diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5fe334d0..450cb3b9 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 For example, if you have a Docker bundle like [`docker-compose-bundle.dsb`](./examples/docker-compose-bundle.dsb), you can convert it into Kubernetes deployments and services like this:
 
 ```console
-$ kompose convert --bundle docker-compose-bundle.dsb
+$ kompose --bundle docker-compose-bundle.dsb convert
 WARN[0000]: Unsupported key networks - ignoring
 file "redis-svc.json" created
 file "web-svc.json" created
diff --git a/cli/app/app.go b/cli/app/app.go
index 5ec7d87b..d927ca51 100644
--- a/cli/app/app.go
+++ b/cli/app/app.go
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ func validateFlags(opt kobject.ConvertOptions, singleOutput bool, dabFile, input
 // Convert transforms docker compose or dab file to k8s objects
 func Convert(c *cli.Context) {
 	inputFile := c.GlobalString("file")
-	dabFile := c.String("bundle")
+	dabFile := c.GlobalString("bundle")
 	outFile := c.String("out")
 	generateYaml := c.BoolT("yaml")
 	toStdout := c.BoolT("stdout")
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ func Up(c *cli.Context) {
 	client := client.NewOrDie(clientConfig)
 
 	inputFile := c.GlobalString("file")
-	dabFile := c.String("bundle")
+	dabFile := c.GlobalString("bundle")
 
 	komposeObject := kobject.KomposeObject{
 		ServiceConfigs: make(map[string]kobject.ServiceConfig),
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func Down(c *cli.Context) {
 	client := client.NewOrDie(clientConfig)
 
 	inputFile := c.GlobalString("file")
-	dabFile := c.String("bundle")
+	dabFile := c.GlobalString("bundle")
 
 	komposeObject := kobject.KomposeObject{
 		ServiceConfigs: make(map[string]kobject.ServiceConfig),
diff --git a/cli/command/command.go b/cli/command/command.go
index 784c7673..c24d9342 100644
--- a/cli/command/command.go
+++ b/cli/command/command.go
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ func ConvertCommand() cli.Command {
 			app.Convert(c)
 		},
 		Flags: []cli.Flag{
-			cli.StringFlag{
-				Name:   "bundle,dab",
-				Usage:  "Specify a Distributed Application Bundle (DAB) file",
-				EnvVar: "DAB_FILE",
-			},
 			cli.StringFlag{
 				Name:   "out,o",
 				Usage:  "Specify file name in order to save objects into",
@@ -87,13 +82,6 @@ func UpCommand() cli.Command {
 		Action: func(c *cli.Context) {
 			app.Up(c)
 		},
-		Flags: []cli.Flag{
-			cli.StringFlag{
-				Name:   "bundle,dab",
-				Usage:  "Specify a Distributed Application Bundle (DAB) file",
-				EnvVar: "DAB_FILE",
-			},
-		},
 	}
 }
 
@@ -105,19 +93,18 @@ func DownCommand() cli.Command {
 		Action: func(c *cli.Context) {
 			app.Down(c)
 		},
-		Flags: []cli.Flag{
-			cli.StringFlag{
-				Name:   "bundle,dab",
-				Usage:  "Specify a Distributed Application Bundle (DAB) file",
-				EnvVar: "DAB_FILE",
-			},
-		},
 	}
 }
 
 // CommonFlags defines the flags that are in common for all subcommands.
 func CommonFlags() []cli.Flag {
 	return []cli.Flag{
+		cli.StringFlag{
+			Name:   "bundle,dab",
+			Usage:  "Specify a Distributed Application Bundle (DAB) file",
+			EnvVar: "DAB_FILE",
+		},
+
 		cli.StringFlag{
 			Name:   "file,f",
 			Usage:  fmt.Sprintf("Specify an alternative compose file (default: %s)", app.DefaultComposeFile),
diff --git a/docs/user-guide.md b/docs/user-guide.md
index 84902fee..7eaf8767 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide.md
+++ b/docs/user-guide.md
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ db-svc.json         docker-compose-bundle.dsb  docker-voting.yml  redis-svc.json
 Using `--bundle, --dab` to specify a DAB file as below:
 
 ```console
-$ kompose convert --bundle docker-compose-bundle.dsb
+$ kompose --bundle docker-compose-bundle.dsb convert
 WARN[0000]: Unsupported key networks - ignoring
 file "redis-svc.json" created
 file "web-svc.json" created