diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 629483d..42c44ee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -193,9 +193,15 @@ NOTE: You do not need to specify *end* segment - it will be added automatically.
 |`BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_BG`|`yellow`|Background color
 |`BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_FG`|`white`|Foreground color
 |`BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_PREFIX`|`⎈`|[Kubernetes](https://unicode-table.com/de/2388/) prefix of the segment
-|`BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_KCONFIG`|`<MUST_BE_SET>`|Location of kube config file (e.g. /Users/Hugo/.kube/config)
+|`BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_KUBECTL`|`true`|If `false` disable `kubectl` usage
+|`BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_NAMESPACE`|`true`|If `false` will not show the default namespace. Namespace is only visible if `kubectl` is installed
+|`BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_KCONFIG`|`${HOME}/.kube/config`|Location of kube config file (e.g. /Users/Hugo/.kube/config)
+
+The prompt will first check if `BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_KUBECTL=true` and `kubectl` is installed than it will use `kubectl config view --minify` to determine the context and default namespace in use.
+If `BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_KUBECTL=false` or `kubectl` is not installed, `BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_KCONFIG` will be parsed to get the current context.
+
+The usage of `kubectl` allow the prompt to get the default namespace even if you are using multiple kube config files (e.g. KUBECONFIG=~/.kube/config:path-to-config1:path-to-config2)
 
-`BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_KCONFIG` must be set, e.g. in .zshrc. There can be no default value and `~/` can not be reliably interpreted. The prompt will also do a sanity check whether `kubectl` is installed. If either condition fails, the prompt segment will not be drawn at all. 
 
 ### AWS Profile
 
diff --git a/bullet-train.zsh-theme b/bullet-train.zsh-theme
index c31cc96..77f34c2 100644
--- a/bullet-train.zsh-theme
+++ b/bullet-train.zsh-theme
@@ -161,6 +161,15 @@ fi
 if [ ! -n "${BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_PREFIX+1}" ]; then
   BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_PREFIX="⎈"
 fi
+if [ ! -n "${BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_KCONFIG+1}" ]; then
+  BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_KCONFIG="${HOME}/.kube/config"
+fi
+if [ ! -n "${BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_KUBECTL+1}" ]; then
+  BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_KUBECTL="true"
+fi
+if [ ! -n "${BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_NAMESPACE+1}" ]; then
+  BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_NAMESPACE="true"
+fi
 
 # ELIXIR
 if [ ! -n "${BULLETTRAIN_ELIXIR_BG+1}" ]; then
@@ -552,13 +561,14 @@ prompt_rust() {
 
 # Kubernetes Context
 prompt_kctx() {
-  if [[ ! -n $BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_KCONFIG ]]; then
-    return
-  fi
-  if command -v kubectl > /dev/null 2>&1; then
-    if [[ -f $BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_KCONFIG ]]; then
-      prompt_segment $BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_BG $BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_FG $BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_PREFIX" $(cat $BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_KCONFIG|grep current-context| awk '{print $2}')"
-    fi  
+  if [[ "$BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_KUBECTL" == "true" ]] && command -v kubectl > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+    local jsonpath='{.current-context}'
+    if [[ "$BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_NAMESPACE" == "true" ]]; then
+      jsonpath="${jsonpath}{':'}{..namespace}"
+    fi
+    prompt_segment $BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_BG $BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_FG $BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_PREFIX" $(kubectl config view --minify --output "jsonpath=${jsonpath}" 2>/dev/null)"
+  elif [[ -f $BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_KCONFIG ]]; then
+    prompt_segment $BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_BG $BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_FG $BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_PREFIX" $(cat $BULLETTRAIN_KCTX_KCONFIG | grep current-context | awk '{print $2}')"
   fi
 }