diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b9a6a54..0a639e4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 ---
 ### about
 
-This project is a web implementation of the raining green code seen in the *Matrix* franchise. It's built right on top of the upcoming graphics API [WebGPU](https://github.com/gpuweb/gpuweb), but falls back to the functional WebGL wrapper, [REGL](https://regl.party); its previous Three.js version is maintained in a separate branch.
+This project is a web implementation of the raining green code seen in the *Matrix* franchise. It's built right on top of the functional WebGL wrapper, [REGL](https://regl.party), with beta support for the upcoming graphics API [WebGPU](https://github.com/gpuweb/gpuweb); its previous Three.js version is maintained in a separate branch.
 
 ---
 ### goals
diff --git a/js/config.js b/js/config.js
index 7b9317f..cc08a5e 100644
--- a/js/config.js
+++ b/js/config.js
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ const defaults = {
 	slant: 0, // The angle at which rain falls; the orientation of the glyph grid
 	resolution: 0.75, // An overall scale multiplier
 	useHalfFloat: false,
-	renderer: "webgpu", // The preferred web graphics API
+	renderer: "regl", // The preferred web graphics API
 	isometric: false,
 	useHoloplay: false,
 	loops: false,
diff --git a/js/main.js b/js/main.js
index dca7bd6..4268bf3 100644
--- a/js/main.js
+++ b/js/main.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const supportsWebGPU = async () => {
 document.body.onload = async () => {
 	const urlParams = Object.fromEntries(new URLSearchParams(window.location.search).entries());
 	const config = makeConfig(urlParams);
-	const useREGL = !(await supportsWebGPU()) || ["webgl", "regl"].includes(config.renderer?.toLowerCase());
-	const solution = import(`./${useREGL ? "regl" : "webgpu"}/main.js`);
+	const useWebGPU = (await supportsWebGPU()) && ["webgpu"].includes(config.renderer?.toLowerCase());
+	const solution = import(`./${useWebGPU ? "webgpu" : "regl"}/main.js`);
 	(await solution).default(canvas, config);
 };