diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a7556fd..b3aca2f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ typings/
 
 # Optional npm cache directory
 .npm
+.npmrc
 
 # Optional eslint cache
 .eslintcache
diff --git a/example/example.js b/example/example.js
index 9b63b72..91509a8 100644
--- a/example/example.js
+++ b/example/example.js
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ async function main() {
 
   // Setup Kubernetes client.
   const kubeConfig = new k8s.KubeConfig();
-  kubeConfig.loadFromString(configResponse.result);
+  kubeConfig.loadFromString(typeof configResponse.result === "string" ? configResponse.result : JSON.stringify(configResponse.result));
   const kubeClient = kubeConfig.makeApiClient(k8s.CoreV1Api);
   const { namespace } = kubeConfig.getCurrentContextObject();