diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 9512cd6..6fee23d 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         },
         cycleSpeed: 0.05,
         cycleStyle: "cycleFasterWhenDimmed",
-        fade: true,
+        brightnessThreshold: 0,
         fallSpeed: 0.05,
         font: fonts.coptic,
         glyphEdgeCrop: 0.0,
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
         },
         cycleSpeed: 0.02,
         cycleStyle: "cycleFasterWhenDimmed",
-        fade: true,
+        brightnessThreshold: 0,
         fallSpeed: 2.0,
         font: fonts.gothic,
         glyphEdgeCrop: 0.0,
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
         },
         cycleSpeed: 1,
         cycleStyle: "cycleFasterWhenDimmed",
-        fade: true,
+        brightnessThreshold: 0,
         fallSpeed: 1,
         font: fonts.matrixcode,
         glyphEdgeCrop: 0.0,
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
         },
         cycleSpeed: 0.4,
         cycleStyle: "cycleRandomly",
-        fade: false,
+        brightnessThreshold: 0.6375,
         fallSpeed: 0.6,
         font: fonts.matrixcode,
         glyphEdgeCrop: 0.15,
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@
     const slant = parseFloat(getParam(["slant", "angle"], version.slant)) * Math.PI / 180;
     const glyphEdgeCrop = parseFloat(getParam("encroach", version.glyphEdgeCrop));
     const glyphHeightToWidth = parseFloat(getParam("stretch", version.glyphHeightToWidth));
-    const fade = getParam("fade", version.fade).toString() == "true";
+    const brightnessThreshold = getParam("brightnessThreshold", version.brightnessThreshold);
 
     const effect = getParam("effect", "plain");
 
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
     const matrixRenderer = makeMatrixRenderer(renderer, {
       animationSpeed, fallSpeed, cycleSpeed,
       cycleStyle: version.cycleStyle,
-      fade,
+      brightnessThreshold,
       fontTexture,
       glyphSequenceLength: version.font.sequenceLength,
       glyphEdgeCrop,
diff --git a/js/MatrixRenderer.js b/js/MatrixRenderer.js
index f785abb..ef15a50 100644
--- a/js/MatrixRenderer.js
+++ b/js/MatrixRenderer.js
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const makeMatrixRenderer = (renderer, {
   slant,
   glyphHeightToWidth,
   glyphEdgeCrop,
-  fade,
+  brightnessThreshold,
   showComputationTexture,
   raindropLength,
   cycleStyle
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ const glyphVariable = gpuCompute.addVariable(
     );
   gpuCompute.setVariableDependencies( glyphVariable, [ glyphVariable ] );
 
-  const brightnessChangeBias = fade ? (animationSpeed * fallSpeed) == 0 ? 1 : Math.min(1, Math.abs(animationSpeed * fallSpeed)) : 1;
+  const brightnessChangeBias = (brightnessThreshold <= 0) ? (animationSpeed * fallSpeed) == 0 ? 1 : Math.min(1, Math.abs(animationSpeed * fallSpeed)) : 1;
   Object.assign(glyphVariable.material.uniforms, {
     time: { type: "f", value: 0 },
     deltaTime: { type: "f", value: 0.01 },
@@ -244,9 +244,9 @@ const glyphVariable = gpuCompute.addVariable(
 
         // Unpack the values from the font texture
         float brightness = glyph.r;
-        #ifndef fade
+        #ifdef brightnessThreshold
           if (brightness < -1.0) { discard; return; }
-          if (brightness > 0.65) {
+          if (brightness > brightnessThreshold) {
             brightness *= 2.0;
           } else {
             brightness = 0.25;
@@ -283,8 +283,8 @@ const glyphVariable = gpuCompute.addVariable(
     mesh.material.defines.isPolar = 1.0;
   }
 
-  if (fade) {
-    mesh.material.defines.fade = 1.0;
+  if (brightnessThreshold > 0) {
+    mesh.material.defines.brightnessThreshold = brightnessThreshold;
   }
 
   if (showComputationTexture) {