diff --git a/modules/kubernetes/kubernetes.nu b/modules/kubernetes/kubernetes.nu
index 4d18568..0f16c96 100644
--- a/modules/kubernetes/kubernetes.nu
+++ b/modules/kubernetes/kubernetes.nu
@@ -22,14 +22,15 @@ export def "parse cmd" [] {
     | reject sw
 }
 
-export def ensure-index [index path action] {
+export def ensure-cache [cache path action] {
     let ts = (do -i { ls $path | sort-by modified | reverse | get 0.modified })
     if ($ts | is-empty) { return false }
-    let tc = (do -i { ls $index | get 0.modified })
-    if not (($index | path exists) and ($ts < $tc)) {
-        mkdir (dirname $index)
-        do $action
+    let tc = (do -i { ls $cache | get 0.modified })
+    if not (($cache | path exists) and ($ts < $tc)) {
+        mkdir (dirname $cache)
+        do $action | save -f $cache
     }
+    open $cache
 }
 
 export-env {
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ export def "kube-config" [] {
 def "nu-complete kube ctx" [] {
     let k = (kube-config)
     let cache = $'($env.HOME)/.cache/nu-complete/k8s/(basename $k.path).json'
-    ensure-index $cache $k.path { ||
+    let data = (ensure-cache $cache $k.path { ||
         let clusters = ($k.data | get clusters | select name cluster.server)
         let data = ($k.data
             | get contexts
@@ -89,10 +90,9 @@ def "nu-complete kube ctx" [] {
                 | upsert mx_cl (if $max_cl > $a.mx_cl { $max_cl } else $a.mx_cl)
                 | upsert completion ($a.completion | append {value: $x.name, ns: $ns, cluster: $cluster})
             })
-        {completion: $data.completion, max: {ns: $data.mx_ns, cluster: $data.mx_cl}} | save -f $cache
-    }
+        {completion: $data.completion, max: {ns: $data.mx_ns, cluster: $data.mx_cl}}
+    })
 
-    let data = (cat $cache | from json)
     $data.completion | each {|x|
         let ns = ($x.ns | fill -a l -w $data.max.ns -c ' ')
         let cl = ($x.cluster | fill -a l -w $data.max.cluster -c ' ')
diff --git a/modules/network/ssh.nu b/modules/network/ssh.nu
index 9dbfe8d..7df5980 100644
--- a/modules/network/ssh.nu
+++ b/modules/network/ssh.nu
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-export def ensure-index [index path action] {
+export def ensure-cache [cache path action] {
     let ts = (do -i { ls $path | sort-by modified | reverse | get 0.modified })
     if ($ts | is-empty) { return false }
-    let tc = (do -i { ls $index | get 0.modified })
-    if not (($index | path exists) and ($ts < $tc)) {
-        mkdir (dirname $index)
-        do $action
+    let tc = (do -i { ls $cache | get 0.modified })
+    if not (($cache | path exists) and ($ts < $tc)) {
+        mkdir (dirname $cache)
+        do $action | save -f $cache
     }
+    open $cache
 }
 
 export def 'str max-length' [] {
@@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ def fmt-group [p] {
 
 def "ssh-hosts" [] {
     let cache = $'($env.HOME)/.cache/nu-complete/ssh.json'
-    ensure-index $cache ~/.ssh/**/* { ||
+    ensure-cache $cache ~/.ssh/**/* { ||
         let data = (ssh-list | each {|x|
                 let uri = $"($x.User)@($x.HostName):($x.Port)"
                 {
@@ -67,10 +68,8 @@ def "ssh-hosts" [] {
             identfile: ($data.identfile | str max-length),
         }
 
-        {max: $max, completion: $data} | save -f $cache
+        {max: $max, completion: $data}
     }
-
-    cat $cache | from json
 }
 
 def "nu-complete ssh" [] {
diff --git a/modules/prompt/powerline/power_kube.nu b/modules/prompt/powerline/power_kube.nu
index b50e676..ad5753a 100644
--- a/modules/prompt/powerline/power_kube.nu
+++ b/modules/prompt/powerline/power_kube.nu
@@ -1,10 +1,25 @@
 ### kubernetes
+def ensure-cache [cache path action] {
+    let ts = (do -i { ls $path | sort-by modified | reverse | get 0.modified })
+    if ($ts | is-empty) { return false }
+    let tc = (do -i { ls $cache | get 0.modified })
+    if not (($cache | path exists) and ($ts < $tc)) {
+        mkdir (dirname $cache)
+        do $action | save -f $cache
+    }
+    open $cache
+}
+
 def "kube ctx" [] {
-    do -i {
-        kubectl config get-contexts
-        | from ssv -a
-        | where CURRENT == '*'
-        | get 0
+    let cache = $'($env.HOME)/.cache/nu-power/kube.json'
+    let file = if ($env.KUBECONFIG? | is-empty) { $"($env.HOME)/.kube/config" } else { $env.KUBECONFIG }
+    ensure-cache $cache $file {
+        do -i {
+            kubectl config get-contexts
+            | from ssv -a
+            | where CURRENT == '*'
+            | get 0
+        }
     }
 }