diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4a0237b..3bc43bd 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,6 +55,23 @@ An example configuration of your pod's environment looks like this:
 
 When enabling Kubernetes autoclustering, don't set ```DOCKER_VERNEMQ_DISCOVERY_NODE```.
 
+> If you encounter "SSL certification error (subject name does not match the host name)" like below, Please try to set ```DOCKER_VERNEMQ_KUBERNETES_INSECURE``` as "1".
+>
+> ```text
+> kubectl logs vernemq-0
+>   % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
+>                                  Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
+>   0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0curl: (51) SSL: certificate subject name 'client' does not match target host name 'kubernetes.default.svc.cluster.local'
+>   % Total    % Received % Xferd  Average Speed   Time    Time     Time  Current
+>                                  Dload  Upload   Total   Spent    Left  Speed
+>   0     0    0     0    0     0      0      0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:--     0curl: (51) SSL: certificate subject name 'client' does not match target host name 'kubernetes.default.svc.cluster.local'
+> vernemq failed to start within 15 seconds,
+> see the output of 'vernemq console' for more information.
+> If you want to wait longer, set the environment variable
+> WAIT_FOR_ERLANG to the number of seconds to wait.
+> ...
+> ```
+
 ### Checking cluster status
 
 To check if the bove containers have successfully clustered you can issue the ```vmq-admin``` command:
diff --git a/bin/vernemq.sh b/bin/vernemq.sh
index dc40cd1..471a0c8 100755
--- a/bin/vernemq.sh
+++ b/bin/vernemq.sh
@@ -17,14 +17,20 @@ if env | grep -q "DOCKER_VERNEMQ_DISCOVERY_NODE"; then
     echo "-eval \"vmq_server_cmd:node_join('VerneMQ@${DOCKER_VERNEMQ_DISCOVERY_NODE}')\"" >> /etc/vernemq/vm.args
 fi
 
+# If you encounter "SSL certification error (subject name does not match the host name)", Please try to set DOCKER_VERNEMQ_KUBERNETES_INSECURE as "1".
+insecure=""
+if env | grep -q "DOCKER_VERNEMQ_KUBERNETES_INSECURE"; then
+    insecure="--insecure"
+fi
+
 if env | grep -q "DOCKER_VERNEMQ_DISCOVERY_KUBERNETES"; then
     # Let's set our nodename correctly
-    VERNEMQ_KUBERNETES_SUBDOMAIN=$(curl -X GET --insecure --cacert /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt https://kubernetes.default.svc.cluster.local/api/v1/namespaces/$DOCKER_VERNEMQ_KUBERNETES_NAMESPACE/pods?labelSelector=app=$DOCKER_VERNEMQ_KUBERNETES_APP_LABEL -H "Authorization: Bearer $(cat /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token)" | jq '.items[0].spec.subdomain' | sed 's/"//g' | tr '\n' '\0')
+    VERNEMQ_KUBERNETES_SUBDOMAIN=$(curl -X GET $insecure --cacert /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt https://kubernetes.default.svc.cluster.local/api/v1/namespaces/$DOCKER_VERNEMQ_KUBERNETES_NAMESPACE/pods?labelSelector=app=$DOCKER_VERNEMQ_KUBERNETES_APP_LABEL -H "Authorization: Bearer $(cat /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token)" | jq '.items[0].spec.subdomain' | sed 's/"//g' | tr '\n' '\0')
     VERNEMQ_KUBERNETES_HOSTNAME=${MY_POD_NAME}.${VERNEMQ_KUBERNETES_SUBDOMAIN}.${DOCKER_VERNEMQ_KUBERNETES_NAMESPACE}.svc.cluster.local
 
     sed -i.bak -r "s/VerneMQ@.+/VerneMQ@${VERNEMQ_KUBERNETES_HOSTNAME}/" /etc/vernemq/vm.args
     # Hack into K8S DNS resolution (temporarily)
-    kube_pod_names=$(curl -X GET --insecure --cacert /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt https://kubernetes.default.svc.cluster.local/api/v1/namespaces/$DOCKER_VERNEMQ_KUBERNETES_NAMESPACE/pods?labelSelector=app=$DOCKER_VERNEMQ_KUBERNETES_APP_LABEL -H "Authorization: Bearer $(cat /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token)" | jq '.items[].spec.hostname' | sed 's/"//g' | tr '\n' ' ')
+    kube_pod_names=$(curl -X GET $insecure --cacert /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/ca.crt https://kubernetes.default.svc.cluster.local/api/v1/namespaces/$DOCKER_VERNEMQ_KUBERNETES_NAMESPACE/pods?labelSelector=app=$DOCKER_VERNEMQ_KUBERNETES_APP_LABEL -H "Authorization: Bearer $(cat /var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount/token)" | jq '.items[].spec.hostname' | sed 's/"//g' | tr '\n' ' ')
     for kube_pod_name in $kube_pod_names;
     do
         if [ $kube_pod_name == "null" ]