diff --git a/handlers/session_setup.go b/handlers/session_setup.go
index f12d062..62289de 100644
--- a/handlers/session_setup.go
+++ b/handlers/session_setup.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ func SessionSetup(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	vars := mux.Vars(req)
 	sessionId := vars["sessionId"]
 
-	body := pwd.SessionSetupConf{PlaygroundFQDN: req.Host}
+	body := pwd.SessionSetupConf{PlaygroundFQDN: req.Host, DindVolumeSize: "5G"}
 
 	json.NewDecoder(req.Body).Decode(&body)
 
@@ -23,6 +23,17 @@ func SessionSetup(rw http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		return
 	}
 
+	playground := core.PlaygroundGet(s.PlaygroundId)
+	if playground == nil {
+		log.Printf("Playground with id %s for session %s was not found!", s.PlaygroundId, s.Id)
+		rw.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if len(playground.DindVolumeSize) > 0 {
+		body.DindVolumeSize = playground.DindVolumeSize
+	}
+
 	err = core.SessionSetup(s, body)
 	if err != nil {
 		if pwd.SessionNotEmpty(err) {
diff --git a/pwd/session.go b/pwd/session.go
index e3c1a0f..db43764 100644
--- a/pwd/session.go
+++ b/pwd/session.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ func (s *sessionBuilderWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
 type SessionSetupConf struct {
 	Instances      []SessionSetupInstanceConf `json:"instances"`
 	PlaygroundFQDN string
+	DindVolumeSize string
 }
 
 type SessionSetupInstanceConf struct {
@@ -250,6 +251,7 @@ func (p *pwd) SessionSetup(session *types.Session, sconf SessionSetupConf) error
 				PlaygroundFQDN: sconf.PlaygroundFQDN,
 				Type:           conf.Type,
 				Tls:            conf.Tls,
+				DindVolumeSize: sconf.DindVolumeSize,
 			}
 			i, err := p.InstanceNew(session, instanceConf)
 			if err != nil {