diff --git a/src/codeflare_sdk/cluster/auth.py b/src/codeflare_sdk/cluster/auth.py
index e22cd8283..f83a33353 100644
--- a/src/codeflare_sdk/cluster/auth.py
+++ b/src/codeflare_sdk/cluster/auth.py
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@
 global config_path
 config_path = None
 
+WORKBENCH_CA_CERT_PATH = "/etc/pki/tls/custom-certs/ca-bundle.crt"
+
 
 class Authentication(metaclass=abc.ABCMeta):
     """
@@ -81,7 +83,7 @@ def __init__(
         token: str,
         server: str,
         skip_tls: bool = False,
-        ca_cert_path: str = "/etc/pki/tls/custom-certs/ca-bundle.crt",
+        ca_cert_path: str = None,
     ):
         """
         Initialize a TokenAuthentication object that requires a value for `token`, the API Token
@@ -91,7 +93,17 @@ def __init__(
         self.token = token
         self.server = server
         self.skip_tls = skip_tls
-        self.ca_cert_path = ca_cert_path
+        self.ca_cert_path = self._gen_ca_cert_path(ca_cert_path)
+
+    def _gen_ca_cert_path(self, ca_cert_path: str):
+        if ca_cert_path is not None:
+            return ca_cert_path
+        elif "CF_SDK_CA_CERT_PATH" in os.environ:
+            return os.environ.get("CF_SDK_CA_CERT_PATH")
+        elif os.path.exists(WORKBENCH_CA_CERT_PATH):
+            return WORKBENCH_CA_CERT_PATH
+        else:
+            return None
 
     def login(self) -> str:
         """
@@ -106,12 +118,8 @@ def login(self) -> str:
             configuration.api_key_prefix["authorization"] = "Bearer"
             configuration.host = self.server
             configuration.api_key["authorization"] = self.token
-            ca_path_env = os.environ.get("CF_SDK_CA_CERT_PATH", self.ca_cert_path)
 
             if self.skip_tls == False:
-                if ca_path_env != self.ca_cert_path:
-                    self.ca_cert_path = ca_path_env
-
                 if self.ca_cert_path == None:
                     configuration.ssl_ca_cert = None
                 elif os.path.isfile(self.ca_cert_path):