diff --git a/cmd/dns-preload/main.go b/cmd/dns-preload/main.go
index 0b3758e..4ec3ff1 100644
--- a/cmd/dns-preload/main.go
+++ b/cmd/dns-preload/main.go
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 var (
+	//nolint:govet // fieldalignment is not required here.
 	cli struct {
 		All    Preload       `cmd:"" help:"preload all of the following types from the configuration file"`
 		Cname  Preload       `cmd:"" help:"preload only the cname entries from the configuration file"`
@@ -48,27 +49,27 @@ var (
 )
 
 type Preload struct {
-	ConfigFile string        `required:"" help:"The configuration file to read the domain list to query from"`
-	Server     string        `default:"localhost" help:"The server to query to seed the domain list into"`
-	Port       string        `default:"53" help:"The port the DNS server listens for requests on"`
+	resolver   dns.CustomResolver
+	ConfigFile string `required:"" help:"The configuration file to read the domain list to query from"`
+	Server     string `default:"localhost" help:"The server to query to seed the domain list into"`
+	Port       string `default:"53" help:"The port the DNS server listens for requests on"`
+	nameserver string
+	Timeout    time.Duration `default:"30s" help:"The timeout for each DNS query to succeed (not implemented)"`
 	Workers    uint8         `default:"2" help:"The number of concurrent goroutines used to query the DNS server"`
 	Mute       bool          `default:"false" help:"Suppress the preload task output to the console"`
 	Quiet      bool          `default:"false" help:"Suppress the preload response output to the console"`
 	Full       bool          `default:"true" help:"For record types that return a Hostname ensure that these are resolved"`
 	Debug      bool          `default:"false" help:"Debug mode"`
-	Timeout    time.Duration `default:"30s" help:"The timeout for each DNS query to succeed (not implemented)"`
-	resolver   dns.CustomResolver
-	nameserver string
 }
 
 type Config struct {
+	Validate struct {
+		ConfigFile string `required:"" help:"The configuration file to load"`
+	} `cmd:"" help:"Validate a configuration file"`
 	Quiet    bool `default:"false" help:"Suppress the info output to the console"`
 	Generate struct {
 		Generate bool `default:"true" help:"Generate an empty configuration and output it to stdout"`
 	} `cmd:"" help:"Generate a configuration file"`
-	Validate struct {
-		ConfigFile string `required:"" help:"The configuration file to load"`
-	} `cmd:"" help:"Validate a configuration file"`
 }
 
 // Config Run() prints an empty YAML configuration to stdout.
@@ -394,10 +395,11 @@ func (p *Preload) IntroPrinter(queryType string, hosts []string) {
 }
 
 // CompletedPrinter prints out a completion message and a timer to stdout.
-func completedPrinter(quiet bool, t time.Time) {
+func completedPrinter(quiet bool, t time.Time) string {
 	if !quiet {
-		fmt.Printf(completedMessage+"\n", time.Since(t))
+		return fmt.Sprintf(completedMessage+"\n", time.Since(t))
 	}
+	return ""
 }
 
 // createErrGroup handles the logic to setup an errgroup for concurrency.
diff --git a/cmd/dns-preload/main_test.go b/cmd/dns-preload/main_test.go
index 8abedea..01e17e8 100644
--- a/cmd/dns-preload/main_test.go
+++ b/cmd/dns-preload/main_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"net"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -956,7 +957,7 @@ func TestPreloadRun(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func Test_completedPrinter(t *testing.T) {
+func TestCompletedPrinter(t *testing.T) {
 	start := time.Now()
 	type args struct {
 		quiet bool
@@ -981,12 +982,22 @@ func Test_completedPrinter(t *testing.T) {
 				quiet: false,
 				t:     start,
 			},
-			want: "",
+			want: completedMessage,
 		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			completedPrinter(tt.args.quiet, tt.args.t)
+			s := completedPrinter(tt.args.quiet, tt.args.t)
+			if tt.args.quiet {
+				if s != tt.want {
+					t.Errorf("expected nil, got %s", tt.want)
+				}
+			}
+			if !tt.args.quiet {
+				if strings.Index(strings.Split(s, "0")[0], strings.Split(tt.want, " ")[0]) != 0 {
+					t.Errorf("expected return to start with %s, got %s", tt.want, s)
+				}
+			}
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/confighandlers/config.go b/pkg/confighandlers/config.go
index 5eaae2e..e67845f 100644
--- a/pkg/confighandlers/config.go
+++ b/pkg/confighandlers/config.go
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	Mx    string = "mx"
-	Ns    string = "ns"
-	Txt   string = "txt"
-	Cname string = "cname"
-	Hosts string = "hosts"
-	Ptr   string = "ptr"
+	Mx         string = "mx"
+	Ns         string = "ns"
+	Txt        string = "txt"
+	Cname      string = "cname"
+	Hosts      string = "hosts"
+	Ptr        string = "ptr"
+	nilRecords uint16 = 0
 )
 
