diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a723f3b..c025b7c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 .RData
 test.R
 .httr-oauth
-secret.json
\ No newline at end of file
+service_account\.json
+client_secret\.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/R/k8s_auth.R b/R/k8s_auth.R
index b78eac5..89c1fad 100644
--- a/R/k8s_auth.R
+++ b/R/k8s_auth.R
@@ -2,17 +2,28 @@
 #'
 #' Calls googleAuthR to authenticate with the Google Cloud Platform
 #' @keywords k8s_auth
-#' @param json Path to your json client_secret credentials.
+#' @param json OPTIONAL Path to your JSON client_secret credentials.
+#' @param service_account_json OPTIONAL Path to your JSON service account credentials
 #' @importFrom googleAuthR gar_auth
 #' @export
 #' @examples
 #' k8s_auth()
 #' k8s_auth(json = "client_secret.json")
+#' k8s_auth(service_account_json = "service_account.json")
 
-k8s_auth <- function(json = NULL) {
-  if(is.null(json)) {
+k8s_auth <- function(json = NULL, service_account_json = NULL) {
+
+  if(!is.null(json)) {
+    # If json client ID credentials are provided, use gar_set_client() to set the credentials
+    googleAuthR::gar_set_client(json)
+  }
+
+  if(is.null(service_account_json)) {
+    # If no service token provided, use gar_auth()
     googleAuthR::gar_auth()
   } else {
-    googleAuthR::gar_set_client(json)
+    # Else use gar_auth_service()
+    googleAuthR::gar_auth_service(service_account_json)
   }
+
 }
diff --git a/man/k8s_auth.Rd b/man/k8s_auth.Rd
index 73f4639..5692fa8 100644
--- a/man/k8s_auth.Rd
+++ b/man/k8s_auth.Rd
@@ -4,10 +4,12 @@
 \alias{k8s_auth}
 \title{k8s_auth}
 \usage{
-k8s_auth(json = NULL)
+k8s_auth(json = NULL, service_account_json = NULL)
 }
 \arguments{
-\item{json}{Path to your json client_secret credentials.}
+\item{json}{OPTIONAL Path to your JSON client_secret credentials.}
+
+\item{service_account_json}{OPTIONAL Path to your JSON service account credentials}
 }
 \description{
 Calls googleAuthR to authenticate with the Google Cloud Platform
@@ -15,5 +17,6 @@ Calls googleAuthR to authenticate with the Google Cloud Platform
 \examples{
 k8s_auth()
 k8s_auth(json = "client_secret.json")
+k8s_auth(service_account_json = "service_account.json")
 }
 \keyword{k8s_auth}