Fixed defaults and overrides

index.js

   // --runas
   if (processedArgs.runas) {
     // Weve been asked to run in priviledged mode. Check if we already are privileged.
-    __runcmd('runas')
+    return __runcmd('runas')
   }
-  else __runcmd(processedArgs.label || processedArgs._[0] || 'h');
+  else return __runcmd(processedArgs.label || processedArgs._[0] || 'h');
 }
 
 var getManifest = function () {
 
     , elevated: []
     , exludeMergeRepos: {}
-    , instanceName: processedArgs._[1] || 'chess'
+    , instanceName: 'chess'
     // Runas windowshta clobbers and removes the NODE_ENV !!! We therefore pass it in.
-    , node_env: (process.env.NODE_ENV && process.env.NODE_ENV.trim()) || processedArgs.node_env || 'development'
+    , node_env: 'development'
   }
+  
   return Object.assign({ root }, __default);
 }
 
   return Promise.all(downloadtasks).then(() => { return any(installtasks) })
 }
 
-function acquirelocalinstances(selected){
-  var chessinstances = utils.assign(require(path.normalize(selected.root + '/chessinstances.js')));
-  chessinstances.current_run.instanceName = processedArgs._[1] = selected.instanceName || processedArgs._[1] || chessinstances.current_run.instanceName;
-  chessinstances.current_run.node_env = processedArgs.node_env = selected.node_env || processedArgs.node_env || chessinstances.current_run.node_env;
-  selectedinstance = Object.assign(chessinstances[chessinstances.current_run.instanceName][chessinstances.current_run.node_env], selected);
+function initinstances(chessinstances, selected) {
+  chessinstances.current_run.instanceName = processedArgs._[1] = processedArgs._[1] || chessinstances.current_run.instanceName || selected.instanceName;
+  chessinstances.current_run.node_env = processedArgs.node_env = processedArgs.node_env || chessinstances.current_run.node_env || selected.node_env;
+  chessinstances[chessinstances.current_run.instanceName] = chessinstances[chessinstances.current_run.instanceName] || {}
+  selectedinstance = Object.assign(selected, chessinstances[chessinstances.current_run.instanceName][chessinstances.current_run.node_env], clioverrides);
   repomanifest = selectedinstance
   return chessinstances
 }
+function acquirelocalinstances(selected){
+  var chessinstances = utils.assign(require(path.normalize(selected.root + '/chessinstances.js')));
+  return initinstances(chessinstances, selected)
+}
 
 function updateselection(selected) { selectedinstance = utils.assign(selectedinstance, selected) }
 var detectedInstance = detectInstance(); // From launch location etc.
 var selectedinstance = detectedInstance
-
+var clioverrides = { }
+processedArgs._[1] ? clioverrides.instanceName = processedArgs._[1]: null;
+processedArgs.node_env ? clioverrides.node_env = (process.env.NODE_ENV && process.env.NODE_ENV.trim()) || processedArgs.node_env 
+  : (process.env.NODE_ENV && process.env.NODE_ENV.trim()) ? clioverrides.node_env = (process.env.NODE_ENV && process.env.NODE_ENV.trim()): null;
 
 var maintask = () => {
   try {
   catch (e) {
     console.error(e)
     // No local instances config found. We acquire user choices and proceed to reattempt.
+    chessinstances = {}
+    chessinstances.current_run = {}
+    initinstances(chessinstances, selectedinstance)
     return acquireChoices(selectedinstance).then(() => {
       try {
         var chessinstances = acquirelocalinstances(selectedinstance)
         console.log('We will create a new one with the instance and environment chosen...')
       }
       finally {
+        
         return acquireConfig(selectedinstance, chessinstances).catch((e) => {
           console.error('Chosen cofiguraton failed or not found')
           console.error(e)
         .finally(()=>{
           fs.writeFileSync('run.log', ', ' + JSON.stringify({ error: e.message }), { 'flag': 'a+' })
           fs.writeFileSync('run.done', 'error');
-          return process.exit()
+          // return process.exit()
         })
       }
     })