diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 62e956a..81fd7bd 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ apply plugin: "kotlinx-serialization"
 
 
 group = "org.domaindrivenarchitecture.provs"
-version = "0.16.1-SNAPSHOT"
+version = "0.17.1-SNAPSHOT"
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/server/domain/k3s/K3sService.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/server/domain/k3s/K3sService.kt
index bc5474c..96a0f86 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/server/domain/k3s/K3sService.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/server/domain/k3s/K3sService.kt
@@ -15,10 +15,8 @@ fun Prov.provisionK3sCommand(cli: K3sCliCommand) = task {
         val k3sConfig: K3sConfig = getK3sConfig(cli.configFileName)
         DefaultApplicationFileRepository().assertExists(cli.applicationFileName)
 
-        if (cli.reprovision || k3sConfig.reprovision) {
-            deprovisionK3sInfra()
-        }
-        provisionK3s(k3sConfig, grafanaConfigResolved, cli.applicationFileName)
+        val k3sConfigReprovision = k3sConfig.copy(reprovision = cli.reprovision || k3sConfig.reprovision)
+        provisionK3s(k3sConfigReprovision, grafanaConfigResolved, cli.applicationFileName)
     } else {
         provisionGrafana(cli.onlyModules, grafanaConfigResolved)
     }
@@ -32,6 +30,10 @@ fun Prov.provisionK3s(
     grafanaConfigResolved: GrafanaAgentConfigResolved? = null,
     applicationFileName: ApplicationFileName? = null) = task {
 
+    if (k3sConfig.reprovision) {
+        deprovisionK3sInfra()
+    }
+
     provisionNetwork(k3sConfig)
 
     installK3s(k3sConfig)
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/server/infrastructure/K3s.kt b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/server/infrastructure/K3s.kt
index 9dff975..1702f34 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/server/infrastructure/K3s.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/org/domaindrivenarchitecture/provs/server/infrastructure/K3s.kt
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ fun Prov.installK3s(k3sConfig: K3sConfig): ProvResult {
         }
 
         applyK3sFileFromResource(localPathProvisionerConfig)
-        cmd("kubectl set env deployment -n kube-system local-path-provisioner DEPLOY_DATE=\"$(date)\"")
+        cmd("kubectl set env deployment -n kube-system local-path-provisioner DEPLOY_DATE=\"$(date)\"", sudo = true)
 
         cmd("ln -sf $k3sKubeConfig " + k8sCredentialsDir + "admin.conf", sudo = true)
 
@@ -160,13 +160,13 @@ fun Prov.provisionK3sApplication(applicationFileName: ApplicationFileName) = tas
 }
 
 
-// ============================  private and internal functions  =============================
+// ============================  functions to create k3s files and apply  =============================
 
-internal fun Prov.applyK3sFile(file: File) = task {
+fun Prov.applyK3sFile(file: File) = task {
     cmd("kubectl apply -f ${file.path}", sudo = true)
 }
 
-private fun Prov.createK3sFileFromResource(
+fun Prov.createK3sFileFromResource(
     file: File,
     posixFilePermission: FileMode? = "644"
 ) = task {
@@ -179,12 +179,12 @@ private fun Prov.createK3sFileFromResource(
     )
 }
 
-private fun Prov.applyK3sFileFromResource(file: File, posixFilePermission: String? = "644") = task {
+fun Prov.applyK3sFileFromResource(file: File, posixFilePermission: String? = "644") = task {
     createK3sFileFromResource(file, posixFilePermission)
     applyK3sFile(file)
 }
 
-private fun Prov.applyK3sFileFromResourceTemplate(
+fun Prov.applyK3sFileFromResourceTemplate(
     file: File,
     values: Map<String, String>,
     posixFilePermission: String? = "644",
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ private fun Prov.applyK3sFileFromResourceTemplate(
     applyK3sFile(file)
 }
 
-private fun Prov.createK3sFileFromResourceTemplate(
+fun Prov.createK3sFileFromResourceTemplate(
     file: File,
     values: Map<String, String>,
     posixFilePermission: String? = "644",
@@ -215,5 +215,5 @@ private fun File.templateName(): String {
 }
 
 internal fun Prov.configureShellAliases() = task {
-    addTextToFile( "\nalias k=kubectl\n", File(".bash_aliases",))
+    addTextToFile( "\nalias k=\"sudo kubectl\"\n", File(".bash_aliases",))
 }
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