diff --git a/agent/pkg/controllers/config_controller.go b/agent/pkg/controllers/config_controller.go
index 7adc5a761..cecc94e08 100644
--- a/agent/pkg/controllers/config_controller.go
+++ b/agent/pkg/controllers/config_controller.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func PostTapConfig(c *gin.Context) {
 
 	podRegex, _ := regexp.Compile(".*")
 
-	kubernetesProvider, err := kubernetes.NewProviderInCluster()
+	kubernetesProvider, err := providers.GetKubernetesProvider()
 	if err != nil {
 		c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, err)
 		return
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ func PostTapConfig(c *gin.Context) {
 }
 
 func GetTapConfig(c *gin.Context) {
-	kubernetesProvider, err := kubernetes.NewProviderInCluster()
+	kubernetesProvider, err := providers.GetKubernetesProvider()
 	if err != nil {
 		c.JSON(http.StatusInternalServerError, err)
 		return
diff --git a/agent/pkg/providers/kubernetes_provider.go b/agent/pkg/providers/kubernetes_provider.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d485279d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agent/pkg/providers/kubernetes_provider.go
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+package providers
+
+import (
+	"github.com/up9inc/mizu/shared/kubernetes"
+	"sync"
+)
+
+var lock = &sync.Mutex{}
+
+var kubernetesProvider *kubernetes.Provider
+
+func GetKubernetesProvider() (*kubernetes.Provider, error) {
+	if kubernetesProvider == nil {
+		lock.Lock()
+		defer lock.Unlock()
+
+		if kubernetesProvider == nil {
+			var err error
+			kubernetesProvider, err = kubernetes.NewProviderInCluster()
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return kubernetesProvider, nil
+}