diff --git a/cmd/compose/compose.go b/cmd/compose/compose.go
index 15a679f043d..42b7b178d7b 100644
--- a/cmd/compose/compose.go
+++ b/cmd/compose/compose.go
@@ -622,3 +622,15 @@ var printerModes = []string{
 	ui.ModePlain,
 	ui.ModeQuiet,
 }
+
+func SetUnchangedOption(name string, experimentalFlag bool) bool {
+	var value bool
+	// If the var is defined we use that value first
+	if envVar, ok := os.LookupEnv(name); ok {
+		value = utils.StringToBool(envVar)
+	} else {
+		// if not, we try to get it from experimental feature flag
+		value = experimentalFlag
+	}
+	return value
+}
diff --git a/cmd/compose/up.go b/cmd/compose/up.go
index 5111c0b5761..1b458e3a0d1 100644
--- a/cmd/compose/up.go
+++ b/cmd/compose/up.go
@@ -42,21 +42,22 @@ type composeOptions struct {
 
 type upOptions struct {
 	*composeOptions
-	Detach             bool
-	noStart            bool
-	noDeps             bool
-	cascadeStop        bool
-	exitCodeFrom       string
-	noColor            bool
-	noPrefix           bool
-	attachDependencies bool
-	attach             []string
-	noAttach           []string
-	timestamp          bool
-	wait               bool
-	waitTimeout        int
-	watch              bool
-	navigationMenu     bool
+	Detach                bool
+	noStart               bool
+	noDeps                bool
+	cascadeStop           bool
+	exitCodeFrom          string
+	noColor               bool
+	noPrefix              bool
+	attachDependencies    bool
+	attach                []string
+	noAttach              []string
+	timestamp             bool
+	wait                  bool
+	waitTimeout           int
+	watch                 bool
+	navigationMenu        bool
+	navigationMenuChanged bool
 }
 
 func (opts upOptions) apply(project *types.Project, services []string) (*types.Project, error) {
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ func upCommand(p *ProjectOptions, dockerCli command.Cli, backend api.Service, ex
 		PreRunE: AdaptCmd(func(ctx context.Context, cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
 			create.pullChanged = cmd.Flags().Changed("pull")
 			create.timeChanged = cmd.Flags().Changed("timeout")
+			up.navigationMenuChanged = cmd.Flags().Changed("menu")
 			return validateFlags(&up, &create)
 		}),
 		RunE: p.WithServices(dockerCli, func(ctx context.Context, project *types.Project, services []string) error {
@@ -129,12 +131,8 @@ func upCommand(p *ProjectOptions, dockerCli command.Cli, backend api.Service, ex
 	flags.BoolVar(&up.wait, "wait", false, "Wait for services to be running|healthy. Implies detached mode.")
 	flags.IntVar(&up.waitTimeout, "wait-timeout", 0, "Maximum duration to wait for the project to be running|healthy")
 	flags.BoolVarP(&up.watch, "watch", "w", false, "Watch source code and rebuild/refresh containers when files are updated.")
-	composeMenu := true
-	composeMenuEnv, err := utils.GetEnvBool(ComposeMenu)
-	if err != nil {
-		composeMenu = composeMenuEnv
-	}
-	flags.BoolVar(&up.navigationMenu, "menu", composeMenu, "While running in attach mode, enable helpful shortcuts.")
+	flags.BoolVar(&up.navigationMenu, "menu", false, "Enable interactive shortcuts when running attached (Experimental). Incompatible with --detach.")
+	flags.MarkHidden("menu") //nolint:errcheck
 
 	return upCmd
 }
@@ -168,7 +166,7 @@ func runUp(
 	ctx context.Context,
 	dockerCli command.Cli,
 	backend api.Service,
-	_ *experimental.State,
+	experimentals *experimental.State,
 	createOptions createOptions,
 	upOptions upOptions,
 	buildOptions buildOptions,
@@ -188,6 +186,9 @@ func runUp(
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+	if !upOptions.navigationMenuChanged {
+		upOptions.navigationMenu = SetUnchangedOption(ComposeMenu, experimentals.NavBar())
+	}
 
 	var build *api.BuildOptions
 	if !createOptions.noBuild {
diff --git a/cmd/formatter/colors.go b/cmd/formatter/colors.go
index 0e89af659da..cf6a4b56c37 100644
--- a/cmd/formatter/colors.go
+++ b/cmd/formatter/colors.go
@@ -42,11 +42,9 @@ const (
 	UNDERLINE = "4"
 )
 
-type Color string
-
 const (
-	RESET Color = "0"
-	CYAN  Color = "36"
+	RESET = "0"
+	CYAN  = "36"
 )
 
 const (
diff --git a/pkg/utils/stringutils.go b/pkg/utils/stringutils.go
index be210154875..1004263bb16 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/stringutils.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/stringutils.go
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 package utils
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
-	"os"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -42,23 +40,3 @@ func StringToBool(s string) bool {
 	b, _ := strconv.ParseBool(s)
 	return b
 }
-
-func getEnvStr(key string) (string, error) {
-	v := os.Getenv(key)
-	if v == "" {
-		return v, fmt.Errorf("env var not defined")
-	}
-	return v, nil
-}
-
-func GetEnvBool(key string) (bool, error) {
-	s, err := getEnvStr(key)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-	v, err := strconv.ParseBool(s)
-	if err != nil {
-		return false, err
-	}
-	return v, nil
-}