diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 891b313..dc47821 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -27,6 +27,5 @@ _testmain.go
 /nats-top
 
 # VSCode
-
 .vscode/**
 *.code-workspace
diff --git a/nats-top.go b/nats-top.go
index 1923681..452a042 100644
--- a/nats-top.go
+++ b/nats-top.go
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ var (
 	outputDelimiter            = flag.String("l", "", "Specifies the delimiter to use for the output file when the '-o' parameter is used. By default this option is unset which means that standard grid-like plain-text output will be used.")
 	displayRawBytes            = flag.Bool("b", false, "Display traffic in raw bytes.")
 	maxStatsRefreshes          = flag.Int("r", -1, "Specifies the maximum number of times nats-top should refresh nats-stats before exiting.")
-	displaySubscriptionsColumn = flag.Bool("display-subscriptions-column", false, "Display subscriptions column upon launch.")
+	displaySubscriptionsColumn = false
 
 	// Secure options
 	httpsPort     = flag.Int("ms", 0, "The NATS server secure monitoring port.")
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ var (
 
 const usageHelp = `
 usage: nats-top [-s server] [-m http_port] [-ms https_port] [-n num_connections] [-d delay_secs] [-r max] [-o FILE] [-l DELIMITER] [-sort by]
-                [-cert FILE] [-key FILE] [-cacert FILE] [-k] [-b] [-v|--version] [-display-subscriptions-column]
+                [-cert FILE] [-key FILE] [-cacert FILE] [-k] [-b] [-v|--version] [-u|--display-subscriptions-column]
 
 `
 
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ func init() {
 	flag.BoolVar(&showVersion, "v", false, "Same as --version.")
 	flag.BoolVar(&showVersion, "version", false, "Show nats-top version.")
 
+	flag.BoolVar(&displaySubscriptionsColumn, "u", false, "Same as --display-subscriptions-column.")
+	flag.BoolVar(&displaySubscriptionsColumn, "display-subscriptions-column", false, "Display subscriptions-column upon launch.")
+
 	log.SetFlags(0)
 	flag.Usage = usage
 	flag.Parse()
@@ -103,7 +106,7 @@ func main() {
 	}
 	engine.SortOpt = sortOpt
 
-	if *displaySubscriptionsColumn {
+	if displaySubscriptionsColumn {
 		engine.DisplaySubs = true
 	}
 
diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 7cd34de..fef5430 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ and releases of the binary are also [available](https://github.com/nats-io/nats-
 
 ```
 usage: nats-top [-s server] [-m http_port] [-ms https_port] [-n num_connections] [-d delay_secs] [-r max] [-o FILE] [-l DELIMITER] [-sort by]
-                [-cert FILE] [-key FILE ][-cacert FILE] [-k] [-b]
+                [-cert FILE] [-key FILE ][-cacert FILE] [-k] [-b] [-v|--version] [-u|--display-subscriptions-column]
 ```
 
 - `-m http_port`, `-ms https_port`
@@ -84,6 +84,14 @@ usage: nats-top [-s server] [-m http_port] [-ms https_port] [-n num_connections]
 
   Displays traffic in raw bytes.
 
+- `-v|--version`
+
+  Displays the version of nats-top.
+
+- `-u|--display-subscriptions-column`
+
+  Makes the subscriptions-column immediately visible upon launching nats-top.
+
 ## Commands
 
 While in top view, it is possible to use the following commands: