diff --git a/devops-service/commands/knife_commands.rb b/devops-service/commands/knife_commands.rb
index 8fc5699..c2ab96c 100644
--- a/devops-service/commands/knife_commands.rb
+++ b/devops-service/commands/knife_commands.rb
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ EOH
   end
 
   def self.knife_bootstrap out, ip, options
+    options << "-c ~/.chef/knife.rb"
     knife_stream(out, "bootstrap", options + [ ip ])
   end