diff --git a/shiny-server/templates/hpa.yaml b/shiny-server/templates/hpa.yaml
index a91f61bd5c7faa1ca3da0eb6883ff7bc0f912431..97bee0ecd08b1ed30a1c288074af747a40617fee 100644
--- a/shiny-server/templates/hpa.yaml
+++ b/shiny-server/templates/hpa.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{- if .Values.autoscaling.enabled }}
+{{- if or (.Values.autoscaling.enabled) (lookup "autoscaling/v2" "HorizontalPodAutoscaler" .Release.Namespace (include "chart.fullname" .)) }}
 apiVersion: autoscaling/v2
 kind: HorizontalPodAutoscaler
 metadata:
@@ -10,8 +10,13 @@ spec:
     apiVersion: apps/v1
     kind: Deployment
     name: {{ include "chart.fullname" . }}
+  {{ if $.Values.autoscaling.enabled }}
   minReplicas: {{ .Values.autoscaling.minReplicas }}
   maxReplicas: {{ .Values.autoscaling.maxReplicas }}
+  {{ else }}
+  minReplicas: 1
+  maxReplicas: 1
+  {{ end }}
   metrics:
     {{- if .Values.autoscaling.targetCPUUtilizationPercentage }}
     - type: Resource