diff --git a/run_kraken.py b/run_kraken.py
index 86d990d3..8be9676f 100644
--- a/run_kraken.py
+++ b/run_kraken.py
@@ -136,8 +136,11 @@ def main(cfg):
         except:
             kubecli.initialize_clients(None)
 
+        cluster_access = kubecli.check_rbac_access('pods','get')    
+
         # find node kraken might be running on
-        kubecli.find_kraken_node()
+        if cluster_access:
+            kubecli.find_kraken_node()
 
         # Set up kraken url to track signal
         if not 0 <= int(port) <= 65535:
@@ -388,10 +391,11 @@ def main(cfg):
         # if platform is openshift will be collected
         # Cloud platform and network plugins metadata
         # through OCP specific APIs
-        if distribution == "openshift":
-            telemetry_ocp.collect_cluster_metadata(chaos_telemetry)
-        else:
-            telemetry_k8s.collect_cluster_metadata(chaos_telemetry)
+        if cluster_access:
+            if distribution == "openshift":
+                telemetry_ocp.collect_cluster_metadata(chaos_telemetry)
+            else:
+                telemetry_k8s.collect_cluster_metadata(chaos_telemetry)
 
         decoded_chaos_run_telemetry = ChaosRunTelemetry(json.loads(chaos_telemetry.to_json()))
         chaos_output.telemetry = decoded_chaos_run_telemetry