// use specified kubeconfig file for the location of the
		// config to read
		configAccess.GlobalFile = kubeconfig
	}

	// gets existing kubeconfig or returns new empty config
	config, err := configAccess.GetStartingConfig()
	if err != nil {
		r.defaultNamespace = v1.NamespaceDefault
		return
	}

	// If a specific context was specified, use that. Otherwise, just use the current context from the kube config.