diff --git a/libultraship/libultraship/SohImGuiImpl.cpp b/libultraship/libultraship/SohImGuiImpl.cpp
index af5066159..6d43c13ce 100644
--- a/libultraship/libultraship/SohImGuiImpl.cpp
+++ b/libultraship/libultraship/SohImGuiImpl.cpp
@@ -583,6 +583,7 @@ namespace SohImGui {
                 EnhancementCheckbox("N64 Mode", "gN64Mode");
 
                 EnhancementCheckbox("Animated Link in Pause Menu", "gPauseLiveLink");
+                EnhancementCheckbox("Disable Black Bars", "gDisableBlackBars");
                 EnhancementCheckbox("Disable LOD", "gDisableLOD");
                 EnhancementCheckbox("Enable 3D Dropped items", "gNewDrops");
                 EnhancementCheckbox("Dynamic Wallet Icon", "gDynamicWalletIcon");
diff --git a/soh/src/code/shrink_window.c b/soh/src/code/shrink_window.c
index cc68129e2..bcaf92226 100644
--- a/soh/src/code/shrink_window.c
+++ b/soh/src/code/shrink_window.c
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ s32 sShrinkWindowVal = 0;
 s32 sShrinkWindowCurrentVal = 0;
 
 void ShrinkWindow_SetVal(s32 value) {
+    if (CVar_GetS32("gDisableBlackBars", 0) != 0)
+        value = 0;
     if (HREG(80) == 0x13 && HREG(81) == 1) {
         osSyncPrintf("shrink_window_setval(%d)\n", value);
     }
@@ -17,6 +19,8 @@ u32 ShrinkWindow_GetVal(void) {
 }
 
 void ShrinkWindow_SetCurrentVal(s32 currentVal) {
+    if (CVar_GetS32("gDisableBlackBars", 0) != 0)
+        currentVal = 0;
     if (HREG(80) == 0x13 && HREG(81) == 1) {
         osSyncPrintf("shrink_window_setnowval(%d)\n", currentVal);
     }