diff --git a/internal/cmd/init.go b/internal/cmd/init.go
index 7fecb72..b6e8033 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/init.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/init.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-func newInitCmd(cfg tester.CmdConfig) *cobra.Command {
+func newInitCmd(cfg *tester.CmdConfig) *cobra.Command {
 	return &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "init [path to admission policy file]",
 		Short: "Generate skeleton manifests for writing tests",
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ func newInitCmd(cfg tester.CmdConfig) *cobra.Command {
 				return fmt.Errorf("path is required")
 			}
 			targetFilePath := args[0]
-			return tester.RunInit(cfg, targetFilePath)
+			return tester.RunInit(*cfg, targetFilePath)
 		},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/cmd/root.go b/internal/cmd/root.go
index f35799a..f093513 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/root.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/root.go
@@ -41,10 +41,12 @@ func newRootCmd() *cobra.Command {
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&cfg.Verbose, "verbose", "v", false, "Verbose output")
 	cmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVarP(&cfg.Debug, "debug", "d", false, "Debug output")
 
-	initLog(cfg)
+	cobra.OnInitialize(func() {
+		initLog(cfg)
+	})
 
-	cmd.AddCommand(newInitCmd(cfg))
-	cmd.AddCommand(newRunCmd(cfg))
+	cmd.AddCommand(newInitCmd(&cfg))
+	cmd.AddCommand(newRunCmd(&cfg))
 	cmd.AddCommand(newVersionCmd())
 	return cmd
 }
diff --git a/internal/cmd/run.go b/internal/cmd/run.go
index c7499c4..7d12704 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/run.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/run.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
 
-func newRunCmd(cfg tester.CmdConfig) *cobra.Command {
+func newRunCmd(cfg *tester.CmdConfig) *cobra.Command {
 	return &cobra.Command{
 		Use:   "run [path to test manifest]...",
 		Short: "Run the tests of ValidatingAdmissionPolicy",
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func newRunCmd(cfg tester.CmdConfig) *cobra.Command {
 			if len(args) == 0 {
 				return fmt.Errorf("path is required")
 			}
-			return tester.Run(cfg, args)
+			return tester.Run(*cfg, args)
 		},
 	}
 }