diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c91f765e..df4a480d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ all: bin
 
 .PHONY: bin
 bin:
-	CGO_ENABLED=0 go build ${BUILD_FLAGS} -o kompose main.go
+	CGO_ENABLED=0 GO111MODULE=off go build ${BUILD_FLAGS} -o kompose main.go
 
 .PHONY: install
 install:
diff --git a/cmd/down.go b/cmd/down.go
index 44a09742..3fe216a0 100644
--- a/cmd/down.go
+++ b/cmd/down.go
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ var (
 	DownNamespace  string
 	DownController string
 	DownOpt        kobject.ConvertOptions
+
+	// DownServer allow use to choose different kubernetes server url
+	DownServer string
 )
 
 var downCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -44,6 +47,7 @@ var downCmd = &cobra.Command{
 			Namespace:       DownNamespace,
 			Controller:      strings.ToLower(DownController),
 			IsNamespaceFlag: cmd.Flags().Lookup("namespace").Changed,
+			Server:          DownServer,
 		}
 
 		// Validate before doing anything else.
@@ -57,5 +61,6 @@ var downCmd = &cobra.Command{
 func init() {
 	downCmd.Flags().StringVar(&DownNamespace, "namespace", "default", " Specify Namespace to deploy your application")
 	downCmd.Flags().StringVar(&DownController, "controller", "", `Set the output controller ("deployment"|"daemonSet"|"replicationController")`)
+	downCmd.Flags().StringVar(&DownServer, "server", "https://127.0.0.1:6443", "kubernetes apiserver url")
 	RootCmd.AddCommand(downCmd)
 }
diff --git a/cmd/up.go b/cmd/up.go
index b65efcaa..e83be4af 100644
--- a/cmd/up.go
+++ b/cmd/up.go
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func init() {
 	upCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&UpPushImage, "push-image", true, "If we should push the docker image we built")
 	upCmd.Flags().BoolVar(&StoreManifest, "store-manifest", false, "Store the generated manifest (default false)")
 	upCmd.Flags().StringVar(&UpController, "controller", "", `Set the output controller ("deployment"|"daemonSet"|"replicationController")`)
-	upCmd.Flags().StringVar(&UpServer, "server", "", "kubernetes apiserver url (default https://127.0.0.1:6443)")
+	upCmd.Flags().StringVar(&UpServer, "server", "https://127.0.0.1:6443", "kubernetes apiserver url")
 	upCmd.Flags().MarkHidden("insecure-repository")
 	upCmd.Flags().MarkHidden("build-repo")
 	upCmd.Flags().MarkHidden("build-branch")
diff --git a/docs/user-guide.md b/docs/user-guide.md
index 6cf83ee9..7038b4c0 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide.md
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ INFO Successfully deleted deployment: frontend
 ```
 Note:
 - You must have a running Kubernetes cluster with a pre-configured kubectl context.
+- If you kubernetes api server url is different than https://127.0.0.1:6443, you can use the --server flag to customize it.
 
 ## Build and Push Docker Images