diff --git a/app/clients/gcloud_client.py b/app/clients/gcloud_client.py
index 9b88062..dbd64b0 100644
--- a/app/clients/gcloud_client.py
+++ b/app/clients/gcloud_client.py
@@ -91,7 +91,9 @@ def create_runner_instance(self, registration_token, repo_url, template_name):
         )
         metadata = compute_v1.Metadata()
         metadata.items = [
-            compute_v1.Items(key="startup-script", value=startup_script)
+            compute_v1.Items(key="startup-script", value=startup_script),
+            compute_v1.Items(key="vmDnsSetting", value="ZonalOnly"),
+            compute_v1.Items(key="block-project-ssh-keys", value="true"),
         ]
         instance_resource.metadata = metadata