diff --git a/bin/aws-ha-release.rb b/bin/aws-ha-release.rb
index 4f6539a..11f2d6b 100755
--- a/bin/aws-ha-release.rb
+++ b/bin/aws-ha-release.rb
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@ if opts[:aws_access_key].nil? || opts[:aws_secret_key].nil?
 end
 
 require 'aws-missing-tools'
-AwsHaRelease.new(opts)
+AwsHaRelease.new(opts).execute!
diff --git a/lib/aws-missing-tools/aws-ha-release/aws-ha-release.rb b/lib/aws-missing-tools/aws-ha-release/aws-ha-release.rb
index 39c47b7..4827ac5 100755
--- a/lib/aws-missing-tools/aws-ha-release/aws-ha-release.rb
+++ b/lib/aws-missing-tools/aws-ha-release/aws-ha-release.rb
@@ -9,4 +9,8 @@ class AwsHaRelease
       raise ArgumentError, "The Auto Scaling Group named #{opts[:as_group_name]} does not exist in #{opts[:region]}."
     end
   end
+
+  def execute!
+    @group.suspend_processes 'ReplaceUnhealthy', 'AlarmNotification', 'ScheduledActions', 'AZRebalance'
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/aws-missing-tools/aws-ha-release/aws-ha-release_spec.rb b/spec/aws-missing-tools/aws-ha-release/aws-ha-release_spec.rb
index 4a05871..1473900 100644
--- a/spec/aws-missing-tools/aws-ha-release/aws-ha-release_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/aws-missing-tools/aws-ha-release/aws-ha-release_spec.rb
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ describe 'aws-ha-release' do
 
   describe '#initialize' do
     it 'initializes the AWS connection' do
-      as.groups.create 'test_group'
+      as.groups.create opts[:as_group_name]
 
       AWS.should_receive(:config).with(access_key_id: 'testaccesskey', secret_access_key: 'testsecretkey', region: 'test-region')
       AwsHaRelease.new(opts)
@@ -31,4 +31,17 @@ describe 'aws-ha-release' do
       }.should raise_error
     end
   end
+
+  describe '#execute!' do
+    before do
+      as.groups.create opts[:as_group_name]
+      @aws_ha_release = AwsHaRelease.new(opts)
+    end
+
+    it 'suspends certain autoscaling processes' do
+      AWS::FakeAutoScaling::Group.any_instance.should_receive(:suspend_processes)
+          .with('ReplaceUnhealthy', 'AlarmNotification', 'ScheduledActions', 'AZRebalance')
+      @aws_ha_release.execute!
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/spec/support/fake_auto_scaling.rb b/spec/support/fake_auto_scaling.rb
index d1ef401..aad62e0 100644
--- a/spec/support/fake_auto_scaling.rb
+++ b/spec/support/fake_auto_scaling.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,13 @@ module AWS
 
       def initialize(name)
         @name = name
+        @suspended_processes = {}
+      end
+
+      def suspend_processes(*processes)
+        processes.each do |process|
+          @suspended_processes[process] = 'test'
+        end
       end
     end
   end