diff --git a/src/kube_cache.rs b/src/kube_cache.rs
index c8be2e5..ea76a90 100644
--- a/src/kube_cache.rs
+++ b/src/kube_cache.rs
@@ -29,9 +29,8 @@ pub struct KubeCache {
 impl KubeCache {
     /// This initializes the creation of a "kubernetes client"
     /// and if it is not possible returns a None.
-    pub fn create() -> Option<KubeCache> {
-        let kubeconfig = kube::config::Kubeconfig::read().unwrap();
-        let client = Client::try_from(kubeconfig).unwrap();
+    pub async fn create() -> Option<KubeCache> {
+        let client = Client::try_default().await.unwrap();
 
         let deployments: Api<Deployment> = Api::default_namespaced(client.clone());
         let services: Api<Service> = Api::default_namespaced(client);
@@ -209,9 +208,9 @@ impl MinecraftAPI<Server> for McApi {
 }
 
 impl McApi {
-    pub fn create() -> Option<Self> {
+    pub async fn create() -> Option<Self> {
         Some(Self {
-            cache: KubeCache::create()?,
+            cache: KubeCache::create().await?,
             map: Arc::new(tokio::sync::Mutex::new(HashMap::new())),
         })
     }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 80c5a3c..044cbc9 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ async fn main() {
     let revision: &'static str = env!("COMMIT_HASH");
     tracing::info!(revision);
 
-    let api = kube_cache::McApi::create().unwrap();
+    let api = kube_cache::McApi::create().await.unwrap();
     tracing::info!("initialized kube api");
 
     let config: Config = Default::default();