diff --git a/k8s/zuul.yaml b/k8s/zuul.yaml
index b16739b..6153cbc 100644
--- a/k8s/zuul.yaml
+++ b/k8s/zuul.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,12 @@
 ---
+apiVersion: cloud.google.com/v1beta1
+kind: BackendConfig
+metadata:
+  namespace: zuul
+  name: zuul-web-backendconfig
+spec:
+  timeoutSec: 3600
+---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service
 metadata:
@@ -56,6 +64,8 @@
     app.kubernetes.io/instance: zuul
     app.kubernetes.io/part-of: zuul
     app.kubernetes.io/component: zuul-web
+  annotations:
+    beta.cloud.google.com/backend-config: '{"ports": {"9000":"zuul-web-backendconfig"}}'
 spec:
   type: NodePort
   ports:
diff --git a/playbooks/deploy.yaml b/playbooks/deploy.yaml
index 3253f7b..cfc2342 100644
--- a/playbooks/deploy.yaml
+++ b/playbooks/deploy.yaml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
               app.kubernetes.io/instance: zuul
               app.kubernetes.io/part-of: zuul
           stringData:
-            main.yaml: "{{ lookup('template', root + '/zuul/zuul.conf') }}"
+            zuul.conf: "{{ lookup('template', root + '/zuul/zuul.conf') }}"
       register: zuul_config
       # Set no_log because we are templating passwords into the config
       no_log: true