diff --git a/random_file_picker/tui.py b/random_file_picker/tui.py
index 49279c0..6e28e21 100644
--- a/random_file_picker/tui.py
+++ b/random_file_picker/tui.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ IMG_EXTENSIONS = [
 class Args(tap.TypedArgs):
     file_size: int = tap.arg("-s", default=10, help="Maximum file size in MB")
     directory: str = tap.arg("-d", default=".", help="Directory to search for files")
-    descend: bool = tap.arg("--descend", default=False, help="Whether to descend into subdirectories")
+    recursive: bool = tap.arg("-r", "--recursive", "--descend", default=False, help="Whether to recurse into subdirectories")
     use_geeqie: bool = tap.arg("--use-geeqie", default=False, help="Whether to use Geeqie as the image viewer")
     blacklist: list[str] | None = tap.arg("--blacklist", nargs="*", help="List of glob patterns to blacklist files")
     whitelist: list[str] | None = tap.arg("--whitelist", nargs="*", help="List of glob patterns to whitelist files")
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ def main_with_tap(args: Args) -> None:
     app = MenuApp(
         directory=args.directory,
         file_limit=args.file_size,
-        recurse=args.descend,
+        recurse=args.recursive,
         blacklist=args.blacklist or [],
         whitelist=args.whitelist or [],
         use_geeqie=args.use_geeqie,