diff --git a/kubespawner/objects.py b/kubespawner/objects.py
index 0d35428..0564574 100644
--- a/kubespawner/objects.py
+++ b/kubespawner/objects.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ def make_pod_spec(
     image_spec,
     image_pull_policy,
     image_pull_secret,
+    port,
+    cmd,
     run_as_uid,
     fs_gid,
     env,
@@ -34,6 +36,10 @@ def make_pod_spec(
       - image_pull_secret:
         Image pull secret - Default is None -- set to your secret name to pull
         from private docker registry.
+      - port:
+        Port the notebook server is going to be listening on
+      - cmd:
+        The command used to execute the singleuser server.
       - run_as_uid:
         The UID used to run single-user pods. The default is to run as the user
         specified in the Dockerfile, if this is set to None.
@@ -87,9 +93,10 @@ def make_pod_spec(
                 {
                     'name': 'notebook',
                     'image': image_spec,
+                    'command': cmd,
                     'imagePullPolicy': image_pull_policy,
                     'ports': [{
-                        'containerPort': 8888,
+                        'containerPort': port,
                     }],
                     'resources': {
                         'requests': {
diff --git a/kubespawner/spawner.py b/kubespawner/spawner.py
index a4e1919..d36f635 100644
--- a/kubespawner/spawner.py
+++ b/kubespawner/spawner.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import string
 from urllib.parse import urlparse, urlunparse
 
 from tornado import gen
-from tornado.curl_httpclient import CurlAsyncHTTPClient
+from tornado.httpclient import AsyncHTTPClient
 from tornado.httpclient import HTTPError
 from traitlets import Unicode, List, Integer, Union
 from jupyterhub.spawner import Spawner
@@ -28,8 +28,13 @@ class KubeSpawner(Spawner):
         super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         # By now, all the traitlets have been set, so we can use them to compute
         # other attributes
-        # FIXME: Make this param tuneable?
-        self.httpclient = CurlAsyncHTTPClient(max_clients=64)
+        # Use curl HTTPClient if available, else fall back to Simple one 
+        try:
+            from tornado.curl_httpclient import CurlAsyncHTTPClient
+            self.httpclient = CurlAsyncHTTPClient(max_clients=64)
+        except ImportError:
+            from tornado.simple_httpclient import SimpleAsyncHTTPClient
+            self.httpclient = SimpleAsyncHTTPClient(max_clients=64)
         # FIXME: Support more than just kubeconfig
         self.request = request_maker()
         self.pod_name = self._expand_user_properties(self.pod_name_template)
@@ -44,6 +49,10 @@ class KubeSpawner(Spawner):
         else:
             self.accessible_hub_api_url = self.hub.api_url
 
+        if self.port == 0:
+            # Our default port is 8888
+            self.port = 8888
+
     namespace = Unicode(
         config=True,
         help="""
@@ -67,6 +76,15 @@ class KubeSpawner(Spawner):
                 return f.read().strip()
         return 'default'
 
+    ip = Unicode('0.0.0.0',
+        help="""
+        The IP address (or hostname) the single-user server should listen on.
+
+        We override this from the parent so we can set a more sane default for
+        the Kubernetes setup.
+        """
+    ).tag(config=True)
+
     pod_name_template = Unicode(
         'jupyter-{username}-{userid}',
         config=True,
@@ -428,6 +446,8 @@ class KubeSpawner(Spawner):
             self.singleuser_image_spec,
             self.singleuser_image_pull_policy,
             self.singleuser_image_pull_secrets,
+            self.port,
+            self.cmd + self.get_args(),
             singleuser_uid,
             singleuser_fs_gid,
             self.get_env(),
@@ -576,9 +596,11 @@ class KubeSpawner(Spawner):
             except HTTPError as e:
                 if e.code != 409:
                     # We only want to handle 409 conflict errors
+                    self.log.exception("Failed for %s", json.dumps(pod_manifest))
                     raise
                 self.log.info('Found existing pod %s, attempting to kill', self.pod_name)
                 yield self.stop(True)
+
                 self.log.info('Killed pod %s, will try starting singleuser pod again', self.pod_name)
         else:
             raise Exception(
@@ -589,7 +611,7 @@ class KubeSpawner(Spawner):
             if data is not None and self.is_pod_running(data):
                 break
             yield gen.sleep(1)
-        return (data['status']['podIP'], 8888)
+        return (data['status']['podIP'], self.port)
 
     @gen.coroutine
     def stop(self, now=False):
@@ -621,13 +643,19 @@ class KubeSpawner(Spawner):
     def _env_keep_default(self):
         return []
 
