diff --git a/mailq/string.go b/mailq/string.go
index 56e8eba..d3963bd 100644
--- a/mailq/string.go
+++ b/mailq/string.go
@@ -37,10 +37,9 @@ func (queue MailQ) WriteMachineReadable(writer io.Writer) {
 }
 
 func (queue MailQ) WriteHumanReadable(writer io.Writer) {
-	if len(queue.Entries) == 0 {
-		fmt.Fprintf(writer, "Mail queue is empty\n")
-	} else {
-		fmt.Fprintf(writer, "%d entries total (%d active, %d deferred, %d on hold)\n\n", len(queue.Entries), queue.NumActive, queue.NumDeferred, queue.NumHold)
+	queue.WriteSummary(writer)
+	if len(queue.Entries) != 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintf(writer, "\n")
 		tabWriter := tabwriter.NewWriter(writer, 2, 2, 1, ' ', tabwriter.TabIndent)
 		fmt.Fprintf(tabWriter, "| %s\t| %s\t| %s\t| %s\t| %s\t| %s\t| %s\t| %s\t| \n", "Date", "Id", "Status", "Size", "Sender", "#", "First Recipient", "Reason")
 		for _, entry := range queue.Entries {
@@ -54,6 +53,14 @@ func (queue MailQ) WriteHumanReadable(writer io.Writer) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (queue MailQ) WriteSummary(writer io.Writer) {
+	if len(queue.Entries) == 0 {
+		fmt.Fprintf(writer, "Mail queue is empty\n")
+	} else {
+		fmt.Fprintf(writer, "%d entries total (%d active, %d deferred, %d on hold)\n", len(queue.Entries), queue.NumActive, queue.NumDeferred, queue.NumHold)
+	}
+}
+
 func (queue MailQ) WriteJSON(writer io.Writer) {
 	bytes, err := json.Marshal(queue)
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 75863f7..153a272 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ func showQueue(sortConfig mailq.QEntrySortConfig) {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 	queue.Sort(sortConfig)
+	displayQueue(queue)
+}
+
+func displayQueue(queue mailq.MailQ) {
 	if settings["usePager"] == "true" {
 		pagerReader, pagerWriter := io.Pipe()
 		pagerDone := make(chan bool)
diff --git a/shell.go b/shell.go
index f9cc752..ae736bb 100644
--- a/shell.go
+++ b/shell.go
@@ -14,12 +14,37 @@ import (
 type shellState struct {
 	SortConfig mailq.QEntrySortConfig
 	QuitShell  bool
+	Queue      mailq.MailQ
 }
 
 func initialShellState() shellState {
 	var state shellState = shellState{}
 	state.QuitShell = false
 	state.SortConfig = defaultSortConfig()
+	state = refreshQueue(state)
+	return state
+}
+
+func refreshQueue(state shellState) shellState {
+	queue, err := fetchQueue()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Printf("Error fetching queue: '%s'\n", err.Error())
+	}
+	state.Queue = queue
+	return state
+}
+
+func updateSortConfig(fields []string, state shellState) shellState {
+	sortConfig := mailq.NewSortConfig()
+	var err error
+	for _, field := range fields[1:] {
+		split := strings.Split(field, ":")
+		sortConfig, err = sortConfig.By(split[0], split[1])
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Printf("Error applying sort config: '%s'\n", err.Error())
+		}
+	}
+	state.SortConfig = sortConfig
 	return state
 }
 
@@ -30,6 +55,7 @@ func interactiveShell(reader io.Reader, writer io.Writer) {
 	for {
 		fmt.Fprint(writer, "> ")
 		if !scanner.Scan() {
+			fmt.Println()
 			break
 		}
 		text := strings.Trim(scanner.Text(), " ")
@@ -38,15 +64,22 @@ func interactiveShell(reader io.Reader, writer io.Writer) {
 			continue
 		}
 		cmd := textFields[0]
-		fmt.Fprintf(writer, "DEBUG - Read input: %q\n", textFields)
-
 		switch cmd {
 		case "help", "?":
 			printHelp(writer)
 		case "exit", "quit":
 			state.QuitShell = true
 		case "sort":
-			fmt.Println("TODO: Implement this!")
+			state = updateSortConfig(textFields, state)
+		case "show":
+			state.Queue.Sort(state.SortConfig)
+			displayQueue(state.Queue)
+		case "summary":
+			state.Queue.WriteSummary(writer)
+		case "reload":
+			state = refreshQueue(state)
+			fmt.Fprintln(writer, "Queue data reloaded")
+			state.Queue.WriteSummary(writer)
 		default:
 			fmt.Fprintf(writer, "Unknown command '%s'\n", cmd)
 			fmt.Fprintln(writer, "Use 'help' to display help command")