diff --git a/applications/apertif/matlab/two_pfb.m b/applications/apertif/matlab/two_pfb.m
index 445fb7f90372d1a8ada98cfbfdd0468c2384f4ba..a56184ba5915e199f6afd7ce98ca7d3427d86020 100644
--- a/applications/apertif/matlab/two_pfb.m
+++ b/applications/apertif/matlab/two_pfb.m
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
 %   rerun the impulse reponse tail of the previous sync interval.
 %   However if the sync interval is very large, than this rerun may be
 %   ignored to simplify the implementation.
+%   The FIR prefilter in the PFB can be bypassed by means of the pfir
+%   tb.pfir_subband_bypass or tb.pfir_channel_bypass. Without the
+%   FIR prefilter the PFB becomes a FFT.
 %
 % * The Apertif subband beamformer is not modelled, therefore the corner
 %   turn operates on the selected subbands. The channel correlator is not
@@ -62,11 +65,15 @@ else
     tb.nof_subbands = 512;
     tb.nof_channels = 64;
     
-    tb.subband_hp_adjust = true;
     tb.subband_hp_adjust = false;
-    tb.channel_hp_adjust = true;
-    %tb.channel_hp_adjust = false;
+    tb.channel_hp_adjust = false;
+
+    tb.subband_dc_adjust = false;
+    tb.channel_dc_adjust = false;
 end
+% Optionally bypass the FIR prefilter in the PFB
+tb.pfir_subband_bypass = 0;
+tb.pfir_channel_bypass = 0;
 
 % Channel filterbank
 tb.nof_tchan_per_sync = 20;            % nof channel periods per sync interval
@@ -244,6 +251,7 @@ else
     ctrl_pfir_subband.r_stop             = 1e-4;        % only for fircls1
     ctrl_pfir_subband.config.hp_factor   = 1;           % Default channel half power bandwidth
     ctrl_pfir_subband.config.hp_adjust   = tb.subband_hp_adjust;
+    ctrl_pfir_subband.config.dc_adjust   = tb.subband_dc_adjust;
     ctrl_pfir_subband.BWchan             = ctrl_pfir_subband.config.hp_factor / tb.subband_fft_size;   % Channel bandwidth
     hfir_subband_coeff = pfir_coeff_adjust(ctrl_pfir_subband.nof_polyphases, ...
                                            ctrl_pfir_subband.nof_taps, ...
@@ -264,7 +272,7 @@ ctrl_pfir_subband.gain = sum(ctrl_pfir_subband.coeff(:)) / ctrl_pfir_subband.nof
 if tb.force_subband_pfir_coeff
     ctrl_pfir_subband.gain = 1;
 end
-ctrl_pfir_subband.bypass = 0;
+ctrl_pfir_subband.bypass = tb.pfir_subband_bypass;
 
 disp(sprintf(['Subband FIR filter settings:\n', ...
               '. Bypass                 = %d\n', ...
@@ -320,6 +328,7 @@ ctrl_pfir_channel.r_pass             = 1e-3;        % only for fircls1
 ctrl_pfir_channel.r_stop             = 1e-4;        % only for fircls1
 ctrl_pfir_channel.config.hp_factor   = 1;           % Default channel half power bandwidth
 ctrl_pfir_channel.config.hp_adjust   = tb.channel_hp_adjust;
+ctrl_pfir_channel.config.dc_adjust   = tb.channel_dc_adjust;
 ctrl_pfir_channel.BWchan             = ctrl_pfir_channel.config.hp_factor / tb.channel_fft_size;   % Channel bandwidth
 hfir_channel_coeff = pfir_coeff_adjust(ctrl_pfir_channel.nof_polyphases, ...
                                        ctrl_pfir_channel.nof_taps, ...
@@ -333,7 +342,7 @@ ctrl_pfir_channel.coeff = reshape(hfir_channel_coeff, ctrl_pfir_channel.nof_poly
 ctrl_pfir_channel.coeff = flipud(ctrl_pfir_channel.coeff);
 ctrl_pfir_channel.Zdelays = zeros(ctrl_pfir_channel.nof_polyphases, ctrl_pfir_channel.nof_taps-1);
 ctrl_pfir_channel.gain = sum(ctrl_pfir_channel.coeff(:)) / ctrl_pfir_channel.nof_polyphases;
-ctrl_pfir_channel.bypass = 0;
+ctrl_pfir_channel.bypass = tb.pfir_channel_bypass;
 
 disp(sprintf(['Channel FIR filter settings:\n', ...
               '. Bypass                 = %d\n', ...