diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 6915dae..ef8f4e4 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ var (
 	readmeNames      = []string{"README.md", "README", "Readme.md", "Readme", "readme.md", "readme"}
 	configFile       string
 	pager            bool
+	tui              bool
 	style            string
 	width            uint
 	showAllFiles     bool
@@ -159,9 +160,14 @@ func validateOptions(cmd *cobra.Command) error {
 	width = viper.GetUint("width")
 	mouse = viper.GetBool("mouse")
 	pager = viper.GetBool("pager")
+	tui = viper.GetBool("tui")
 	showAllFiles = viper.GetBool("all")
 	preserveNewLines = viper.GetBool("preserveNewLines")
 
+	if pager && tui {
+		return errors.New("glow: cannot use both pager and tui")
+	}
+
 	// validate the glamour style
 	style = viper.GetString("style")
 	if err := validateStyle(style); err != nil {
@@ -298,7 +304,8 @@ func executeCLI(cmd *cobra.Command, src *source, w io.Writer) error {
 	}
 
 	// display
-	if pager || cmd.Flags().Changed("pager") {
+	switch {
+	case pager || cmd.Flags().Changed("pager"):
 		pagerCmd := os.Getenv("PAGER")
 		if pagerCmd == "" {
 			pagerCmd = "less -r"
@@ -309,13 +316,15 @@ func executeCLI(cmd *cobra.Command, src *source, w io.Writer) error {
 		c.Stdin = strings.NewReader(out)
 		c.Stdout = os.Stdout
 		return c.Run()
+	case tui || cmd.Flags().Changed("tui"):
+		return runTUI(src.URL)
+	default:
+		_, err = fmt.Fprint(w, out)
+		return err
 	}
-
-	_, err = fmt.Fprint(w, out)
-	return err
 }
 
-func runTUI(workingDirectory string) error {
+func runTUI(path string) error {
 	// Read environment to get debugging stuff
 	cfg, err := env.ParseAs[ui.Config]()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -327,7 +336,7 @@ func runTUI(workingDirectory string) error {
 		cfg.GlamourStyle = style
 	}
 
-	cfg.WorkingDirectory = workingDirectory
+	cfg.Path = path
 	cfg.ShowAllFiles = showAllFiles
 	cfg.ShowLineNumbers = showLineNumbers
 	cfg.GlamourMaxWidth = width
@@ -370,6 +379,7 @@ func init() {
 	// "Glow Classic" cli arguments
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(&configFile, "config", "", fmt.Sprintf("config file (default %s)", viper.GetViper().ConfigFileUsed()))
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&pager, "pager", "p", false, "display with pager")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&tui, "tui", "t", false, "display with tui")
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringVarP(&style, "style", "s", styles.AutoStyle, "style name or JSON path")
 	rootCmd.Flags().UintVarP(&width, "width", "w", 0, "word-wrap at width (set to 0 to disable)")
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(&showAllFiles, "all", "a", false, "show system files and directories (TUI-mode only)")
@@ -379,6 +389,8 @@ func init() {
 	_ = rootCmd.Flags().MarkHidden("mouse")
 
 	// Config bindings
+	_ = viper.BindPFlag("pager", rootCmd.Flags().Lookup("pager"))
+	_ = viper.BindPFlag("tui", rootCmd.Flags().Lookup("tui"))
 	_ = viper.BindPFlag("style", rootCmd.Flags().Lookup("style"))
 	_ = viper.BindPFlag("width", rootCmd.Flags().Lookup("width"))
 	_ = viper.BindPFlag("debug", rootCmd.Flags().Lookup("debug"))
diff --git a/ui/config.go b/ui/config.go
index 4d4eae7..001d5b8 100644
--- a/ui/config.go
+++ b/ui/config.go
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ type Config struct {
 	EnableMouse      bool
 	PreserveNewLines bool
 
-	// Which directory should we start from?
-	WorkingDirectory string
+	// Working directory or file path
+	Path string
 
 	// For debugging the UI
 	HighPerformancePager bool `env:"GLOW_HIGH_PERFORMANCE_PAGER" envDefault:"true"`
diff --git a/ui/ui.go b/ui/ui.go
index a270a3e..874a15e 100644
--- a/ui/ui.go
+++ b/ui/ui.go
@@ -144,17 +144,50 @@ func newModel(cfg Config) tea.Model {
 		cfg: cfg,
 	}
 
-	return model{
+	m := model{
 		common: &common,
 		state:  stateShowStash,
 		pager:  newPagerModel(&common),
 		stash:  newStashModel(&common),
 	}
+
+	info, err := os.Stat(cfg.Path)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("unable to stat file", "file", m.common.cfg.Path, "error", err)
+		m.fatalErr = err
+		return m
+	}
+	if info.IsDir() {
+		m.state = stateShowStash
+	} else {
+		cwd, _ := os.Getwd()
+		m.state = stateShowDocument
+		m.pager.currentDocument = markdown{
+			localPath: cfg.Path,
+			Note:      stripAbsolutePath(cfg.Path, cwd),
+			Modtime:   info.ModTime(),
+		}
+	}
+
+	return m
 }
 
 func (m model) Init() tea.Cmd {
 	cmds := []tea.Cmd{m.stash.spinner.Tick}
-	cmds = append(cmds, findLocalFiles(*m.common))
+
+	switch m.state {
+	case stateShowStash:
+		cmds = append(cmds, findLocalFiles(*m.common))
+	case stateShowDocument:
+		content, err := os.ReadFile(m.common.cfg.Path)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Error("unable to read file", "file", m.common.cfg.Path, "error", err)
+			return func() tea.Msg { return errMsg{err} }
+		}
+		body := string(utils.RemoveFrontmatter(content))
+		cmds = append(cmds, renderWithGlamour(m.pager, body))
+	}
+
 	return tea.Batch(cmds...)
 }
 
@@ -314,7 +347,7 @@ func findLocalFiles(m commonModel) tea.Cmd {
 	return func() tea.Msg {
 		log.Info("findLocalFiles")
 		var (
-			cwd = m.cfg.WorkingDirectory
+			cwd = m.cfg.Path
 			err error
 		)
 
@@ -380,17 +413,16 @@ func waitForStatusMessageTimeout(appCtx applicationContext, t *time.Timer) tea.C
 // document. Note that we could be doing things like checking if the file is
 // a directory, but we trust that gitcha has already done that.
 func localFileToMarkdown(cwd string, res gitcha.SearchResult) *markdown {
-	md := &markdown{
+	return &markdown{
 		localPath: res.Path,
 		Note:      stripAbsolutePath(res.Path, cwd),
 		Modtime:   res.Info.ModTime(),
 	}
-
-	return md
 }
 
 func stripAbsolutePath(fullPath, cwd string) string {
-	return strings.ReplaceAll(fullPath, cwd+string(os.PathSeparator), "")
+	path, _ := filepath.Rel(cwd, fullPath)
+	return path
 }
 
 // Lightweight version of reflow's indent function.