diff --git a/kubernetes.go b/kubernetes.go
index 2196194..d6e843a 100644
--- a/kubernetes.go
+++ b/kubernetes.go
@@ -147,6 +147,12 @@ func (mi *ModuleInstance) newClient(c goja.ConstructorCall) *goja.Object {
 func getClientConfig(options KubeConfig) (*rest.Config, error) {
 	kubeconfig := options.ConfigPath
 	if kubeconfig == "" {
+		// are we in-cluster?
+		config, err := rest.InClusterConfig()
+		if err == nil {
+			return config, nil
+		}
+		// we aren't in-cluster
 		home := homedir.HomeDir()
 		if home == "" {
 			return nil, errors.New("home directory not found")