diff --git a/src/glicid_spawner/spawner.py b/src/glicid_spawner/spawner.py
index d6aea5f..2231a1a 100644
--- a/src/glicid_spawner/spawner.py
+++ b/src/glicid_spawner/spawner.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import asyncio
 import re
 
 from batchspawner import JobStatus, SlurmSpawner
-from traitlets import Integer, Unicode, default
+from traitlets import Bool, Integer, Unicode, default
 
 from .form import options_form, options_from_form
 from .progress import ElapseTime, get_progress
@@ -13,6 +13,21 @@ from .progress import ElapseTime, get_progress
 class GlicidSpawner(SlurmSpawner):
     """Glicid SLURM Spawner."""
 
+    disable_user_config = Bool(
+        True,
+        help='Disable per-user configuration of single-user servers.',
+    ).tag(config=True)
+
+    notebook_dir = Unicode(
+        '/',
+        help='Path to the notebook directory for the single-user server.',
+    ).tag(config=True)
+
+    @default('default_url')
+    def _default_url_default(self) -> str:
+        """The URL the single-user server should start in."""
+        return '/tree' + self.user_options.get('workdir', '/home/{username}')
+
     batchspawner_singleuser_cmd = Unicode(
         'glicid-spawner-singleuser',
         help='Spawner singleuser command.',
diff --git a/tests/test_spawner.py b/tests/test_spawner.py
index ba0ceaf..ea4fb87 100644
--- a/tests/test_spawner.py
+++ b/tests/test_spawner.py
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ def test_spawner_config():
 
     assert spawner.batchspawner_singleuser_cmd == 'glicid-spawner-singleuser'
 
+    assert spawner.disable_user_config
+    assert spawner.notebook_dir == '/'
+    assert spawner.default_url == '/tree/home/{username}'
     assert spawner.req_job_name == 'jupyterhub_glicid'
     assert spawner.req_qos == 'short'
     assert spawner.progress_rate == 10
@@ -53,6 +56,10 @@ def test_spawner_options_form(monkeypatch):
     assert spawner.options_form == "options_form('john-doe')"
     assert spawner.options_from_form({'foo': 123}) == "options_from_form({'foo': 123})"
 
+    spawner = GlicidSpawner(user_options={'workdir': '/LAB-DATA'})
+
+    assert spawner.default_url == '/tree/LAB-DATA'
+
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_spawner_progress(monkeypatch):