-    def get_env(self):
-        env = super(KubeSpawner, self).get_env()
-        env.update({
-            'JPY_USER': self.user.name,
-            'JPY_COOKIE_NAME': self.user.server.cookie_name,
-            'JPY_BASE_URL': self.user.server.base_url,
-            'JPY_HUB_PREFIX': self.hub.server.base_url,
-            'JPY_HUB_API_URL': self.accessible_hub_api_url
-        })
-        return env
+    def get_args(self):
+        args = super(KubeSpawner, self).get_args()
+
+        # HACK: we wanna replace --hub-api-url=self.hub.api_url with
+        # self.accessible_hub_api_url. This is required in situations where
+        # the IP the hub is listening on (such as 0.0.0.0) is not the IP where
+        # it can be reached by the pods (such as the service IP used for the hub!)
+        # FIXME: Make this better?
+        print(args)
+        to_replace = '--hub-api-url="%s"' % (self.hub.api_url)
+        print(to_replace)
+        for i in range(len(args)):
+            if args[i] == to_replace:
+                args[i] = '--hub-api-url="%s"' % (self.accessible_hub_api_url)
+                break
+        return args

diff --git a/tests/test_objects.py b/tests/test_objects.py
index 4b09347..d8028a5 100644
--- a/tests/test_objects.py
+++ b/tests/test_objects.py
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ def test_make_simplest_pod():
         env={},
         volumes=[],
         volume_mounts=[],
+        cmd=['jupyterhub-singleuser'],
+        port=8888,
         cpu_limit=None,
         cpu_guarantee=None,
         mem_limit=None,
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ def test_make_simplest_pod():
                     "name": "notebook",
                     "image": "jupyter/singleuser:latest",
                     "imagePullPolicy": "IfNotPresent",
+                    "command": ["jupyterhub-singleuser"],
                     "ports": [{
                         "containerPort": 8888
                     }],
@@ -68,6 +71,8 @@ def test_make_pod_with_image_pull_secrets():
         env={},
         volumes=[],
         volume_mounts=[],
+        cmd=['jupyterhub-singleuser'],
+        port=8888,
         cpu_limit=None,
         cpu_guarantee=None,
         mem_limit=None,
@@ -91,6 +96,7 @@ def test_make_pod_with_image_pull_secrets():
                     "name": "notebook",
                     "image": "jupyter/singleuser:latest",
                     "imagePullPolicy": "IfNotPresent",
+                    "command": ["jupyterhub-singleuser"],
                     "ports": [{
                         "containerPort": 8888
                     }],
@@ -124,6 +130,8 @@ def test_set_pod_uid_fs_gid():
         env={},
         volumes=[],
         volume_mounts=[],
+        cmd=['jupyterhub-singleuser'],
+        port=8888,
         cpu_limit=None,
         cpu_guarantee=None,
         mem_limit=None,
@@ -148,6 +156,7 @@ def test_set_pod_uid_fs_gid():
                     "name": "notebook",
                     "image": "jupyter/singleuser:latest",
                     "imagePullPolicy": "IfNotPresent",
+                    "command": ["jupyterhub-singleuser"],
                     "ports": [{
                         "containerPort": 8888
                     }],
@@ -183,6 +192,8 @@ def test_make_pod_resources_all():
         volume_mounts=[],
         cpu_limit=2,
         cpu_guarantee=1,
+        cmd=['jupyterhub-singleuser'],
+        port=8888,
         mem_limit='1Gi',
         mem_guarantee='512Mi',
         image_pull_policy='IfNotPresent',
@@ -202,6 +213,7 @@ def test_make_pod_resources_all():
                     "name": "notebook",
                     "image": "jupyter/singleuser:latest",
                     "imagePullPolicy": "IfNotPresent",
+                    "command": ["jupyterhub-singleuser"],
                     "ports": [{
                         "containerPort": 8888
                     }],
@@ -237,6 +249,8 @@ def test_make_pod_with_env():
         },
         volumes=[],
         volume_mounts=[],
+        cmd=['jupyterhub-singleuser'],
+        port=8888,
         cpu_limit=None,
         cpu_guarantee=None,
         mem_limit=None,
@@ -258,6 +272,7 @@ def test_make_pod_with_env():
                     "name": "notebook",
                     "image": "jupyter/singleuser:latest",
                     "imagePullPolicy": "IfNotPresent",
+                    "command": ["jupyterhub-singleuser"],
                     "ports": [{
                         "containerPort": 8888
                     }],

Specify container command
Is it possible to specify the container command via config? To use the docker stacks, command must be set to `/usr/local/bin/singleuser.sh`, but I can't see how to do it here. In DockerSpawner, it's passed to `docker.create`
tests/test_objects.py::test_make_simplest_pod tests/test_objects.py::test_make_pod_with_image_pull_secrets tests/test_objects.py::test_set_pod_uid_fs_gid tests/test_objects.py::test_make_pod_resources_all tests/test_objects.py::test_make_pod_with_env
tests/test_objects.py::test_make_pvc_simple tests/test_objects.py::test_make_resources_all