diff --git a/polaris/machines/chicoma-cpu.cfg b/polaris/machines/chicoma-cpu.cfg
index f22c52d2e..8fe0455d8 100644
--- a/polaris/machines/chicoma-cpu.cfg
+++ b/polaris/machines/chicoma-cpu.cfg
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ cores_per_node = 128
 # hanging on perlmutter)
 threads_per_core = 1
 
+# quality of service
+# overriding mache because the debug qos also requires --reservaiton debug,
+# which polaris doesn't currently support
+qos = standard
+
 
 # Config options related to creating a job script
 [job]