diff --git a/src/KubernetesClient/Kubernetes.ConfigInit.cs b/src/KubernetesClient/Kubernetes.ConfigInit.cs
index d991ca8..ab30ccf 100644
--- a/src/KubernetesClient/Kubernetes.ConfigInit.cs
+++ b/src/KubernetesClient/Kubernetes.ConfigInit.cs
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ namespace k8s
                 };
             }
             // othwerwise set handler for clinet cert based auth
-            else if ((!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(config.ClientCertificateData) ||
+            if ((!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(config.ClientCertificateData) ||
                       !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(config.ClientCertificateFilePath)) &&
                      (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(config.ClientCertificateKeyData) ||
                       !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(config.ClientKeyFilePath)))