diff --git a/src/common/cluster-meta-manager.ts b/src/common/cluster-meta-manager.ts
index 3796edd62f..137e7add89 100644
--- a/src/common/cluster-meta-manager.ts
+++ b/src/common/cluster-meta-manager.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ import { clusterMetaStore } from "./cluster-meta-store";
 import { ClusterId } from "./cluster-store";
 import Singleton from "./utils/singleton";
 
+export class StopError extends Error { }
+
 export abstract class ClusterMetaCollector {
   /**
    * start tells the collector to start collecting its metadata once.
diff --git a/src/common/meta-collectors/__tests__/distribution.test.ts b/src/common/meta-collectors/__tests__/distribution.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a537ee5251
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/meta-collectors/__tests__/distribution.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+import { Distribution } from "../distribution"
diff --git a/src/common/meta-collectors/distribution.ts b/src/common/meta-collectors/distribution.ts
index fbfb488fb7..e09c8eb81e 100644
--- a/src/common/meta-collectors/distribution.ts
+++ b/src/common/meta-collectors/distribution.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,76 @@
-import { ClusterMetaCollector } from "../cluster-meta-manager";
-import { ClusterId } from "../cluster-store";
+import { observable, when } from "mobx";
+import requestPromise from "request-promise-native";
+import { ClusterMetaCollector, StopError } from "../cluster-meta-manager";
+import { ClusterId, clusterStore } from "../cluster-store";
 
 export class Distribution extends ClusterMetaCollector {
-  constructor(protected clusterId: ClusterId, protected onSuccess: (result: any) => void, protected onError: (err: string) => void) {
+  private isCollecting = false
+
+  shouldStop = when(() => this.isStopping);
+  @observable isStopping = false
+
+
+  constructor(
+    protected clusterId: ClusterId,
+    protected onSuccess: (result: any) => void,
+    protected onError: (err: string) => void,
+  ) {
     super()
   }
 
-  start(): void {
-    // TODO
+  promStopEarly<T>(prom: Promise<T>): Promise<T> {
+    return Promise.race([
+      prom,
+      this.shouldStop.then(() => { throw new StopError() }),
+    ])
+  }
+
+  // private detectDistribution() {
+  //   if (kubernetesVersion.includes("gke")) return "gke"
+  //   if (kubernetesVersion.includes("eks")) return "eks"
+  //   if (kubernetesVersion.includes("IKS")) return "iks"
+  //   if (this.apiUrl.endsWith("azmk8s.io")) return "aks"
+  //   if (this.apiUrl.endsWith("k8s.ondigitalocean.com")) return "digitalocean"
+  //   if (this.contextName.startsWith("minikube")) return "minikube"
+  //   if (kubernetesVersion.includes("+")) return "custom"
+  //   return "vanilla"
+  // }
+
+  async start(): Promise<void> {
+    if (this.isCollecting) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    try {
+      this.isCollecting = true
+      const cluster = clusterStore.getById(this.clusterId)
+      const url = cluster.kubeProxyUrl + "/version"
+
+      const res = await this.promStopEarly(requestPromise(url, {
+        json: true,
+        timeout: 30000,
+        headers: {
+          Host: `${this.clusterId}.${(new URL(cluster.kubeProxyUrl)).host}`
+        }
+      }))
+
+    } catch (err) {
+      if (err instanceof StopError) {
+        return
+      }
+
+      this.onError(String(err))
+    } finally {
+      this.isStopping = false
+      this.isCollecting = false
+    }
   }
 
   stop(): void {
-    // TODO
+    if (!this.isCollecting) {
+      return
+    }
+
+    this.isStopping = true
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/cluster.ts b/src/main/cluster.ts
index 71c55395b1..ffb8c904ef 100644
--- a/src/main/cluster.ts
+++ b/src/main/cluster.ts
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ export class Cluster implements ClusterModel {
   whenInitialized = when(() => this.initialized);
   whenReady = when(() => this.ready);
 
+  public port: number;
   @observable initialized = false;
   @observable contextName: string;
   @observable workspace: WorkspaceId;
   @observable kubeConfigPath: string;
   @observable apiUrl: string; // cluster server url
-  @observable kubeProxyUrl: string; // lens-proxy to kube-api url
   @observable online = false;
   @observable accessible = false;
   @observable ready = false;
@@ -90,12 +90,16 @@ export class Cluster implements ClusterModel {
     Object.assign(this, model);
   }
 
+  get kubeProxyUrl() {
+    return `http://localhost:${this.port}${apiKubePrefix}`
+  }
+
   @action
   async init(port: number) {
     try {
       this.contextHandler = new ContextHandler(this);
       this.kubeconfigManager = new KubeconfigManager(this, this.contextHandler, port);
-      this.kubeProxyUrl = `http://localhost:${port}${apiKubePrefix}`;
+      this.port = port
       this.initialized = true;
       logger.info(`[CLUSTER]: "${this.contextName}" init success`, {
         id: this.id,
@@ -262,6 +266,7 @@ export class Cluster implements ClusterModel {
   protected async getConnectionStatus(): Promise<ClusterStatus> {
     try {
       const response = await this.k8sRequest("/version")
+      console.log(response)
       this.version = response.gitVersion
       this.failureReason = null
       return ClusterStatus.AccessGranted;