diff --git a/root.go b/root.go
index 3b70357..7675338 100644
--- a/root.go
+++ b/root.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ var nodeName string
 var operatingSystem string
 var provider string
 var providerConfig string
-var taint string
+var disableTaint bool
 
 // RootCmd represents the base command when called without any subcommands
 var RootCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ backend implementation allowing users to create kubernetes nodes without running
 This allows users to schedule kubernetes workloads on nodes that aren't running Kubernetes.`,
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 		fmt.Println(kubeConfig)
-		f, err := vkubelet.New(nodeName, operatingSystem, kubeNamespace, kubeConfig, taint, provider, providerConfig)
+		f, err := vkubelet.New(nodeName, operatingSystem, kubeNamespace, kubeConfig, provider, providerConfig, disableTaint)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatal(err)
 		}
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func init() {
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&nodeName, "nodename", defaultNodeName, "kubernetes node name")
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&operatingSystem, "os", "Linux", "Operating System (Linux/Windows)")
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&provider, "provider", "", "cloud provider")
-	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&taint, "taint", "", "apply taint to node, making scheduling explicit")
+	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(&disableTaint, "disable-taint", false, "disable the virtual-kubelet node taint")
 	RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&providerConfig, "provider-config", "", "cloud provider configuration file")
 
 	// Cobra also supports local flags, which will only run