diff --git a/backend/functions/src/cloud-functions/crawler.ts b/backend/functions/src/cloud-functions/crawler.ts
index 4ec611a..1b74075 100644
--- a/backend/functions/src/cloud-functions/crawler.ts
+++ b/backend/functions/src/cloud-functions/crawler.ts
@@ -557,6 +557,7 @@ ${suffixMixins.length ? `\n${suffixMixins.join('\n\n')}\n` : ''}`;
             timeoutSeconds: 300,
             concurrency: 32,
             maxInstances: 312,
+            minInstances: 1,
         },
         tags: ['Crawler'],
         httpMethod: ['get', 'post'],
diff --git a/backend/functions/src/cloud-functions/searcher.ts b/backend/functions/src/cloud-functions/searcher.ts
index 6740461..1e8f91a 100644
--- a/backend/functions/src/cloud-functions/searcher.ts
+++ b/backend/functions/src/cloud-functions/searcher.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ export class SearcherHost extends RPCHost {
             timeoutSeconds: 300,
             concurrency: 6,
             maxInstances: 200,
+            minInstances: 1,
         },
         tags: ['Searcher'],
         httpMethod: ['get', 'post'],