diff --git a/cmd2.py b/cmd2.py
index cd2d9d54b..776c85d88 100755
--- a/cmd2.py
+++ b/cmd2.py
@@ -803,8 +803,6 @@ class Cmd(cmd.Cmd):
     allow_cli_args = True       # Should arguments passed on the command-line be processed as commands?
     allow_redirection = True    # Should output redirection and pipes be allowed
     default_to_shell = False    # Attempt to run unrecognized commands as shell commands
-    excludeFromHistory = '''run ru r history histor histo hist his hi h edit edi ed e eof eo eos'''.split()
-    exclude_from_help = ['do_eof', 'do_eos', 'do__relative_load']  # Commands to exclude from the help menu
     reserved_words = []
 
     # Attributes which ARE dynamically settable at runtime
@@ -874,7 +872,12 @@ def __init__(self, completekey='tab', stdin=None, stdout=None, persistent_histor
         # Call super class constructor.  Need to do it in this way for Python 2 and 3 compatibility
         cmd.Cmd.__init__(self, completekey=completekey, stdin=stdin, stdout=stdout)
 
+        # Commands to exclude from the help menu or history command
+        self.exclude_from_help = ['do_eof', 'do_eos', 'do__relative_load']
+        self.excludeFromHistory = '''history histor histo hist his hi h edit edi ed e eof eo eos'''.split()
+
         self._finalize_app_parameters()
+
         self.initial_stdout = sys.stdout
         self.history = History()
         self.pystate = {}
diff --git a/tests/test_parsing.py b/tests/test_parsing.py
index da8f66925..5a741b578 100644
--- a/tests/test_parsing.py
+++ b/tests/test_parsing.py
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ def parser():
     c.multilineCommands = ['multiline']
     c.case_insensitive = True
     c.parser_manager = cmd2.ParserManager(redirector=c.redirector, terminators=c.terminators, multilineCommands=c.multilineCommands,
-                          legalChars=c.legalChars, commentGrammars=c.commentGrammars,
-                          commentInProgress=c.commentInProgress, case_insensitive=c.case_insensitive,
-                          blankLinesAllowed=c.blankLinesAllowed, prefixParser=c.prefixParser,
-                          preparse=c.preparse, postparse=c.postparse, shortcuts=c.shortcuts)
+                                          legalChars=c.legalChars, commentGrammars=c.commentGrammars,
+                                          commentInProgress=c.commentInProgress, case_insensitive=c.case_insensitive,
+                                          blankLinesAllowed=c.blankLinesAllowed, prefixParser=c.prefixParser,
+                                          preparse=c.preparse, postparse=c.postparse, shortcuts=c.shortcuts)
     return c.parser_manager.main_parser
 
 # Case-insensitive ParserManager
@@ -40,10 +40,10 @@ def ci_pm():
     c.multilineCommands = ['multiline']
     c.case_insensitive = True
     c.parser_manager = cmd2.ParserManager(redirector=c.redirector, terminators=c.terminators, multilineCommands=c.multilineCommands,
-                          legalChars=c.legalChars, commentGrammars=c.commentGrammars,
-                          commentInProgress=c.commentInProgress, case_insensitive=c.case_insensitive,
-                          blankLinesAllowed=c.blankLinesAllowed, prefixParser=c.prefixParser,
-                          preparse=c.preparse, postparse=c.postparse, shortcuts=c.shortcuts)
+                                          legalChars=c.legalChars, commentGrammars=c.commentGrammars,
+                                          commentInProgress=c.commentInProgress, case_insensitive=c.case_insensitive,
+                                          blankLinesAllowed=c.blankLinesAllowed, prefixParser=c.prefixParser,
+                                          preparse=c.preparse, postparse=c.postparse, shortcuts=c.shortcuts)
     return c.parser_manager
 
 # Case-sensitive ParserManager
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ def cs_pm():
     c.multilineCommands = ['multiline']
     c.case_insensitive = False
     c.parser_manager = cmd2.ParserManager(redirector=c.redirector, terminators=c.terminators, multilineCommands=c.multilineCommands,
-                          legalChars=c.legalChars, commentGrammars=c.commentGrammars,
-                          commentInProgress=c.commentInProgress, case_insensitive=c.case_insensitive,
-                          blankLinesAllowed=c.blankLinesAllowed, prefixParser=c.prefixParser,
-                          preparse=c.preparse, postparse=c.postparse, shortcuts=c.shortcuts)
+                                          legalChars=c.legalChars, commentGrammars=c.commentGrammars,
+                                          commentInProgress=c.commentInProgress, case_insensitive=c.case_insensitive,
+                                          blankLinesAllowed=c.blankLinesAllowed, prefixParser=c.prefixParser,
+                                          preparse=c.preparse, postparse=c.postparse, shortcuts=c.shortcuts)
     return c.parser_manager