:verybadpass@database:5432/postgres?sslmode=disable"
     k3s_agent:
       snapshotter: native
+    k3s_service_env_file: /tmp/k3s.env
   pre_tasks:
     - name: Set each node to be a control node
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
diff --git a/molecule/highavailabilitydb/prepare.yml b/molecule/highavailabilitydb/prepare.yml
index dade9da..96745a1 100644
--- a/molecule/highavailabilitydb/prepare.yml
+++ b/molecule/highavailabilitydb/prepare.yml
@@ -37,3 +37,9 @@
       ansible.builtin.apt:
         update_cache: true
       when: ansible_pkg_mgr == 'apt'
+
+    - name: Ensure environment file exists for k3s_service_env_file
+      ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+        path: /tmp/k3s.env
+        line: "THISHOST={{ ansible_hostname }}"
+        mode: 0644