diff --git a/examples/client.go b/examples/client.go
index dc71f8e..5eae5c4 100644
--- a/examples/client.go
+++ b/examples/client.go
@@ -553,9 +553,9 @@ func main() {
 	case "taskStatus":
 		fmt.Println("Getting task status")
 		taskQ := &aurora.TaskQuery{
-			Role:        job.JobKey().Role,
-			Environment: job.JobKey().Environment,
-			JobName:     job.JobKey().Name,
+			Role:        &job.JobKey().Role,
+			Environment: &job.JobKey().Environment,
+			JobName:     &job.JobKey().Name,
 		}
 		tasks, err := r.GetTaskStatus(taskQ)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -567,9 +567,9 @@ func main() {
 	case "tasksWithoutConfig":
 		fmt.Println("Getting task status")
 		taskQ := &aurora.TaskQuery{
-			Role:        job.JobKey().Role,
-			Environment: job.JobKey().Environment,
-			JobName:     job.JobKey().Name,
+			Role:        &job.JobKey().Role,
+			Environment: &job.JobKey().Environment,
+			JobName:     &job.JobKey().Name,
 		}
 		tasks, err := r.GetTasksWithoutConfigs(taskQ)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/realis.go b/realis.go
index 82a5eac..3e4837a 100644
--- a/realis.go
+++ b/realis.go
@@ -497,9 +497,9 @@ func (r *realisClient) Close() {
 // Uses predefined set of states to retrieve a set of active jobs in Apache Aurora.
 func (r *realisClient) GetInstanceIds(key *aurora.JobKey, states map[aurora.ScheduleStatus]bool) (map[int32]bool, error) {
 	taskQ := &aurora.TaskQuery{
-		Role:        key.Role,
-		Environment: key.Environment,
-		JobName:     key.Name,
+		Role:        &key.Role,
+		Environment: &key.Environment,
+		JobName:     &key.Name,
 		Statuses:    states,
 	}
 
@@ -880,9 +880,9 @@ func (r *realisClient) FetchTaskConfig(instKey aurora.InstanceKey) (*aurora.Task
 
 	ids[instKey.InstanceId] = true
 	taskQ := &aurora.TaskQuery{
-		Role:        instKey.JobKey.Role,
-		Environment: instKey.JobKey.Environment,
-		JobName:     instKey.JobKey.Name,
+		Role:        &instKey.JobKey.Role,
+		Environment: &instKey.JobKey.Environment,
+		JobName:     &instKey.JobKey.Name,
 		InstanceIds: ids,
 		Statuses:    aurora.ACTIVE_STATES,
 	}
diff --git a/realis_e2e_test.go b/realis_e2e_test.go
index 342dbb1..cbf2804 100644
--- a/realis_e2e_test.go
+++ b/realis_e2e_test.go
@@ -75,11 +75,7 @@ func TestNonExistentEndpoint(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 	defer r.Close()
 
-	taskQ := &aurora.TaskQuery{
-		Role:        "no",
-		Environment: "task",
-		JobName:     "here",
-	}
+	taskQ := &aurora.TaskQuery{}
 
 	_, err = r.GetTasksWithoutConfigs(taskQ)