diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a176f65..84e2a62 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ crashsave*
 *.lsvs
 config.lua
 *.sfc
-watchexec*
\ No newline at end of file
+watchexec*
+.VSCodeCounter/
diff --git a/config.lua b/config.lua
index b5209f1..36dd21f 100644
--- a/config.lua
+++ b/config.lua
@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ _M.Filename = _M.PoolDir .. _M.State[1]
 _M.StartPowerup = 0
 
 _M.NeatConfig = {
-Threads = 2,
+DisableSound = false,
+Threads = 7,
 --Filename = "DP1.state",
 SaveFile = _M.Filename .. ".pool",
 
diff --git a/runner.lua b/runner.lua
index 7eb83fa..4bbef6e 100644
--- a/runner.lua
+++ b/runner.lua
@@ -387,7 +387,11 @@ local function initializeRun(_M, after)
     settings.set_speed("turbo")
     -- XXX Does this actually work or only affects new VM loads?
     settings.set('lua-maxmem', 1024)
-    exec('enable-sound off')
+    local enableSound = 'on'
+    if config.NeatConfig.DisableSound then
+        enableSound = 'off'
+    end
+    exec('enable-sound '..enableSound)
     gui.subframe_update(false)
     table.insert(_M.runInitialized, after)
     movie.unsafe_rewind(rew)