diff --git a/everything-app/samba-slow-big.yaml b/everything-app/samba-slow-big.yaml
index 805c885..787f19f 100644
--- a/everything-app/samba-slow-big.yaml
+++ b/everything-app/samba-slow-big.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,16 @@ spec:
           users:
           - username: martyn
             password: "564628"
+        affinity:
+          nodeAffinity:
+            preferredDuringSchedulingIgnoredDuringExecution:
+            - weight: 1
+              preference:
+                matchExpressions:
+                - key: kubernetes.io/hostname
+                  operator: In
+                  values:
+                  - talos-llu-kx3
         persistence:
           combineShares: true
           sharesToCombine: