diff --git a/deps/NeuralAudio b/deps/NeuralAudio
index 162c804..6177d02 160000
--- a/deps/NeuralAudio
+++ b/deps/NeuralAudio
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 162c80403f95ea0b1a10038887f1ad6265fc20df
+Subproject commit 6177d02f4a36c4b13e9a4e1c0f76128156b74138
diff --git a/src/nam_plugin.cpp b/src/nam_plugin.cpp
index 1c13c1b..2dc2a8e 100644
--- a/src/nam_plugin.cpp
+++ b/src/nam_plugin.cpp
@@ -7,12 +7,18 @@
 
 #define SMOOTH_EPSILON .0001f
 
+#ifndef BYPASS_DB_THRESHOLD
+#define BYPASS_DB_THRESHOLD -100
+#endif
+
 namespace NAM {
 	Plugin::Plugin()
 	{
 		// prevent allocations on the audio thread
 		currentModelPath.reserve(MAX_FILE_NAME + 1);
 
+		bypassThresholdLinear = powf(10, BYPASS_DB_THRESHOLD * 0.05f);
+
 //		NeuralAudio::NeuralModel::SetLSTMLoadMode(
 //#ifdef LSTM_PREFER_NAM
 //			NeuralAudio::PreferNAMCore
@@ -181,6 +187,9 @@ namespace NAM {
 		nam->currentModelPath = msg->path;
 		assert(nam->currentModelPath.capacity() >= MAX_FILE_NAME + 1);
 
+		nam->silentSamples = 0;
+		nam->smartBypassed = false;
+
 		// send reply
 		nam->schedule->schedule_work(nam->schedule->handle, sizeof(reply), &reply);
 
@@ -241,6 +250,42 @@ namespace NAM {
 		if (currentModel != nullptr)
 		{
 			modelInputAdjustmentDB = currentModel->GetRecommendedInputDBAdjustment();
+
+#ifdef SMART_BYPASS_ENABLED
+			int receptiveFieldSamples = currentModel->GetReceptiveFieldSize();
+
+			if (receptiveFieldSamples > -1)
+			{
+				for (unsigned int i = 0; i < n_samples; i++)
+				{
+					if (abs(ports.audio_in[i]) <= bypassThresholdLinear)
+					{
+						silentSamples++;
+					}
+					else
+					{
+						silentSamples = 0;
+					}
+				}
+
+				if (silentSamples > (uint32_t)receptiveFieldSamples)
+				{
+					if (smartBypassed)
+					{
+						for (unsigned int i = 0; i < n_samples; i++)
+						{
+							ports.audio_out[i] = ports.audio_in[i];
+						}
+
+						return;
+					}
+
+					smartBypassed = true; // If we aren't already, we'll be bypassed on the next process call
+				}
+				else
+					smartBypassed = false;
+			}
+#endif
 		}
 
 		// convert input level from db
diff --git a/src/nam_plugin.h b/src/nam_plugin.h
index 15a03a4..686b495 100644
--- a/src/nam_plugin.h
+++ b/src/nam_plugin.h
@@ -120,5 +120,8 @@ namespace NAM {
 		float inputLevel = 0;
 		float outputLevel = 0;
 		int32_t maxBufferSize = 512;
+		float bypassThresholdLinear = 0;
+		uint32_t silentSamples = 0;
+		bool smartBypassed = false;
 	};
 }