diff --git a/internal/app/app.go b/internal/app/app.go
index b502763..0b31050 100644
--- a/internal/app/app.go
+++ b/internal/app/app.go
@@ -7,12 +7,15 @@ import (
 	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
 	"github.com/dustin-ward/termtyping/internal/character"
+	"github.com/dustin-ward/termtyping/internal/config"
 	"github.com/dustin-ward/termtyping/internal/data"
 	"github.com/dustin-ward/termtyping/internal/stats"
 	"github.com/dustin-ward/termtyping/internal/statusbar"
 	"github.com/dustin-ward/termtyping/internal/styles"
 )
 
+var Config config.Config
+
 type AppState int
 
 const (
@@ -107,9 +110,15 @@ func (m AppModel) View() string {
 		view_text = b.String()
 	}
 
-	return styles.BorderStyle.Render(lipgloss.JoinVertical(
-		lipgloss.Left,
-		styles.StatusBar.Render(m.status_bar.View()),
-		styles.TextBox.Render(view_text),
-	))
+	var view string
+	if Config.ZenMode {
+		view = styles.BorderStyle.Render(styles.Zen_TextBox.Render(view_text))
+	} else {
+		view = styles.BorderStyle.Render(lipgloss.JoinVertical(
+			lipgloss.Left,
+			styles.StatusBar.Render(m.status_bar.View()),
+			styles.TextBox.Render(view_text),
+		))
+	}
+	return view
 }
diff --git a/internal/config/config.go b/internal/config/config.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8445ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/config/config.go
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+package config
+
+type Config struct {
+	ZenMode bool
+}
diff --git a/internal/styles/styles.go b/internal/styles/styles.go
index b55be1b..3aaea6b 100644
--- a/internal/styles/styles.go
+++ b/internal/styles/styles.go
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@ var (
 	RemainingText = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(LightGrey)
 	ActiveText    = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(White)
 
+	// Regular Mode
 	TextBox     = lipgloss.NewStyle().Width(APP_WIDTH).Margin(0, 2)
 	StatusBar   = lipgloss.NewStyle().Width(APP_WIDTH).Margin(0, 2).Border(lipgloss.NormalBorder()).BorderForeground(LightGrey).BorderTop(false).BorderLeft(false).BorderRight(false)
 	BorderStyle = lipgloss.NewStyle().BorderStyle(lipgloss.RoundedBorder()).Foreground(White)
+
+	// Zen Mode
+	Zen_TextBox     = lipgloss.NewStyle().Width(APP_WIDTH).Margin(1, 2)
 )
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index 94ab3f5..882ebb5 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -1,13 +1,27 @@
 package main
 
 import (
+	"flag"
 	"log"
 
 	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
 	"github.com/dustin-ward/termtyping/internal/app"
+	"github.com/dustin-ward/termtyping/internal/config"
 )
 
+var zen_flag bool
+
+func init() {
+	flag.BoolVar(&zen_flag, "zen", false, "enable zen mode (default=false)")
+	flag.Parse()
+}
+
 func main() {
+	config := config.Config{
+		ZenMode: zen_flag,
+	}
+	app.Config = config
+
 	p := tea.NewProgram(app.NewAppModel(app.StateDefault, nil))
 	if _, err := p.Run(); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)