diff --git a/mailq/sorting.go b/mailq/sorting.go
index 614d220..1df4919 100644
--- a/mailq/sorting.go
+++ b/mailq/sorting.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"sort"
 )
 
-type qEntrySortConfig struct {
+type QEntrySortConfig struct {
 	attributes []qEntryAttributeSortConfig
 }
 
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ type qEntryAttributeSortConfig struct {
 	order     string
 }
 
-func NewSortConfig() qEntrySortConfig {
-	return qEntrySortConfig{}
+func NewSortConfig() QEntrySortConfig {
+	return QEntrySortConfig{}
 }
 
 func isQEntryAttribute(attributeName string) bool {
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func isQEntryAttribute(attributeName string) bool {
 	return isValidAttribute
 }
 
-func (c qEntrySortConfig) By(attributeName string, order string) (qEntrySortConfig, error) {
+func (c QEntrySortConfig) By(attributeName string, order string) (QEntrySortConfig, error) {
 	if !isQEntryAttribute(attributeName) {
 		return c, errors.New(fmt.Sprintf("Invalid sort attribute: '%s' given!", attributeName))
 	}
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func (c qEntrySortConfig) By(attributeName string, order string) (qEntrySortConf
 	return c, nil
 }
 
-func (queue MailQ) Sort(config qEntrySortConfig) {
+func (queue MailQ) Sort(config QEntrySortConfig) {
 	if len(config.attributes) == 0 {
 		return
 	}
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 6cac199..75863f7 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ var settings = make(map[string]string)
 func main() {
 	parseArguments()
 	if settings["interactive"] == "false" {
-		showQueue()
+		showQueue(defaultSortConfig())
 	}
 	if settings["interactive"] == "true" {
 		interactiveShell(os.Stdin, os.Stdout)
@@ -39,16 +39,20 @@ func parseArguments() {
 	settings["usePager"] = strconv.FormatBool(*usePagerPtr)
 }
 
-func showQueue() {
+func defaultSortConfig() mailq.QEntrySortConfig {
+	sortConfig := mailq.NewSortConfig()
+	sortConfig, _ = sortConfig.By("Status", "ASC")
+	sortConfig, _ = sortConfig.By("Sender", "ASC")
+	sortConfig, _ = sortConfig.By("Recipients", "DESC")
+	return sortConfig
+}
+
+func showQueue(sortConfig mailq.QEntrySortConfig) {
 	queue, err := fetchQueue()
 	if err != nil {
 		fmt.Printf("Could not fetch queue entries: %s\n", err.Error())
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
-	sortConfig := mailq.NewSortConfig()
-	sortConfig, _ = sortConfig.By("Status", "ASC")
-	sortConfig, _ = sortConfig.By("Sender", "ASC")
-	sortConfig, _ = sortConfig.By("Recipients", "DESC")
 	queue.Sort(sortConfig)
 	if settings["usePager"] == "true" {
 		pagerReader, pagerWriter := io.Pipe()
diff --git a/shell.go b/shell.go
index a79f353..f9cc752 100644
--- a/shell.go
+++ b/shell.go
@@ -7,11 +7,27 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 )
 
+import (
+	"mailq-inspector/mailq"
+)
+
+type shellState struct {
+	SortConfig mailq.QEntrySortConfig
+	QuitShell  bool
+}
+
+func initialShellState() shellState {
+	var state shellState = shellState{}
+	state.QuitShell = false
+	state.SortConfig = defaultSortConfig()
+	return state
+}
+
 func interactiveShell(reader io.Reader, writer io.Writer) {
+	var state shellState = initialShellState()
 	fmt.Fprintln(writer, "Let's try an interactive shell!")
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(reader)
 	for {
-		var quitShell bool = false
 		fmt.Fprint(writer, "> ")
 		if !scanner.Scan() {
 			break
@@ -28,12 +44,14 @@ func interactiveShell(reader io.Reader, writer io.Writer) {
 		case "help", "?":
 			printHelp(writer)
 		case "exit", "quit":
-			quitShell = true
+			state.QuitShell = true
+		case "sort":
+			fmt.Println("TODO: Implement this!")
 		default:
 			fmt.Fprintf(writer, "Unknown command '%s'\n", cmd)
 			fmt.Fprintln(writer, "Use 'help' to display help command")
 		}
-		if quitShell == true {
+		if state.QuitShell == true {
 			break
 		}
 	}