diff --git a/opencloud/pkg/command/backup.go b/opencloud/pkg/command/backup.go
index 469130a3e5..3573c3df40 100644
--- a/opencloud/pkg/command/backup.go
+++ b/opencloud/pkg/command/backup.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/opencloud/pkg/backup"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/opencloud/pkg/register"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/config"
@@ -11,7 +13,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/config/parser"
 	decomposedbs "github.com/opencloud-eu/reva/v2/pkg/storage/fs/decomposed/blobstore"
 	decomposeds3bs "github.com/opencloud-eu/reva/v2/pkg/storage/fs/decomposeds3/blobstore"
-	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
 // BackupCommand is the entrypoint for the backup command
@@ -19,13 +20,9 @@ func BackupCommand(cfg *config.Config) *cobra.Command {
 	bckCmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "backup",
 		Short: "OpenCloud backup functionality",
-		PreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		PersistentPreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			return configlog.ReturnError(parser.ParseConfig(cfg, true))
 		},
-		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			fmt.Println("Read the docs")
-			return nil
-		},
 	}
 	bckCmd.AddCommand(ConsistencyCommand(cfg))
 	return bckCmd
@@ -82,7 +79,7 @@ func ConsistencyCommand(cfg *config.Config) *cobra.Command {
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Println(err)
 	}
-	consCmd.Flags().StringP("blobstore", "b", "", "the blobstore type. Can be (none, decomposed, decomposeds3). Default decomposed")
+	consCmd.Flags().StringP("blobstore", "b", "decomposed", "the blobstore type. Can be (none, decomposed, decomposeds3). Default decomposed")
 	consCmd.Flags().Bool("fail", false, "exit with non-zero status if consistency check fails")
 	return consCmd
 }
diff --git a/opencloud/pkg/command/revisions.go b/opencloud/pkg/command/revisions.go
index 2ae0a0b6ab..14ecdc53a5 100644
--- a/opencloud/pkg/command/revisions.go
+++ b/opencloud/pkg/command/revisions.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 
 	provider "github.com/cs3org/go-cs3apis/cs3/storage/provider/v1beta1"
+
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/opencloud/pkg/register"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/opencloud/pkg/revisions"
 	"github.com/opencloud-eu/opencloud/pkg/config"
@@ -29,13 +30,9 @@ func RevisionsCommand(cfg *config.Config) *cobra.Command {
 	revCmd := &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "revisions",
 		Short: "OpenCloud revisions functionality",
-		PreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+		PersistentPreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			return configlog.ReturnError(parser.ParseConfig(cfg, true))
 		},
-		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-			fmt.Println("Read the docs")
-			return nil
-		},
 	}
 	revCmd.AddCommand(PurgeRevisionsCommand(cfg))
 
@@ -113,8 +110,18 @@ func PurgeRevisionsCommand(cfg *config.Config) *cobra.Command {
 				ch = revisions.List(p, 10)
 			}
 
-			files, blobs, revisions := revisions.PurgeRevisions(ch, bs, cmd.Flag("dry-run").Changed, cmd.Flag("verbose").Changed)
-			printResults(files, blobs, revisions, cmd.Flag("dry-run").Changed)
+			flagDryRun, err := cmd.Flags().GetBool("dry-run")
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			flagVerbose, err := cmd.Flags().GetBool("verbose")
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			files, blobs, revisionResults := revisions.PurgeRevisions(ch, bs, flagDryRun, flagVerbose)
+			printResults(files, blobs, revisionResults, flagDryRun)
 			return nil
 		},
 	}