diff --git a/src/gui/gui.h b/src/gui/gui.h
index 37b58cd78..eec988fca 100644
--- a/src/gui/gui.h
+++ b/src/gui/gui.h
@@ -1577,6 +1577,7 @@ class FurnaceGUI {
     int wasapiEx;
     int chanOscThreads;
     int renderPoolThreads;
+    int showPool;
     unsigned int maxUndoSteps;
     String mainFontPath;
     String headFontPath;
@@ -1755,6 +1756,7 @@ class FurnaceGUI {
       wasapiEx(0),
       chanOscThreads(0),
       renderPoolThreads(0),
+      showPool(0),
       maxUndoSteps(100),
       mainFontPath(""),
       headFontPath(""),
diff --git a/src/gui/settings.cpp b/src/gui/settings.cpp
index f77200f47..4b5d88899 100644
--- a/src/gui/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/settings.cpp
@@ -892,34 +892,36 @@ void FurnaceGUI::drawSettings() {
           ImGui::EndTable();
         }
 
-        bool renderPoolThreadsB=(settings.renderPoolThreads>0);
-        if (ImGui::Checkbox("Multi-threaded (EXPERIMENTAL)",&renderPoolThreadsB)) {
-          if (renderPoolThreadsB) {
-            settings.renderPoolThreads=2;
-          } else {
-            settings.renderPoolThreads=0;
+        if (settings.showPool) {
+          bool renderPoolThreadsB=(settings.renderPoolThreads>0);
+          if (ImGui::Checkbox("Multi-threaded (EXPERIMENTAL)",&renderPoolThreadsB)) {
+            if (renderPoolThreadsB) {
+              settings.renderPoolThreads=2;
+            } else {
+              settings.renderPoolThreads=0;
+            }
+          }
+          if (ImGui::IsItemHovered()) {
+            ImGui::SetTooltip("runs chip emulation on separate threads.\nmay increase performance on multi-core CPUs.\n\nwarnings:\n- experimental! currently broken/not working well.\n- only useful on multi-chip songs.");
           }
-        }
-        if (ImGui::IsItemHovered()) {
-          ImGui::SetTooltip("runs chip emulation on separate threads.\nmay increase performance on multi-core CPUs.\n\nwarnings:\n- experimental! currently broken/not working well.\n- only useful on multi-chip songs.");
-        }
 
-        if (renderPoolThreadsB) {
-          pushWarningColor(settings.renderPoolThreads>cpuCores,settings.renderPoolThreads>cpuCores);
-          if (ImGui::InputInt("Number of threads",&settings.renderPoolThreads)) {
-            if (settings.renderPoolThreads<2) settings.renderPoolThreads=2;
-            if (settings.renderPoolThreads>32) settings.renderPoolThreads=32;
-          }
-          if (settings.renderPoolThreads>=DIV_MAX_CHIPS) {
-            if (ImGui::IsItemHovered()) {
-              ImGui::SetTooltip("that's the limit!");
+          if (renderPoolThreadsB) {
+            pushWarningColor(settings.renderPoolThreads>cpuCores,settings.renderPoolThreads>cpuCores);
+            if (ImGui::InputInt("Number of threads",&settings.renderPoolThreads)) {
+              if (settings.renderPoolThreads<2) settings.renderPoolThreads=2;
+              if (settings.renderPoolThreads>32) settings.renderPoolThreads=32;
             }
-          } else if (settings.renderPoolThreads>cpuCores) {
-            if (ImGui::IsItemHovered()) {
-              ImGui::SetTooltip("it is a VERY bad idea to set this number higher than your CPU core count (%d)!",cpuCores);
+            if (settings.renderPoolThreads>=DIV_MAX_CHIPS) {
+              if (ImGui::IsItemHovered()) {
+                ImGui::SetTooltip("that's the limit!");
+              }
+            } else if (settings.renderPoolThreads>cpuCores) {
+              if (ImGui::IsItemHovered()) {
+                ImGui::SetTooltip("it is a VERY bad idea to set this number higher than your CPU core count (%d)!",cpuCores);
+              }
             }
+            popWarningColor();
           }
-          popWarningColor();
         }
 
         bool lowLatencyB=settings.lowLatency;
@@ -3063,6 +3065,7 @@ void FurnaceGUI::drawSettings() {
         // "Nice Amiga cover of the song!" - enables hidden systems (YMU759/SoundUnit/Dummy)
         // "42 63" - enables all instrument types
         // "4-bit FDS" - enables partial pitch linearity option
+        // "Power of the Chip" - enables options for multi-threaded audio
         // "????" - enables stuff
         CONFIG_SECTION("Cheat Codes") {
           // SUBSECTION ENTER CODE:
@@ -3317,6 +3320,7 @@ void FurnaceGUI::syncSettings() {
   settings.wasapiEx=e->getConfInt("wasapiEx",0);
   settings.chanOscThreads=e->getConfInt("chanOscThreads",0);
   settings.renderPoolThreads=e->getConfInt("renderPoolThreads",0);
+  settings.showPool=e->getConfInt("showPool",0);
 
   clampSetting(settings.mainFontSize,2,96);
   clampSetting(settings.headFontSize,2,96);
@@ -3467,7 +3471,8 @@ void FurnaceGUI::syncSettings() {
   clampSetting(settings.classicChipOptions,0,1);
   clampSetting(settings.wasapiEx,0,1);
   clampSetting(settings.chanOscThreads,0,256);
-  clampSetting(settings.renderPoolThreads,0,256);
+  clampSetting(settings.renderPoolThreads,0,DIV_MAX_CHIPS);
+  clampSetting(settings.showPool,0,1);
 
   if (settings.exportLoops<0.0) settings.exportLoops=0.0;
   if (settings.exportFadeOut<0.0) settings.exportFadeOut=0.0;
@@ -3726,6 +3731,7 @@ void FurnaceGUI::commitSettings() {
   e->setConf("wasapiEx",settings.wasapiEx);
   e->setConf("chanOscThreads",settings.chanOscThreads);
   e->setConf("renderPoolThreads",settings.renderPoolThreads);
+  e->setConf("showPool",settings.showPool);
 
   // colors
   for (int i=0; i<GUI_COLOR_MAX; i++) {