diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 76920481e..d7e377883 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ class DXScannerCommand extends Command {
     // flag with a value (-n, --name=VALUE)
     authorization: flags.string({ char: 'a', description: 'Credentials to the repository.' }),
     json: flags.boolean({ char: 'j', description: 'Print report in JSON' }),
+    recursive: flags.boolean({ char: 'r', description: 'Scan all components recursively in all sub folders' }),
     init: flags.boolean({ char: 'i', description: 'Initialize DX Scanner configuration' }),
     fail: flags.string({
       options: ['high', 'medium', 'small', 'off', 'all'],
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ class DXScannerCommand extends Command {
 
     cli.action.start(`Scanning URI: ${scanPath}`);
 
-    const container = createRootContainer({ uri: scanPath, auth: authorization, json, fail });
+    const container = createRootContainer({ uri: scanPath, auth: authorization, json, fail, recursive: flags.recursive });
     const scanner = container.get(Scanner);
 
     let scanResult: ScanResult;
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ class DXScannerCommand extends Command {
               'Insert your Bitbucket app password.\nhttps://confluence.atlassian.com/bitbucket/app-passwords-828781300.html\n',
             ));
 
-        const container = createRootContainer({ uri: scanPath, auth: authorization, json: json });
+        const container = createRootContainer({ uri: scanPath, auth: authorization, json, fail, recursive: flags.recursive });
         const scanner = container.get(Scanner);
 
         scanResult = await scanner.scan();
diff --git a/src/scanner/Scanner.ts b/src/scanner/Scanner.ts
index f5534a056..52b1b3dbf 100644
--- a/src/scanner/Scanner.ts
+++ b/src/scanner/Scanner.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import { ScannerContextFactory, Types } from '../types';
 import { ScannerUtils } from './ScannerUtils';
 import _ from 'lodash';
 import { sharedSubpath } from '../detectors/utils';
+import cli from 'cli-ux';
 
 @injectable()
 export class Scanner {
@@ -155,9 +156,12 @@ export class Scanner {
     let relevantComponents = componentsWithContext;
 
     // run only for root component if not set explicitly to run recursively
-    if (!this.argumentsProvider.recursive) {
+    if (!this.argumentsProvider.recursive && relevantComponents.length > 1) {
       const componentsSharedPath = sharedSubpath(relevantComponents.map((cwc) => cwc.component.path));
       relevantComponents = relevantComponents.filter((cwc) => cwc.component.path === componentsSharedPath);
+      cli.info(
+        `Found more than 1 component. To scan all ${componentsWithContext.length} components run the scanner with an argument --recursive`,
+      );
     }
 
     const practicesWithComponentContext = await Promise.all(relevantComponents.map((cwctx) => this.detectPracticesForComponent(cwctx)));