diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index f53d0f5..bf016db 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "whispassist"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 description = "Privacy-first, fully local Windows meeting assistant"
 authors = ["WhispAssist contributors"]
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
@@ -81,7 +81,11 @@ windows = { version = "0.58", features = [
 wasapi = { version = "0.15", optional = true }             # Phase 1
 
 [features]
-default = ["audio", "cpu-transcription", "diarization", "pst", "sync"]
+# `npu` ships in the default build: `ort` uses load-dynamic (no build-time
+# linking/OpenVINO needed), and the on-demand runtime/model download only works
+# if this code path is actually compiled in. NPU stays inert until an NPU is
+# detected AND its runtime is downloaded, so shipping it is safe (NFR-MNT-4).
+default = ["audio", "cpu-transcription", "diarization", "pst", "sync", "npu"]
 # Phase 1
 audio = ["dep:wasapi", "dep:hound"]
 cpu-transcription = ["dep:whisper-rs"]   # whisper-rs CPU build