diff --git a/DeepFilterNet/df/enhance.py b/DeepFilterNet/df/enhance.py
index 0eab4888f..9900f9e64 100644
--- a/DeepFilterNet/df/enhance.py
+++ b/DeepFilterNet/df/enhance.py
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ def main(args):
         log_level=args.log_level,
         config_allow_defaults=True,
         epoch=args.epoch,
+        mask_only=args.no_df_stage,
     )
     suffix = suffix if args.suffix else None
     if args.output_dir is None:
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ def init_df(
     config_allow_defaults: bool = False,
     epoch: Union[str, int, None] = "best",
     default_model: str = DEFAULT_MODEL,
+    mask_only: bool = False,
 ) -> Tuple[nn.Module, DF, str]:
     """Initializes and loads config, model and deep filtering state.
 
@@ -161,7 +163,9 @@ def init_df(
     load_cp = epoch is not None and not (isinstance(epoch, str) and epoch.lower() == "none")
     if not load_cp:
         checkpoint_dir = None
-    mask_only = config("mask_only", cast=bool, section="train", default=False, save=False)
+    mask_only = mask_only or config(
+        "mask_only", cast=bool, section="train", default=False, save=False
+    )
     model, epoch = load_model_cp(checkpoint_dir, df_state, epoch=epoch, mask_only=mask_only)
     if (epoch is None or epoch == 0) and load_cp:
         logger.error("Could not find a checkpoint")
@@ -361,6 +365,7 @@ def run():
         dest="suffix",
         help="Don't add the model suffix to the enhanced audio files",
     )
+    parser.add_argument("--no-df-stage", action="store_true")
     args = parser.parse_args()
     main(args)