diff --git a/examples/service-notebook/external/shared-notebook-service b/examples/service-notebook/external/shared-notebook-service
index 7c2db5b0..20206e92 100755
--- a/examples/service-notebook/external/shared-notebook-service
+++ b/examples/service-notebook/external/shared-notebook-service
@@ -2,11 +2,8 @@
 set -e
 
 export JUPYTERHUB_API_TOKEN=super-secret
+export JUPYTERHUB_SERVICE_URL=http://127.0.0.1:9999
+export JUPYTERHUB_SERVICE_NAME=shared-notebook
 
 jupyterhub-singleuser \
-    --cookie-name=jupyterhub-services \
-    --port=9999 \
-    --group='shared' \
-    --base-url=/services/shared-notebook \
-    --hub-prefix=/hub/ \
-    --hub-api-url=http://127.0.0.1:8081/hub/api/
+    --group='shared'
diff --git a/examples/service-notebook/managed/jupyterhub_config.py b/examples/service-notebook/managed/jupyterhub_config.py
index 00d05114..5736d779 100644
--- a/examples/service-notebook/managed/jupyterhub_config.py
+++ b/examples/service-notebook/managed/jupyterhub_config.py
@@ -14,11 +14,9 @@ c.JupyterHub.load_groups = {
     ]
 }
 
-hub_ip = '127.0.0.1'
-hub_api_port = 8081
 service_name = 'shared-notebook'
-group_name = 'shared'
 service_port = 9999
+group_name = 'shared'
 
 # start the notebook server as a service
 c.JupyterHub.services = [
@@ -27,12 +25,8 @@ c.JupyterHub.services = [
         'url': 'http://127.0.0.1:{}'.format(service_port),
         'command': [
             'jupyterhub-singleuser',
-            '--cookie-name=jupyterhub-services',
-            '--port={}'.format(service_port),
-            '--group={}'.format(group_name),
-            '--base-url=/services/{}'.format(service_name),
-            '--hub-prefix=/hub/',
-            '--hub-api-url=http://{}:{}/hub/api'.format(hub_ip, hub_api_port),
-        ]
+            '--group=shared',
+            '--debug',
+        ],
     }
 ]
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