diff --git a/cmd/cnivpctl/common.go b/cmd/cnivpctl/common.go
index a0b6666..7ad682f 100644
--- a/cmd/cnivpctl/common.go
+++ b/cmd/cnivpctl/common.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"path"
 	"strconv"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
@@ -34,17 +33,22 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ucloud/uk8s-cni-vpc/rpc"
 )
 
+var preferredConfigPaths = []string{
+	"$HOME/.kube/config",
+	"/etc/kubernetes/cnivpc.kubeconfig",
+	"/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.kubeconfig",
+}
+
 func kubeConfig() (*rest.Config, error) {
 	configPath := os.Getenv("KUBECONFIG")
 	if configPath == "" {
-		homeDir, err := os.UserHomeDir()
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("Get home dir error: %v", err)
-		}
-		configPath = path.Join(homeDir, ".kube", "config")
-		_, err = os.Stat(configPath)
-		if err != nil {
-			configPath = "/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.kubeconfig"
+		for _, path := range preferredConfigPaths {
+			path = os.ExpandEnv(path)
+			_, err := os.Stat(path)
+			if err == nil {
+				configPath = path
+				break
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/ipamd/svc.go b/pkg/ipamd/svc.go
index 1b81d0c..a4ad967 100644
--- a/pkg/ipamd/svc.go
+++ b/pkg/ipamd/svc.go
@@ -78,10 +78,15 @@ type ipamServer struct {
 }
 
 func Start() error {
-	kubeClient, err := kubeclient.GetNodeClient()
+	kubeConfig, err := kubeclient.GetConfig()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	kubeClient, err := kubernetes.NewForConfig(kubeConfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
 	crdClient, err := kubeclient.GetCRD()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/pkg/kubeclient/client.go b/pkg/kubeclient/client.go
index ced46d4..a53519f 100644
--- a/pkg/kubeclient/client.go
+++ b/pkg/kubeclient/client.go
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
 package kubeclient
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
+	"os"
 	"sync"
 
 	"k8s.io/client-go/kubernetes"
@@ -81,12 +83,27 @@ func GetCRD() (*crdclientset.Clientset, error) {
 	return crd, err
 }
 
-const nodeKubeConfigPath = "/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.kubeconfig"
+var nodeKubeConfigPaths = []string{
+	"/etc/kubernetes/cnivpc.kubeconfig",
+	"/etc/kubernetes/kubelet.kubeconfig",
+}
 
 func GetNodeClient() (*kubernetes.Clientset, error) {
-	cfg, err := clientcmd.BuildConfigFromFlags("", nodeKubeConfigPath)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read kube config: %v", err)
+	for _, path := range nodeKubeConfigPaths {
+		_, err := os.Stat(path)
+		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			continue
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+
+		cfg, err := clientcmd.BuildConfigFromFlags("", path)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to read kube config: %v", err)
+		}
+		return kubernetes.NewForConfig(cfg)
 	}
-	return kubernetes.NewForConfig(cfg)
+
+	return nil, errors.New("no available kubeconfig in node")
 }