diff --git a/examples/simple/PodList.cs b/examples/simple/PodList.cs
index f832b58..557c0b7 100755
--- a/examples/simple/PodList.cs
+++ b/examples/simple/PodList.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ namespace simple
     {
         private static void Main(string[] args)
         {
-            var config = KubernetesClientConfiguration.BuildConfigFromConfigFile();
+            var config = KubernetesClientConfiguration.BuildDefaultConfig();
             IKubernetes client = new Kubernetes(config);
             Console.WriteLine("Starting Request!");
 
diff --git a/src/KubernetesClient/KubernetesClientConfiguration.ConfigFile.cs b/src/KubernetesClient/KubernetesClientConfiguration.ConfigFile.cs
index 3d56bfc..41fc365 100644
--- a/src/KubernetesClient/KubernetesClientConfiguration.ConfigFile.cs
+++ b/src/KubernetesClient/KubernetesClientConfiguration.ConfigFile.cs
@@ -24,6 +24,26 @@ namespace k8s
         /// </summary>
         public string CurrentContext { get; private set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="KubernetesClientConfiguration" /> from config file
+        /// </summary>
+        public static KubernetesClientConfiguration BuildDefaultConfig() {
+            var kubeconfig = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("KUBECONFIG");
+            if (kubeconfig != null) {
+                return BuildConfigFromConfigFile(kubeconfigPath: kubeconfig);
+            }
+            if (File.Exists(KubeConfigDefaultLocation)) {
+                return BuildConfigFromConfigFile(kubeconfigPath: KubeConfigDefaultLocation);
+            }
+            if (IsInCluster()) {
+                return InClusterConfig();
+            }
+            var config = new KubernetesClientConfiguration();
+            config.Host = "http://localhost:8080";
+            return config;
+        }
+
+
         /// <summary>
         ///     Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="KubernetesClientConfiguration" /> from config file
         /// </summary>
diff --git a/src/KubernetesClient/KubernetesClientConfiguration.InCluster.cs b/src/KubernetesClient/KubernetesClientConfiguration.InCluster.cs
index d658763..86c576e 100644
--- a/src/KubernetesClient/KubernetesClientConfiguration.InCluster.cs
+++ b/src/KubernetesClient/KubernetesClientConfiguration.InCluster.cs
@@ -6,23 +6,38 @@ namespace k8s
 {
     public partial class KubernetesClientConfiguration
     {
-        private const string ServiceaccountPath = "/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/";
+        private const string ServiceAccountPath = "/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/";
         private const string ServiceAccountTokenKeyFileName = "token";
         private const string ServiceAccountRootCAKeyFileName = "ca.crt";
 
-        public static KubernetesClientConfiguration InClusterConfig()
+        public static Boolean IsInCluster()
         {
             var host = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST");
             var port = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("KUBERNETES_SERVICE_PORT");
-
             if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(host) || string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(port))
             {
+                return false;
+            }
+            var tokenPath = Path.Combine(ServiceAccountPath, ServiceAccountTokenKeyFileName);
+            if (!File.Exists(tokenPath))
+            {
+                return false;
+            }
+            var certPath = Path.Combine(ServiceAccountPath, ServiceAccountRootCAKeyFileName);
+            return File.Exists(certPath);
+        }
+
+        public static KubernetesClientConfiguration InClusterConfig()
+        {
+            if (!IsInCluster()) {            
                 throw new KubeConfigException(
                     "unable to load in-cluster configuration, KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST and KUBERNETES_SERVICE_PORT must be defined");
             }
 
-            var token = File.ReadAllText(Path.Combine(ServiceaccountPath, ServiceAccountTokenKeyFileName));
-            var rootCAFile = Path.Combine(ServiceaccountPath, ServiceAccountRootCAKeyFileName);
+            var token = File.ReadAllText(Path.Combine(ServiceAccountPath, ServiceAccountTokenKeyFileName));
+            var rootCAFile = Path.Combine(ServiceAccountPath, ServiceAccountRootCAKeyFileName);
+            var host = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("KUBERNETES_SERVICE_HOST");
+            var port = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("KUBERNETES_SERVICE_PORT");
 
             return new KubernetesClientConfiguration
             {