diff --git a/cmd/root.go b/cmd/root.go
index efab895..a82b85d 100644
--- a/cmd/root.go
+++ b/cmd/root.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/Yakiyo/tilde/cache"
+	"github.com/Yakiyo/tilde/config"
 	"github.com/Yakiyo/tilde/utils"
 	"github.com/Yakiyo/tilde/where"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/log"
@@ -23,9 +24,7 @@ var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 View community driven and simplified man pages in your terminal`,
 	Version: "0.1.0",
 	PreRunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
-		logLvl := utils.Must(cmd.Flags().GetString("log-level"))
-		log.SetLevel(log.ParseLevel(logLvl))
-		log.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Setting log level to %v", logLvl))
+		config.BindFlags(cmd)
 		return nil
 	},
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
@@ -77,7 +76,7 @@ func init() {
 	f.StringP("render", "f", "", "Render a local file")
 
 	// command related flags
-	f.BoolP("raw", "r", false, "Print raw markdown without formatting")
+	f.StringP("style", "s", "fancy", "Set output style [fancy, plain, raw]")
 	f.StringP("language", "L", "en", "Override language")
 	f.StringP("platform", "p", utils.Platform(), "Override operating system")
 }
diff --git a/config/init.go b/config/init.go
index 2cff391..9ebae58 100644
--- a/config/init.go
+++ b/config/init.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"github.com/Yakiyo/tilde/where"
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	v "github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
@@ -9,14 +10,18 @@ func init() {
 	v.SetConfigType("toml")
 	v.SetConfigName("tilde")
 
-	// to be used when setting values from cli
-	v.RegisterAlias("tilde_dir", "dir")
-
 	v.SetDefault("auto_update", true)
 	v.SetDefault("log_level", "warn")
-	v.SetDefault("tilde_dir", where.Dir())
+	v.SetDefault("root_dir", where.Dir())
 	// must be one of always, auto, never
 	v.SetDefault("colors", "auto")
 	// must be one of fancy (use glow), plain (selt formatter), none/raw (raw value)
 	v.SetDefault("style", "fancy")
 }
+
+// bind command line flags to viper
+func BindFlags(cmd *cobra.Command) {
+	lookUp := cmd.Flags().Lookup
+	v.BindPFlag("colors", lookUp("style"))
+	v.BindPFlag("root_dir", lookUp("dir"))
+}