diff --git a/internal/cmd/root.go b/internal/cmd/root.go
index db50f8138085ac825848aaf0b97d229d97f4f57c..4146244553b76ba4c0c2967636d7a077b706ee0d 100644
--- a/internal/cmd/root.go
+++ b/internal/cmd/root.go
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ crush -y
 		var env uv.Environ = os.Environ()
 
 		var model tea.Model
-		if _, ok := env.LookupEnv("CRUSH_NEW_UI"); ok {
+		if v, _ := strconv.ParseBool(env.Getenv("CRUSH_NEW_UI")); v {
 			slog.Info("New UI in control!")
 			com := common.DefaultCommon(app)
 			ui := ui.New(com)