diff --git a/toot/cli/__init__.py b/toot/cli/__init__.py
index d4d14ed..2499e0e 100644
--- a/toot/cli/__init__.py
+++ b/toot/cli/__init__.py
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ from toot.cli.read import *
 from toot.cli.statuses import *
 from toot.cli.tags import *
 from toot.cli.timelines import *
+from toot.cli.tui import *
diff --git a/toot/cli/tui.py b/toot/cli/tui.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bfc37d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/toot/cli/tui.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+from typing import NamedTuple
+import click
+from toot.cli.base import Context, cli, pass_context
+from toot.tui.app import TUI, TuiOptions
+
+@cli.command()
+@click.option(
+    "--relative-datetimes",
+    is_flag=True,
+    help="Show relative datetimes in status list"
+)
+@pass_context
+def tui(ctx: Context, relative_datetimes: bool):
+    """Launches the toot terminal user interface"""
+    options = TuiOptions(relative_datetimes, ctx.color)
+    TUI.create(ctx.app, ctx.user, options).run()
diff --git a/toot/tui/app.py b/toot/tui/app.py
index 8a2ce09..77cbaaf 100644
--- a/toot/tui/app.py
+++ b/toot/tui/app.py
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ import subprocess
 import urwid
 
 from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
+from typing import NamedTuple
 
 from toot import api, config, __version__, settings
-from toot.console import get_default_visibility
+from toot import App, User
+from toot.cli.base import get_default_visibility
 from toot.exceptions import ApiError
 
 from .compose import StatusComposer
@@ -25,6 +27,11 @@ urwid.set_encoding('UTF-8')
 DEFAULT_MAX_TOOT_CHARS = 500
 
 
+class TuiOptions(NamedTuple):
+    relative_datetimes: bool
+    color: bool
+
+
 class Header(urwid.WidgetWrap):
     def __init__(self, app, user):
         self.app = app
@@ -80,7 +87,7 @@ class TUI(urwid.Frame):
     screen: urwid.BaseScreen
 
     @staticmethod
-    def create(app, user, args):
+    def create(app: App, user: User, args: TuiOptions):
         """Factory method, sets up TUI and an event loop."""
         screen = TUI.create_screen(args)
         tui = TUI(app, user, screen, args)
@@ -102,18 +109,18 @@ class TUI(urwid.Frame):
         return tui
 
     @staticmethod
-    def create_screen(args):
+    def create_screen(args: TuiOptions):
         screen = urwid.raw_display.Screen()
 
         # Determine how many colors to use
-        default_colors = 1 if args.no_color else 16
+        default_colors = 16 if args.color else 1
         colors = settings.get_setting("tui.colors", int, default_colors)
         logger.debug(f"Setting colors to {colors}")
         screen.set_terminal_properties(colors)
 
         return screen
 
-    def __init__(self, app, user, screen, args):
+    def __init__(self, app, user, screen, args: TuiOptions):
         self.app = app
         self.user = user
         self.args = args
diff --git a/toot/tui/compose.py b/toot/tui/compose.py
index 05bfaaf..4d4b77a 100644
--- a/toot/tui/compose.py
+++ b/toot/tui/compose.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import urwid
 import logging
 
-from toot.console import get_default_visibility
+from toot.cli.base import get_default_visibility
 
 from .constants import VISIBILITY_OPTIONS
 from .widgets import Button, EditBox