diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 0243888..98f1b96 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ k8s_taint_servers: false
 # apply label role=agent to agent nodes
 k8s_label_agents: false
 
+# fetch kubeconfig from the bootstrap node
+k8s_get_kubeconfig: true
+
 # shared k8s api port
 k8s_api_port: 6443
 
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 5876393..4c3ed4b 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -110,9 +110,10 @@
     ansible.builtin.include_tasks: "shared/kubeconf.yml"
     when:
       - k8s_node_type == "bootstrap"
+      - k8s_get_kubeconf
     tags:
       - k8s-get-kubeconf
-
+  
   - name: include secret block
     ansible.builtin.include_tasks: "shared/secrets.yml"
     when:
diff --git a/tasks/shared/charts.yml b/tasks/shared/charts.yml
index df7f601..b839d05 100644
--- a/tasks/shared/charts.yml
+++ b/tasks/shared/charts.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
   - name: install helm
     ansible.builtin.shell: "{{ k8s_helm_install_script }}"
 
-  - name: Add chart repos
+  - name: add chart repos
     kubernetes.core.helm_repository:
       name: "{{ item.repo_name }}"
       repo_url: "{{ item.repo_url }}"
diff --git a/tasks/shared/kubeconf.yml b/tasks/shared/kubeconf.yml
index 93ba735..f0ae6f9 100644
--- a/tasks/shared/kubeconf.yml
+++ b/tasks/shared/kubeconf.yml
@@ -9,15 +9,15 @@
   - name: fetch kubeconfig
     ansible.builtin.fetch:
       src: "{{ k8s_config_path }}/{{ k8s_type }}.yaml"
-      dest: "~/.kube/config-{{ k8s_cluster_name }}.yaml"
+      dest: "$HOME/.kube/config-{{ k8s_cluster_name }}.yaml"
       flat: yes
 
-  - name: Update k8s Local Config
+  - name: update local kubeconfig
     delegate_to: localhost
     connection: local
     become: false
     ansible.builtin.shell: |
-      yq e '.clusters[].name = "{{ k8s_cluster_name }}"' -i ~/.kube/config-{{ k8s_cluster_name }}.yaml
-      yq e '.contexts[].name = "{{ k8s_cluster_context | d(k8s_cluster_name) }}"' -i ~/.kube/config-{{ k8s_cluster_name }}.yaml
-      yq e '(.clusters[] | select(.name == "{{ k8s_cluster_name }}")).cluster.server = "https://{{ k8s_cluster_url }}:{{ k8s_api_port }}"' -i ~/.kube/config-{{ k8s_cluster_name }}.yaml
-      yq e '(.contexts[] | select(.name == "{{ k8s_cluster_name }}")).context.cluster = "{{ k8s_cluster_name }}"' -i ~/.kube/config-{{ k8s_cluster_name }}.yaml
+      yq e '.clusters[].name = "{{ k8s_cluster_name }}"' -i $HOME/.kube/config-{{ k8s_cluster_name }}.yaml
+      yq e '.contexts[].name = "{{ k8s_cluster_context | d(k8s_cluster_name) }}"' -i $HOME/.kube/config-{{ k8s_cluster_name }}.yaml
+      yq e '(.clusters[] | select(.name == "{{ k8s_cluster_name }}")).cluster.server = "https://{{ k8s_cluster_url }}:{{ k8s_api_port }}"' -i $HOME/.kube/config-{{ k8s_cluster_name }}.yaml
+      yq e '(.contexts[] | select(.name == "{{ k8s_cluster_name }}")).context.cluster = "{{ k8s_cluster_name }}"' -i $HOME/.kube/config-{{ k8s_cluster_name }}.yaml