diff --git a/cmd/docs.go b/cmd/docs.go
index 0752d0d..f34497a 100644
--- a/cmd/docs.go
+++ b/cmd/docs.go
@@ -1,24 +1,23 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
-    "github.com/spf13/cobra"
-    "github.com/spf13/cobra/doc"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra/doc"
 )
 
 func init() {
-    rootCmd.AddCommand(docsCmd)
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(docsCmd)
 }
 
 var docsCmd = &cobra.Command{
-    Use:   "docs",
-    Short: "Kill an Aurora Job",
+	Use:               "docs",
+	Short:             "Kill an Aurora Job",
 	PersistentPreRun:  func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {}, // We don't need a realis client for this cmd
 	PersistentPostRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {}, // We don't need a realis client for this cmd
-    Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-        err := doc.GenMarkdownTree(rootCmd, "./docs")
-        if err != nil {
-            log.Fatal(err)
-        }
-    },
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		err := doc.GenMarkdownTree(rootCmd, "./docs")
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	},
 }
-
diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index 1dcda6b..99809ee 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ var count int64
 var filename string
 var message = new(string)
 var updateID string
+var statusList = make([]string, 0, 0)
 var log = logrus.New()
 
 const australisVer = "v0.0.8"
diff --git a/cmd/start.go b/cmd/start.go
index eb010c2..d87be05 100644
--- a/cmd/start.go
+++ b/cmd/start.go
@@ -58,7 +58,13 @@ are not allowed to schedule new tasks and any tasks already running on this Agen
 are killed and rescheduled in an Agent that is not in maintenance mode. Command
 expects a space separated list of hosts to place into maintenance mode.`,
 	Args: cobra.MinimumNArgs(1),
-	Run:  drain,
+	PreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		// Manually initializing default values for this command as the default value for shared variables will
+		// be dependent on the order in which all commands were initialized
+		monitorTimeout = time.Minute * 10
+		monitorInterval = time.Second * 5
+	},
+	Run: drain,
 }
 
 var startSLADrainCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -76,7 +82,13 @@ var startSLACountDrainCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Long: `Adds a Mesos Agent to Aurora's Drain list. Tasks will be drained using the count SLA policy as a fallback
 when a Job does not have a defined SLA policy.`,
 	Args: cobra.MinimumNArgs(1),
-	Run:  SLACountDrain,
+	PreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		// Manually initializing default values for this command as the default value for shared variables will
+		// be dependent on the order in which all commands were initialized
+		monitorTimeout = time.Minute * 20
+		monitorInterval = time.Second * 10
+	},
+	Run: SLACountDrain,
 }
 
 var startSLAPercentageDrainCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -85,7 +97,13 @@ var startSLAPercentageDrainCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Long: `Adds a Mesos Agent to Aurora's Drain list. Tasks will be drained using the percentage SLA policy as a fallback
 when a Job does not have a defined SLA policy.`,
 	Args: cobra.MinimumNArgs(1),
-	Run:  SLAPercentageDrain,
+	PreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		// Manually initializing default values for this command as the default value for shared variables will
+		// be dependent on the order in which all commands were initialized
+		monitorTimeout = time.Minute * 20
+		monitorInterval = time.Second * 10
+	},
+	Run: SLAPercentageDrain,
 }
 
 var startMaintenanceCmd = &cobra.Command{
@@ -95,7 +113,13 @@ var startMaintenanceCmd = &cobra.Command{
 are de-prioritized for scheduling a task. Command
 expects a space separated list of hosts to place into maintenance mode.`,
 	Args: cobra.MinimumNArgs(1),
-	Run:  maintenance,
+	PreRun: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		// Manually initializing default values for this command as the default value for shared variables will
+		// be dependent on the order in which all commands were initialized
+		monitorTimeout = time.Minute * 1
+		monitorInterval = time.Second * 5
+	},
+	Run: maintenance,
 }
 
 func drain(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {