diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 27b0bb73..5e9db7b1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Added
 - support reverse tabbing using shift+tab ([#92](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/92))
+- switch to using cmd line args instead of `ENV` (`-l` for logging and `--version`) **please convert your GITUI_LOGGING usage** [[@shenek](https://github.com/shenek)] ([#88](https://github.com/extrawurst/gitui/issues/88))
 
 ## [0.4.0] - 2020-05-25
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ec86e572..68184bbf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 .PHONY: debug build-release release-linux-musl test clippy clippy-pedantic install install-debug
 
 debug:
-	GITUI_LOGGING=true cargo run --features=timing
+	cargo run --features=timing -- -l
 
 build-release:
 	cargo build --release
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 87e6b3d7..68863e3d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ cargo install gitui
 
 to enable logging:
 ```
-GITUI_LOGGING=true gitui
+gitui -l
 ```
 
 this will log to:
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index f45aa387..6475178b 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -227,16 +227,14 @@ fn process_cmdline() -> Result<()> {
         .version(crate_version!())
         .about(crate_description!())
         .arg(
-            Arg::with_name("gitui-logging")
+            Arg::with_name("logging")
                 .help("Stores logging output into a cache directory")
                 .short("l")
-                .long("gitui-logging")
-                .takes_value(false)
-                .required(false),
+                .long("logging"),
         );
 
     let arg_matches = app.get_matches();
-    if arg_matches.is_present("gitui-logging") {
+    if arg_matches.is_present("logging") {
         setup_logging()?;
     }