diff --git a/chanbans/__main__.py b/chanbans/__main__.py
index 84ee29d..eae9557 100644
--- a/chanbans/__main__.py
+++ b/chanbans/__main__.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import asyncio
 import argparse
 import logging
 
+from . import config
 from .pull import pull
 from .http import run_app
 from .hist import generate_histogram_svg
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ def parse_args():
     )
     pull_parser.add_argument(
         "--generate-histogram",
-        action="store_true",
+        type=lambda x: x.lower() in ['true', '1', 'yes', 'y'],
         help="Generate a histogram SVG if any new posts are pulled",
         default=config.PULL_GENERATE_HISTOGRAM,
     )
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ def main():
         case "serve":
             run_app()
         case "hist":
-            generate_histogram_svg()
+            generate_histogram_svg(config.HISTOGRAM_PATH)
         case command:
             assert (
                 False
diff --git a/chanbans/config.py b/chanbans/config.py
index 555442c..1159976 100644
--- a/chanbans/config.py
+++ b/chanbans/config.py
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ HTTP_RESULTS_PER_PAGE = default("HTTP_RESULTS_PER_PAGE", 100)
 
 STATIC_HANDLER = one_of_default("STATIC_HANDLER", ("remote", "local"), "local")
 STATIC_LOCAL_PATH = Path(default("STATIC_LOCAL_PATH", "static"))
-STATIC_LOCAL_FOLLOW_SYMLINKS = default_bool("STATIC_LOCAL_FOLLOW_SYMLINKS")
+STATIC_LOCAL_FOLLOW_SYMLINKS = default_bool("STATIC_LOCAL_FOLLOW_SYMLINKS", default_value=True)
 STATIC_ROOT = default("STATIC_ROOT", "/static")
 
 HISTOGRAM_PATH = Path(default("HISTOGRAM_PATH", "static/histogram.svg"))
diff --git a/chanbans/hist.py b/chanbans/hist.py
index 0d430dd..f2e8c99 100644
--- a/chanbans/hist.py
+++ b/chanbans/hist.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def histogram_svg():
     return svg
 
 
-def generate_histogram_svg(path: Path = HISTOGRAM_PATH):
+def generate_histogram_svg(path: Path):
     log.info("Generating and writing histogram SVG to %s", path)
     svg = histogram_svg()
     path = path.write_text(svg)
diff --git a/chanbans/pull.py b/chanbans/pull.py
index a3270ad..b90f4f3 100644
--- a/chanbans/pull.py
+++ b/chanbans/pull.py
@@ -47,7 +47,10 @@ async def get_thumb(thumb_path: Union[str, Path], post: dict) -> Optional[bytes]
                 return content
 
 
-async def pull(generate_histogram: bool = config.GENERATE_HISTOGRAM):
+async def pull(
+    generate_histogram: bool = config.PULL_GENERATE_HISTOGRAM,
+    histogram_path: Path = config.HISTOGRAM_PATH,
+):
     # TODO(args) --db-path arg
     db = get_db()
 
@@ -209,7 +212,7 @@ async def pull(generate_histogram: bool = config.GENERATE_HISTOGRAM):
                 log.exception("error inserting data")
                 log.info("Continuing")
     if updated and generate_histogram:
-        generate_histogram_svg()
+        generate_histogram_svg(histogram_path)
 
     # Finish off thumbnail jobs
     await asyncio.gather(*download_jobs)