diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodeconsole b/confluent_client/bin/nodeconsole
index 257b0b68..31e45ad0 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodeconsole
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodeconsole
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ if len(args) != 1:
     argparser.print_help()
     sys.exit(1)
 if options.tile:
+    null = open('/dev/null', 'w')
     nodes = []
     sess = client.Command()
     for res in sess.read('/noderange/{0}/nodes/'.format(args[0])):
@@ -60,13 +61,15 @@ if options.tile:
                     confettypath, node)])
         else:
             subprocess.call(['tmux', 'select-pane', '-t', str(pane)])
+            subprocess.call(['tmux', 'set-option', 'pane-border-status', 'top'], stderr=null)
             pane += 1
             subprocess.call(
                 ['tmux', 'split', '-h',
                  '{0} -m 5 start /nodes/{1}/console/session'.format(
                      confettypath, node)])
-            subprocess.call(['tmux', 'select-layout', 'tiled'])
+            subprocess.call(['tmux', 'select-layout', 'tiled'], stdout=null)
     subprocess.call(['tmux', 'select-pane', '-t', '0'])
+    subprocess.call(['tmux', 'set-option', 'pane-border-status', 'top'], stderr=null)
     os.execlp('tmux', 'tmux', 'attach', '-t', 'nodeconsole_{0}'.format(
         os.getpid()))
 else:
diff --git a/confluent_server/confluent/config/configmanager.py b/confluent_server/confluent/config/configmanager.py
index bcddd8a8..76f8ae74 100644
--- a/confluent_server/confluent/config/configmanager.py
+++ b/confluent_server/confluent/config/configmanager.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 7# vim: tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4
 
 # Copyright 2014 IBM Corporation
-# Copyright 2015-2018 Lenovo
+# Copyright 2015-2019 Lenovo
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -1515,17 +1515,20 @@ class ConfigManager(object):
                         currnodes = list(self.get_nodegroup_attributes(
                             group, ['nodes']).get('nodes', []))
                         if attribmap[group][attr].get('prepend', False):
-                            newnodes = attribmap[group][attr][
-                                'prepend'].split(',')
-                            attribmap[group][attr] = newnodes + currnodes
+                            newnodes = noderange.NodeRange(attribmap[group][attr][
+                                'prepend'], config=self).nodes
+                            attribmap[group][attr] = list(
+                                newnodes) + currnodes
                         elif attribmap[group][attr].get('remove', False):
-                            delnodes = attribmap[group][attr][
-                                'remove'].split(',')
+                            delnodes = noderange.NodeRange(
+                                attribmap[group][attr]['remove'],
+                                config=self).nodes
                             attribmap[group][attr] = [
                                 x for x in currnodes if x not in delnodes]
                     if not isinstance(attribmap[group][attr], list):
                         if type(attribmap[group][attr]) is unicode or type(attribmap[group][attr]) is str:
-                            attribmap[group][attr]=attribmap[group][attr].split(",")
+                            attribmap[group][attr] = noderange.NodeRange(
+                                attribmap[group][attr], config=self).nodes
                         else:
                             raise ValueError("nodes attribute on group must be list")
                     for node in attribmap[group]['nodes']:
diff --git a/confluent_server/confluent/plugins/configuration/attributes.py b/confluent_server/confluent/plugins/configuration/attributes.py
index 373397c8..e16dad19 100644
--- a/confluent_server/confluent/plugins/configuration/attributes.py
+++ b/confluent_server/confluent/plugins/configuration/attributes.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright 2014 IBM Corporation
-# Copyright 2017 Lenovo
+# Copyright 2017-2019 Lenovo
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.