diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a4c2f30..89f2cca 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ pub fn data_dir() -> crate::Result<PathBuf> {
     Ok(dir)
 }
 
+/// Simply creates and runs the player, so that the [`Result`] of both operations
+/// can be easily handled by the [`main`] function.
 async fn player(args: Args, environment: ui::Environment) -> crate::Result<()> {
     let stream = audio::stream()?;
     let mut player = Player::init(args, environment, stream.mixer()).await?;
diff --git a/src/ui.rs b/src/ui.rs
index 297e307..675d921 100644
--- a/src/ui.rs
+++ b/src/ui.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{env, sync::Arc};
+use std::sync::Arc;
 
 use crate::{
     player::Current,
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ struct Tasks {
 }
 
 impl Tasks {
+    /// Actually takes care of spawning the tasks for the [`ui`].
     pub fn spawn(
         tx: Sender<crate::Message>,
         updater: broadcast::Receiver<ui::Update>,
@@ -196,17 +197,15 @@ impl Handle {
         state: State,
         args: &Args,
     ) -> Result<Self> {
-        let disabled = env::var("LOWFI_DISABLE_UI").is_ok_and(|x| x == "1");
-        if disabled && !cfg!(feature = "mpris") {
-            return Err(Error::RejectedDisable);
-        }
+        let params = interface::Params::try_from(args)?;
 
         Ok(Self {
             #[cfg(feature = "mpris")]
             mpris: mpris::Server::new(state.clone(), tx.clone(), updater.resubscribe()).await?,
             environment,
-            _tasks: (!disabled)
-                .then(|| Tasks::spawn(tx, updater, state, interface::Params::from(args))),
+            _tasks: params
+                .enabled
+                .then(|| Tasks::spawn(tx, updater, state, params)),
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/ui/interface.rs b/src/ui/interface.rs
index 6114e4f..4e7bdef 100644
--- a/src/ui/interface.rs
+++ b/src/ui/interface.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::time::Duration;
+use std::{env, time::Duration};
 
 use crate::{
     ui::{self, components, window::Window},
@@ -9,19 +9,28 @@ use crate::{
 pub struct Params {
     pub borderless: bool,
     pub minimalist: bool,
+    pub enabled: bool,
     pub delta: Duration,
 }
 
-impl From<&Args> for Params {
-    fn from(args: &Args) -> Self {
+impl TryFrom<&Args> for Params {
+    type Error = ui::Error;
+
+    fn try_from(args: &Args) -> ui::Result<Self> {
         let delta = 1.0 / f32::from(args.fps);
         let delta = Duration::from_secs_f32(delta);
 
-        Self {
+        let disabled = env::var("LOWFI_DISABLE_UI").is_ok_and(|x| x == "1");
+        if disabled && !cfg!(feature = "mpris") {
+            return Err(ui::Error::RejectedDisable);
+        }
+
+        Ok(Self {
             delta,
+            enabled: !disabled,
             minimalist: args.minimalist,
             borderless: args.borderless,
-        }
+        })
     }
 }