diff --git a/src/servala/core/models/service.py b/src/servala/core/models/service.py
index ef6f9c9..096b0de 100644
--- a/src/servala/core/models/service.py
+++ b/src/servala/core/models/service.py
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ class ControlPlane(ServalaModelMixin, models.Model):
             "clusters": [
                 {
                     "cluster": {
+                        "insecure-skip-tls-verify": True,
                         "certificate-authority-data": self.api_credentials[
                             "certificate-authority-data"
                         ],
@@ -460,6 +461,26 @@ class ServiceInstance(ServalaModelMixin, models.Model):
     @classmethod
     def create_instance(cls, organization, context, created_by, spec_data):
         name = spec_data.get("spec.name")
+
+        # Ensure the namespace exists
+        namespace_name = organization.namespace
+        api_instance = kubernetes.client.CoreV1Api(
+            context.control_plane.get_kubernetes_client()
+        )
+
+        try:
+            api_instance.read_namespace(name=namespace_name)
+        except kubernetes.client.ApiException as e:
+            if e.status == 404:
+                # Namespace does not exist, create it
+                body = kubernetes.client.V1Namespace(
+                    metadata=kubernetes.client.V1ObjectMeta(name=namespace_name)
+                )
+                api_instance.create_namespace(body=body)
+            else:
+                # If there's another error, raise it
+                raise
+
         return cls.objects.create(
             name=name,
             organization=organization,