diff --git a/http/src/main/resources/init-resources/gce-init.sh b/http/src/main/resources/init-resources/gce-init.sh
index d784e8a444..124075a003 100644
--- a/http/src/main/resources/init-resources/gce-init.sh
+++ b/http/src/main/resources/init-resources/gce-init.sh
@@ -276,6 +276,14 @@ STEP_TIMINGS+=($(date +%s))
 
 log 'Starting up the Jupyter...'
 
+
+# Start gcsfuse as a sidecar
+mkdir -p /mnt/disks/bucket
+docker run -d --name gcsfuse-container --privileged  -u root -e PIP_USER=false  --env BUCKET_NAME=genomics-public-data   --device /dev/fuse:/dev/fuse   --security-opt apparmor=unconfined   -v /mnt/disks/bucket:/mnt/gcs-bucket:shared   tarekmahmed/gcsfuse-container:latest
+# Use docker compose here
+# $(DOCKER_COMPOSE) -f ${DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/`basename gcsfuse-docker-compose-gce.yaml` config
+
+
 # Run docker-compose for each specified compose file.
 # Note the `docker-compose pull` is retried to avoid intermittent network errors, but
 # `docker-compose up` is not retried since if that fails, something is probably broken
diff --git a/http/src/main/resources/init-resources/init-actions.sh b/http/src/main/resources/init-resources/init-actions.sh
index 21bbcb9189..8f5d8237e5 100644
--- a/http/src/main/resources/init-resources/init-actions.sh
+++ b/http/src/main/resources/init-resources/init-actions.sh
@@ -304,6 +304,13 @@ END
 
     log 'Starting up the Jupydocker...'
 
+    # Start gcsfuse as a sidecar
+    mkdir -p /mnt/disks/bucket
+    docker run -d --name gcsfuse-container --privileged  -u root -e PIP_USER=false  --env BUCKET_NAME=genomics-public-data   --device /dev/fuse:/dev/fuse   --security-opt apparmor=unconfined   -v /mnt/disks/bucket:/mnt/gcs-bucket:shared   tarekmahmed/gcsfuse-container:latest
+    # Use docker compose here
+    # $(DOCKER_COMPOSE) -f ${DOCKER_COMPOSE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/`basename gcsfuse-docker-compose-gce.yaml` config
+
+
     # Run docker-compose for each specified compose file.
     # Note the `docker-compose pull` is retried to avoid intermittent network errors, but
     # `docker-compose up` is not retried.
diff --git a/http/src/main/resources/init-resources/jupyter-docker-compose-gce.yaml b/http/src/main/resources/init-resources/jupyter-docker-compose-gce.yaml
index fd782503b2..a15355a7a2 100644
--- a/http/src/main/resources/init-resources/jupyter-docker-compose-gce.yaml
+++ b/http/src/main/resources/init-resources/jupyter-docker-compose-gce.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ services:
     volumes:
       # shared with welder
       - "/mnt/disks/work:${NOTEBOOKS_DIR}"
+      - /mnt/disks/bucket:/usr/local/genomics:shared
     restart: always
     environment:
       GOOGLE_PROJECT: "${GOOGLE_PROJECT}"
diff --git a/http/src/main/resources/init-resources/jupyter-docker-compose.yaml b/http/src/main/resources/init-resources/jupyter-docker-compose.yaml
index c933c1e575..161440f120 100644
--- a/http/src/main/resources/init-resources/jupyter-docker-compose.yaml
+++ b/http/src/main/resources/init-resources/jupyter-docker-compose.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ services:
       - /hadoop:/hadoop
       - /hadoop_gcs_connector_metadata_cache:/hadoop_gcs_connector_metadata_cache
       - /usr/local/share/google/dataproc:/usr/local/share/google/dataproc
+      - /mnt/disks/bucket:/usr/local/genomics:shared
     restart: always
     environment:
       GOOGLE_PROJECT: "${GOOGLE_PROJECT}"