diff --git a/DiscordChatExporter.Cli/Commands/Base/DiscordCommandBase.cs b/DiscordChatExporter.Cli/Commands/Base/DiscordCommandBase.cs
index a4f1edd..fb18f0f 100644
--- a/DiscordChatExporter.Cli/Commands/Base/DiscordCommandBase.cs
+++ b/DiscordChatExporter.Cli/Commands/Base/DiscordCommandBase.cs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public abstract class DiscordCommandBase : ICommand
         EnvironmentVariable = "DISCORD_TOKEN_BOT",
         Description = "This option doesn't do anything. Kept for backwards compatibility."
     )]
-    public bool IsBotToken { get; init; }
+    public bool IsBotToken { get; init; } = false;
 
     private DiscordClient? _discordClient;
     protected DiscordClient Discord => _discordClient ??= new DiscordClient(Token);
diff --git a/DiscordChatExporter.Cli/Commands/Base/ExportCommandBase.cs b/DiscordChatExporter.Cli/Commands/Base/ExportCommandBase.cs
index 8cb3c4e..41fcb47 100644
--- a/DiscordChatExporter.Cli/Commands/Base/ExportCommandBase.cs
+++ b/DiscordChatExporter.Cli/Commands/Base/ExportCommandBase.cs
@@ -94,13 +94,13 @@ public abstract class ExportCommandBase : DiscordCommandBase
         "media",
         Description = "Download assets referenced by the export (user avatars, attached files, embedded images, etc.)."
     )]
-    public bool ShouldDownloadAssets { get; init; }
+    public bool ShouldDownloadAssets { get; init; } = false;
 
     [CommandOption(
         "reuse-media",
         Description = "Reuse previously downloaded assets to avoid redundant requests."
     )]
-    public bool ShouldReuseAssets { get; init; }
+    public bool ShouldReuseAssets { get; init; } = false;
 
     private readonly string? _assetsDirPath;
 
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public abstract class ExportCommandBase : DiscordCommandBase
         // Use a converter to accept '1' as 'true' to reuse the existing environment variable
         Converter = typeof(TruthyBooleanBindingConverter)
     )]
-    public bool IsUkraineSupportMessageDisabled { get; init; }
+    public bool IsUkraineSupportMessageDisabled { get; init; } = false;
 
     private ChannelExporter? _channelExporter;
     protected ChannelExporter Exporter => _channelExporter ??= new ChannelExporter(Discord);