diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 77a967b..42e6bbb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 
 `raiju` is a CLI app which sits on top of a lightning node and brings some smarts (perhaps that is debateable) to the channel life-cycle: open, manage, and close. `raiju` only supports the [lnd](https://github.com/lightningnetwork/lnd) node implementation at the moment.
 
-- [commands](#commands)
+- [dashboard](#dashboard)
+- [subcommands](#subcommands)
   - [candidates](#candidates)
   - [fees](#fees)
   - [rebalance](#rebalance)
@@ -21,9 +22,13 @@
 - [configuration](#configuration)
 - [node](#node)
 
-# commands 
+# dashboard
 
-All of `raiju`'s commands can be listed with the global help flag, `raiju -h`, and each command has its own help (e.g. `raiju candidates -h`).
+`raiju`'s root command, `raiju`, fires up an interactive TUI dashboard.
+
+# subcommands 
+
+All of `raiju`'s subcommands can be listed with the global help flag, `raiju -h`, and each command has its own help (e.g. `raiju candidates -h`).
 
 ## candidates
 
diff --git a/cmd/raiju/raiju.go b/cmd/raiju/raiju.go
index 5cf9c19..ecf65a3 100644
--- a/cmd/raiju/raiju.go
+++ b/cmd/raiju/raiju.go
@@ -345,8 +345,10 @@ func main() {
 	}
 
 	root := &ffcli.Command{
-		ShortUsage:  "raiju [global flags] <subcommand> [subcommand flags] [subcommand args]",
+		ShortUsage:  "raiju [global flags] [subcommand] [subcommand flags] [subcommand args]",
 		FlagSet:     rootFlagSet,
+		ShortHelp:   "Interactive dashboard",
+		LongHelp:    "If given no subcommand, fire up an interactive dashboard that uses the subcommands under the hood.",
 		Subcommands: []*ffcli.Command{candidatesCmd, feesCmd, rebalanceCmd, reaperCmd},
 		Options:     []ff.Option{ff.WithEnvVarPrefix("RAIJU"), ff.WithConfigFileFlag("config"), ff.WithConfigFileParser(ff.PlainParser), ff.WithAllowMissingConfigFile(true)},
 		Exec: func(ctx context.Context, args []string) error {