diff --git a/tabcmd/commands/auth/session.py b/tabcmd/commands/auth/session.py
index a380ab73..188c0581 100644
--- a/tabcmd/commands/auth/session.py
+++ b/tabcmd/commands/auth/session.py
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.timeout = None
 
         self.logging_level = "info"
-        self._read_from_json()
         self.logger = log(__class__.__name__, self.logging_level)  # instantiate here mostly for tests
+        self._read_from_json()
         self.tableau_server = None  # this one is an object that doesn't get persisted in the file
 
     # called before we connect to the server
diff --git a/tabcmd/commands/datasources_and_workbooks/datasources_and_workbooks_command.py b/tabcmd/commands/datasources_and_workbooks/datasources_and_workbooks_command.py
index 86536550..1eadb3a5 100644
--- a/tabcmd/commands/datasources_and_workbooks/datasources_and_workbooks_command.py
+++ b/tabcmd/commands/datasources_and_workbooks/datasources_and_workbooks_command.py
@@ -99,8 +99,15 @@ def apply_png_options(request_options: TSC.ImageRequestOptions, args, logger):
         if args.height or args.width:
             # only applicable for png
             logger.warn("Height/width arguments not yet implemented in export")
-        if args.image_resolution:
-            request_options.image_resolution = args.image_resolution
+        # Always request high-res images
+        request_options.image_resolution = "high"
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def apply_pdf_options(request_options: TSC.PDFRequestOptions, args, logger):
+        request_options.page_type = args.pagesize
+        if args.pagelayout:
+            logger.debug("Setting page layout to: {}".format(args.pagelayout))
+            request_options.orientation = args.pagelayout
 
     @staticmethod
     def save_to_data_file(logger, output, filename):
diff --git a/tabcmd/commands/datasources_and_workbooks/export_command.py b/tabcmd/commands/datasources_and_workbooks/export_command.py
index 2e714543..79ddedb6 100644
--- a/tabcmd/commands/datasources_and_workbooks/export_command.py
+++ b/tabcmd/commands/datasources_and_workbooks/export_command.py
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 from tabcmd.execution.logger_config import log
 from .datasources_and_workbooks_command import DatasourcesAndWorkbooks
 
+pagesize = TSC.PDFRequestOptions.PageType  # type alias for brevity
+
 
 class ExportCommand(DatasourcesAndWorkbooks):
 
@@ -24,12 +26,29 @@ def define_args(export_parser):
         export_parser.add_argument(
             "--pagelayout",
             choices=["landscape", "portrait"],
-            default="landscape",
+            default=None,
             help="page orientation (landscape or portrait) of the exported PDF",
         )
-        export_parser.add_argument("--pagesize", default="letter", help="Set the page size of the exported PDF")
         export_parser.add_argument(
-            "--image-resolution", default="High", help="Set the image resolution of the exported image"
+            "--pagesize",
+            choices=[
+                pagesize.A3,
+                pagesize.A4,
+                pagesize.A5,
+                pagesize.B4,
+                pagesize.B5,
+                pagesize.Executive,
+                pagesize.Folio,
+                pagesize.Ledger,
+                pagesize.Legal,
+                pagesize.Letter,
+                pagesize.Note,
+                pagesize.Quarto,
+                pagesize.Tabloid,
+                pagesize.Unspecified,
+            ],
+            default="letter",
+            help="Set the page size of the exported PDF",
         )
 
         export_parser.add_argument(
@@ -111,44 +130,44 @@ def apply_values_from_args(request_options: TSC.PDFRequestOptions, args, logger=
 
     @staticmethod
     def download_wb_pdf(server, workbook_item, args, logger):
-        logger.trace(args.url)
+        logger.debug(args.url)
         pdf_options = TSC.PDFRequestOptions(maxage=1)
         ExportCommand.apply_values_from_url_params(pdf_options, args.url, logger)
         ExportCommand.apply_values_from_args(pdf_options, args, logger)
-        logger.trace(pdf_options)
+        logger.debug(pdf_options.get_query_params())
         server.workbooks.populate_pdf(workbook_item, pdf_options)
         return workbook_item.pdf
 
     @staticmethod
     def download_view_pdf(server, view_item, args, logger):
-        logger.trace(args.url)
+        logger.debug(args.url)
         pdf_options = TSC.PDFRequestOptions(maxage=1)
         ExportCommand.apply_values_from_url_params(pdf_options, args.url, logger)
         ExportCommand.apply_values_from_args(pdf_options, args, logger)
-        logger.trace(pdf_options)
+        logger.debug(pdf_options.get_query_params())
         server.views.populate_pdf(view_item, pdf_options)
         return view_item.pdf
 
     @staticmethod
     def download_csv(server, view_item, args, logger):
-        logger.trace(args.url)
+        logger.debug(args.url)
         csv_options = TSC.CSVRequestOptions(maxage=1)
         ExportCommand.apply_values_from_url_params(csv_options, args.url, logger)
         ExportCommand.apply_values_from_args(csv_options, args, logger)
-        logger.trace(csv_options)
+        logger.debug(csv_options.get_query_params())
         server.views.populate_csv(view_item, csv_options)
         return view_item.csv
 
     @staticmethod
     def download_png(server, view_item, args, logger):
-        logger.trace(args.url)
+        logger.debug(args.url)
         image_options = TSC.ImageRequestOptions(maxage=1)
         ExportCommand.apply_values_from_url_params(image_options, args.url, logger)
         ExportCommand.apply_values_from_args(image_options, args, logger)
         DatasourcesAndWorkbooks.apply_png_options(image_options, args, logger)
-        logger.trace(image_options)
+        logger.debug(image_options.get_query_params())
         server.views.populate_image(view_item, image_options)
-        return view_item.png
+        return view_item.image
 
     @staticmethod
     def parse_export_url_to_workbook_and_view(logger, url):