 var (
@@ -27,23 +28,24 @@ type Configuration struct {
 // QueryType lsits out the structure for the different domains and their query type
 type QueryType struct {
 	// Cnames for doing a cname lookup
-	Cname      []string `yaml:"cname" json:"cname" validate:"dive,fqdn"`
-	CnameCount uint16   `yaml:",omitempty"`
+	Cname []string `yaml:"cname" json:"cname" validate:"dive,fqdn"`
 	// Hosts for doing a query for type A and AAAA
-	Hosts      []string `yaml:"hosts" json:"hosts" validate:"dive,fqdn"`
-	HostsCount uint16   `yaml:",omitempty"`
+	Hosts []string `yaml:"hosts" json:"hosts" validate:"dive,fqdn"`
 	// ns for doing a query for type NS
-	NS      []string `yaml:"ns" json:"ns" validate:"dive,fqdn"`
-	NSCount uint16   `yaml:",omitempty"`
+	NS []string `yaml:"ns" json:"ns" validate:"dive,fqdn"`
 	// MX for doing a query for type MX
-	MX      []string `yaml:"mx" json:"mx" validate:"dive,fqdn"`
-	MXCount uint16   `yaml:",omitempty"`
+	MX []string `yaml:"mx" json:"mx" validate:"dive,fqdn"`
 	// TXT for doing a query for type TXT
-	TXT      []string `yaml:"txt" json:"txt" validate:"dive,fqdn"`
-	TXTCount uint16   `yaml:",omitempty"`
+	TXT []string `yaml:"txt" json:"txt" validate:"dive,fqdn"`
 	// PTR for doing a query for type PTR
-	PTR      []string `yaml:"ptr" json:"ptr" validate:"dive,ip_addr"`
-	PTRCount uint16   `yaml:",omitempty"`
+	PTR []string `yaml:"ptr" json:"ptr" validate:"dive,ip_addr"`
+	// Metrics values below this point.
+	CnameCount uint16 `yaml:",omitempty"`
+	HostsCount uint16 `yaml:",omitempty"`
+	NSCount    uint16 `yaml:",omitempty"`
+	MXCount    uint16 `yaml:",omitempty"`
+	TXTCount   uint16 `yaml:",omitempty"`
+	PTRCount   uint16 `yaml:",omitempty"`
 }
 
 // PopulateCounts for how many domains are in each query_type.
diff --git a/pkg/confighandlers/file.go b/pkg/confighandlers/file.go
index 839528c..1329109 100644
--- a/pkg/confighandlers/file.go
+++ b/pkg/confighandlers/file.go
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func LoadConfigFromFile(cfgfile *string) (*Configuration, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return &Configuration{}, err
 	}
-	if (cfg.QueryType.CnameCount == 0) && (cfg.QueryType.HostsCount == 0) && (cfg.QueryType.MXCount == 0) && (cfg.QueryType.PTRCount == 00) && (cfg.QueryType.TXTCount == 0) {
+	if (cfg.QueryType.CnameCount == nilRecords) && (cfg.QueryType.HostsCount == nilRecords) && (cfg.QueryType.MXCount == nilRecords) && (cfg.QueryType.PTRCount == nilRecords) && (cfg.QueryType.TXTCount == nilRecords) {
 		return &Configuration{}, fmt.Errorf("empty configuration or invalid keys")
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/dns/resolver.go b/pkg/dns/resolver.go
index 441357e..e6c5616 100644
--- a/pkg/dns/resolver.go
+++ b/pkg/dns/resolver.go
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ type Resolver struct {
 	client *net.Resolver
 }
 
+// NewResolver creates a custom resolver where the DNS servers are pinned.
 func NewResolver(nameserver string, timeout time.Duration) *Resolver {
+	//nolint:revive // address is a returned function, it gets set by the caller.
 	return &Resolver{
 		client: &net.Resolver{
 			PreferGo:     true,