diff --git a/cmd/cmd.go b/cmd/cmd.go
index 7a6e6f0c..7eb417b1 100644
--- a/cmd/cmd.go
+++ b/cmd/cmd.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
+	"os"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -45,6 +46,22 @@ Dynamic Env Var Variables:
 }
 
 func preRun(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+	kubeconfig, err := cmd.Flags().GetString("kubeconfig")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	if kubeconfig == "$HOME" || strings.HasPrefix(kubeconfig, "$HOME"+string(os.PathSeparator)) {
+		home, err := os.UserHomeDir()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		kubeconfig = home + kubeconfig[5:]
+		err = cmd.Flags().Set("kubeconfig", kubeconfig)
+		if err != nil {
+			panic(err)
+		}
+	}
+
 	grammarFlag, err := cmd.Flags().GetString("grammar")
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
diff --git a/internal/config/flags/kubernetes.go b/internal/config/flags/kubernetes.go
index eb5e804f..434b53ff 100644
--- a/internal/config/flags/kubernetes.go
+++ b/internal/config/flags/kubernetes.go
@@ -6,16 +6,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/clevyr/kubedb/internal/kubernetes"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
-	"k8s.io/client-go/util/homedir"
 	"path/filepath"
 )
 
 func Kubeconfig(cmd *cobra.Command) {
-	var kubeconfigDefault string
-	if home := homedir.HomeDir(); home != "" {
-		kubeconfigDefault = filepath.Join(home, ".kube", "config")
-	}
-	cmd.PersistentFlags().String("kubeconfig", kubeconfigDefault, "absolute path to the kubeconfig file")
+	cmd.PersistentFlags().String("kubeconfig", filepath.Join("$HOME", ".kube", "config"), "absolute path to the kubeconfig file")
 }
 
 func Context(cmd *cobra.Command) {