diff --git a/model_connection.go b/model_connection.go
index 4df2ae2..e9eebfd 100644
--- a/model_connection.go
+++ b/model_connection.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ type ConnectionParameters struct {
 
 	BearerToken     string `json:"bearerToken"`
 	BearerTokenFile string `json:"bearerTokenFile"`
+	Insecure        bool   `json:"insecure"`
 }
 
 // UnmarshalJSON uses the Arcaflow schema system to unmarshal JSON data when called via json.Unmarshal on the
@@ -268,6 +269,20 @@ var connectionParametersSchema = schema.NewTypedObject[ConnectionParameters](
 			schema.PointerTo(util.JSONEncode("/var/run/secrets/kubernetes.io/serviceaccount")),
 			nil,
 		),
+		"insecure": schema.NewPropertySchema(
+			schema.NewBoolSchema(),
+			schema.NewDisplayValue(
+				schema.PointerTo("Insecure connection"),
+				schema.PointerTo("Skip TLS verification"),
+				nil,
+			),
+			false,
+			nil,
+			nil,
+			nil,
+			nil,
+			nil,
+		),
 	},
 )
 
diff --git a/model_kubeconfig.go b/model_kubeconfig.go
index 9f82af6..5e73e9c 100644
--- a/model_kubeconfig.go
+++ b/model_kubeconfig.go
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ var clusterParamsSchema = schema.NewTypedObject[KubeConfigClusterParams](
 			nil,
 		).TreatEmptyAsDefaultValue(),
 		"insecure-skip-tls-verify": schema.NewPropertySchema(
-			schema.NewStringSchema(schema.IntPointer(1), nil, nil),
+			schema.NewBoolSchema(),
 			schema.NewDisplayValue(
 				schema.PointerTo("InsecureSkipTLSVerify"),
 				schema.PointerTo("toggles TLS verification"),
diff --git a/parse_kubeconfig.go b/parse_kubeconfig.go
index 10e2429..a0747d2 100644
--- a/parse_kubeconfig.go
+++ b/parse_kubeconfig.go
@@ -61,12 +61,6 @@ func KubeConfigToConnection(kubeconfig KubeConfig, inlineFiles bool) (Connection
 		return ConnectionParameters{}, fmt.Errorf("current user %s not found in kubeconfig file", currentUser)
 	}
 
-	if cluster.Cluster.InsecureSkipTLSVerify {
-		return ConnectionParameters{}, errors.New("the Kubeconfig is set to skip TLS verification" +
-			"this is not supported by arcaflow and there is no reason to use this option" +
-			"please set up your kubernetes TLS authentication with CA certificates.")
-	}
-
 	if len(cluster.Cluster.Server) == 0 {
 		return ConnectionParameters{}, errors.New("no cluster host found in connection")
 	}
@@ -87,6 +81,8 @@ func KubeConfigToConnection(kubeconfig KubeConfig, inlineFiles bool) (Connection
 		}
 	}
 
+	connectionParams.Insecure = cluster.Cluster.InsecureSkipTLSVerify
+
 	if cluster.Cluster.CertificateAuthorityData != nil {
 		connectionParams.CAData = util.Base64Decode(*cluster.Cluster.CertificateAuthorityData)
 	}
@@ -152,6 +148,7 @@ func ConnectionToKubeConfig(connection ConnectionParameters) (KubeConfig, error)
 	if len(connection.CAFile) > 0 {
 		clusterParams.CertificateAuthority = &connection.CAFile
 	}
+	clusterParams.InsecureSkipTLSVerify = connection.Insecure
 	cluster := KubeConfigCluster{
 		Cluster: clusterParams,
 		Name:    defaultStr,
@@ -243,6 +240,7 @@ func ConnectionToRestConfig(connection ConnectionParameters) (*restclient.Config
 			KeyFile:    connection.KeyFile,
 			CAData:     []byte(connection.CAData),
 			CAFile:     connection.CAFile,
+			Insecure:   connection.Insecure,
 		},
 		UserAgent: "Arcaflow",
 		QPS:       restclient.DefaultQPS,
diff --git a/parse_kubeconfig_test.go b/parse_kubeconfig_test.go
index cb30ce5..e158c47 100644
--- a/parse_kubeconfig_test.go
+++ b/parse_kubeconfig_test.go
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ func TestKubeConfigToConnection(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, connection.KeyData, fixtures.clientKey)
 	assert.Equal(t, connection.CAData, fixtures.caCert)
 	assert.Equal(t, connection.CertData, fixtures.clientCrt)
+	// test that by default insecure-skip-tls-verify is false
+	assert.False(t, connection.Insecure)
 
 	//test without inlining
 	kubeconf, err = ParseKubeConfig(fixtures.kubeconfigNoData)
@@ -105,10 +107,11 @@ func TestKubeConfigToConnection(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotNil(t, err)
 	err = nil
 
-	//test failure on insecure-skip-tls-verify: true
+	//test success on insecure-skip-tls-verify: true
 	kubeconf, err = ParseKubeConfig(fixtures.kubeconfigSkipTls)
 	connection, err = KubeConfigToConnection(kubeconf, true)
-	assert.NotNil(t, err)
+	assert.True(t, connection.Insecure)
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
 }
 
 func TestConnectionToKubeConfig(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/testdata/kubeconfig-tlsskip.yaml b/testdata/kubeconfig-tlsskip.yaml
index 7ff6bf9..4191a0b 100644
--- a/testdata/kubeconfig-tlsskip.yaml
+++ b/testdata/kubeconfig-tlsskip.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 apiVersion: v1
 clusters:
   - cluster:
+      certificate-authority-data: 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
+      server: https://127.0.0.1:6443
       insecure-skip-tls-verify: true
-      certificate-authority: testdata/ca.crt
     name: default
 contexts:
   - context:
@@ -16,8 +17,9 @@ preferences: {}
 users:
   - name: testuser
     user:
-      client-certificate: testdata/client.crt
-      client-key: testdata/client.key
+      client-key-data: 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
+      client-certificate-data: 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
       username: testuser
       password: testpassword
-      token: sha256~fFyEqjf1xxFMO0tbEyGRvWeNOd7QByuEgS4hyEq_A9o
\ No newline at end of file
+      token: sha256~fFyEqjf1xxFMO0tbEyGRvWeNOd7QByuEgS4hyEq_A9o
+