diff --git a/src/cmd/project_runner.go b/src/cmd/project_runner.go
index 9ab18ed..64c31f2 100644
--- a/src/cmd/project_runner.go
+++ b/src/cmd/project_runner.go
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"github.com/f1bonacc1/process-compose/src/admitter"
 	"github.com/f1bonacc1/process-compose/src/app"
 	"github.com/f1bonacc1/process-compose/src/config"
 	"github.com/f1bonacc1/process-compose/src/loader"
@@ -13,9 +12,6 @@ import (
 )
 
 func getProjectRunner(process []string, noDeps bool, mainProcess string, mainProcessArgs []string) *app.ProjectRunner {
-	if *pcFlags.HideDisabled {
-		opts.AddAdmitter(&admitter.DisabledProcAdmitter{})
-	}
 	if *pcFlags.DisableDotEnv {
 		opts.DisableDotenv()
 	}
@@ -93,6 +89,7 @@ func startTui(runner app.IProject) {
 		tui.WithRefreshRate(*pcFlags.RefreshRate),
 		tui.WithReadOnlyMode(*pcFlags.IsReadOnlyMode),
 		tui.WithFullScreen(*pcFlags.IsTuiFullScreen),
+		tui.WithDisabledHidden(*pcFlags.HideDisabled),
 	}
 	if !*pcFlags.IsReadOnlyMode {
 		config.CreateProcCompHome()
diff --git a/src/cmd/root.go b/src/cmd/root.go
index e950e50..6a553e6 100644
--- a/src/cmd/root.go
+++ b/src/cmd/root.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVar(pcFlags.KeepProjectOn, "keep-project", *pcFlags.KeepProjectOn, "keep the project running even after all processes exit")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(pcFlags.NoServer, "no-server", *pcFlags.NoServer, "disable HTTP server (env: "+config.EnvVarNameNoServer+")")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().BoolVar(pcFlags.IsOrderedShutDown, "ordered-shutdown", *pcFlags.IsOrderedShutDown, "shut down processes in reverse dependency order")
-	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(pcFlags.HideDisabled, "hide-disabled", "d", *pcFlags.HideDisabled, "hide disabled processes")
+	rootCmd.Flags().BoolVarP(pcFlags.HideDisabled, "hide-disabled", "d", *pcFlags.HideDisabled, "hide disabled processes (env: "+config.EnvVarHideDisabled+")")
 	rootCmd.Flags().VarP(refreshRateFlag{pcFlags.RefreshRate}, "ref-rate", "r", "TUI refresh rate in seconds or as a Go duration string (e.g. 1s)")
 	rootCmd.PersistentFlags().IntVarP(pcFlags.PortNum, "port", "p", *pcFlags.PortNum, "port number (env: "+config.EnvVarNamePort+")")
 	rootCmd.Flags().StringArrayVarP(&opts.FileNames, "config", "f", config.GetConfigDefault(), "path to config files to load (env: "+config.EnvVarNameConfig+")")
diff --git a/src/config/Flags.go b/src/config/Flags.go
index bc8e611..752c0f2 100644
--- a/src/config/Flags.go
+++ b/src/config/Flags.go
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ const (
 	EnvVarReadOnlyMode   = "PC_READ_ONLY"
 	EnvVarDisableDotEnv  = "PC_DISABLE_DOTENV"
 	EnvVarTuiFullScreen  = "PC_TUI_FULL_SCREEN"
+	EnvVarHideDisabled   = "PC_HIDE_DISABLED_PROC"
 )
 
 // Flags represents PC configuration flags.
@@ -84,7 +85,7 @@ func NewFlags() *Flags {
 		LogFollow:         toPtr(false),
 		LogTailLength:     toPtr(math.MaxInt),
 		NoDependencies:    toPtr(false),
-		HideDisabled:      toPtr(false),
+		HideDisabled:      toPtr(getHideDisabledDefault()),
 		SortColumn:        toPtr(DefaultSortColumn),
 		IsReverseSort:     toPtr(false),
 		NoServer:          toPtr(getNoServerDefault()),
diff --git a/src/config/config.go b/src/config/config.go
index bdd0fc6..d076810 100644
--- a/src/config/config.go
+++ b/src/config/config.go
@@ -208,3 +208,8 @@ func getTuiFullScreenDefault() bool {
 	_, found := os.LookupEnv(EnvVarTuiFullScreen)
 	return found
 }
+
+func getHideDisabledDefault() bool {
+	_, found := os.LookupEnv(EnvVarHideDisabled)
+	return found
+}
diff --git a/src/tui/tui_option.go b/src/tui/tui_option.go
index 28a116b..ac3c187 100644
--- a/src/tui/tui_option.go
+++ b/src/tui/tui_option.go
@@ -38,3 +38,10 @@ func WithFullScreen(isFullScreen bool) Option {
 		return nil
 	}
 }
+
+func WithDisabledHidden(isHidden bool) Option {
+	return func(view *pcView) error {
+		view.hideDisabled.Store(isHidden)
+		return nil
+	}
+}