diff --git a/cluster/get-kube-local.sh b/cluster/get-kube-local.sh
index 7dd409ca78d..0117b33bd1f 100755
--- a/cluster/get-kube-local.sh
+++ b/cluster/get-kube-local.sh
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ set -o pipefail
 KUBE_HOST=${KUBE_HOST:-localhost}
 KUBELET_KUBECONFIG=${KUBELET_KUBECONFIG:-"/var/run/kubernetes/kubelet.kubeconfig"}
 
-declare -r RED="\033[0;31m"
-declare -r GREEN="\033[0;32m"
-declare -r YELLOW="\033[0;33m"
+declare -r RED="\\033[0;31m"
+declare -r GREEN="\\033[0;32m"
+declare -r YELLOW="\\033[0;33m"
 
 function echo_green {
   echo -e "${GREEN}$1"; tput sgr0
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ function run {
     echo_green "SUCCESS"
   else
     echo_red "FAILED"
-    echo $output >&2
+    echo "${output}" >&2
     exit 1
   fi
 }
@@ -58,13 +58,14 @@ function run {
 # Args: the IP address of the API server (e.g. "http://localhost:8080"), destination file path
 function create-kubelet-kubeconfig() {
   #local api_addr="${1}"
-  local destination="${2}"
+  local destination dest_dir
+  destination="${2}"
   if [[ -z "${destination}" ]]; then
     echo "Must provide destination path to create Kubelet kubeconfig file!"
     exit 1
   fi
   echo "Creating Kubelet kubeconfig file"
-  local dest_dir="$(dirname "${destination}")"
+  dest_dir="$(dirname "${destination}")"
   mkdir -p "${dest_dir}" &>/dev/null || sudo mkdir -p "${dest_dir}"
   sudo=$(test -w "${dest_dir}" || echo "sudo -E")
   cat <<EOF | ${sudo} tee "${destination}" > /dev/null
@@ -85,7 +86,7 @@ EOF
 
 function create_cluster {
   echo "Creating a local cluster:"
-  echo -e -n "\tStarting kubelet..."
+  echo -e -n "\\tStarting kubelet..."
   create-kubelet-kubeconfig "http://localhost:8080" "${KUBELET_KUBECONFIG}"
   run "docker run \
   --volume=/:/rootfs:ro \
@@ -102,8 +103,8 @@ function create_cluster {
   k8s.gcr.io/hyperkube-${arch}:${release} \
     /hyperkube kubelet \
       --containerized \
-      --hostname-override="127.0.0.1" \
-      --address="0.0.0.0" \
+      --hostname-override=127.0.0.1 \
+      --address=0.0.0.0 \
       --kubeconfig=${KUBELET_KUBECONFIG} \
       --pod-manifest-path=/etc/kubernetes/manifests \
       --allow-privileged=true \
@@ -113,7 +114,8 @@ function create_cluster {
 
   echo -e -n "\tWaiting for master components to start..."
   while true; do
-    local running_count=$(kubectl -s=http://${KUBE_HOST}:8080 get pods --no-headers --namespace=kube-system 2>/dev/null | grep "Running" | wc -l)
+    local running_count
+    running_count=$(kubectl "-s=http://${KUBE_HOST}:8080" get pods --no-headers --namespace=kube-system 2>/dev/null | grep -c "Running")
     # We expect to have 3 running pods - etcd, master and kube-proxy.
     if [ "$running_count" -ge 3 ]; then
       break
@@ -124,7 +126,7 @@ function create_cluster {
   echo_green "SUCCESS"
   echo_green "Cluster created!"
   echo ""
-  kubectl -s http://${KUBE_HOST}:8080 clusterinfo
+  kubectl -s "http://${KUBE_HOST}:8080" clusterinfo
 }
 
 function get_latest_version_number {
@@ -172,7 +174,7 @@ fi
 
 kubectl_url="https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/${release}/bin/${platform}/${arch}/kubectl"
 
-if [[ $(ls . | grep ^kubectl$ | wc -l) -lt 1 ]]; then
+if [[ ! -f ./kubectl ]]; then
   echo -n "Downloading kubectl binary..."
   if [[ $(which wget) ]]; then
     run "wget ${kubectl_url}"
@@ -195,7 +197,7 @@ create_cluster
 echo ""
 echo ""
 echo "To list the nodes in your cluster run"
-echo_yellow "\tkubectl -s=http://${KUBE_HOST}:8080 get nodes"
+echo_yellow "\\tkubectl -s=http://${KUBE_HOST}:8080 get nodes"
 echo ""
 echo "To run your first pod run"
-echo_yellow "\tkubectl -s http://${KUBE_HOST}:8080 run nginx --image=nginx --port=80"
+echo_yellow "\\tkubectl -s http://${KUBE_HOST}:8080 run nginx --image=nginx --port=80"