diff --git a/cluster/ansible/deploy.sh b/cluster/ansible/deploy.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef75eb19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cluster/ansible/deploy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eu -o pipefail
+
+# Check if `init.sh` has not run
+if [ ! -d venv ]; then
+    echo "Please run init.sh first."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check if kubespray has not been cloned and its empty
+if [ ! -d ../../3rd/kubespray ]; then
+    echo "Please run 'git submoudle --init --recursive' first."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check if `inventory.ini` has not been created
+if [ ! -f ../../cluster/ansible/manifests/inventory.ini ]; then
+    echo "Please create your own inventory.ini first."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+cd ../../3rd/kubespray && ansible-playbook -i ../../cluster/ansible/manifests/inventory.ini ./cluster.yml -kK
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/cluster/ansible/manifests/group_vars/k8s_cluster/k8s-cluster.yml b/cluster/ansible/manifests/group_vars/k8s_cluster/k8s-cluster.yml
index 0b3ac911..d55be4d0 100644
--- a/cluster/ansible/manifests/group_vars/k8s_cluster/k8s-cluster.yml
+++ b/cluster/ansible/manifests/group_vars/k8s_cluster/k8s-cluster.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ local_release_dir: "/tmp/releases"
 retry_stagger: 5
 
 # This is the user that owns tha cluster installation.
-kube_owner: kube
+kube_owner: root
 
 # This is the group that the cert creation scripts chgrp the
 # cert files to. Not really changeable...