diff --git a/docs/meshtastic/index.html b/docs/meshtastic/index.html
index 8a62811..86602e8 100644
--- a/docs/meshtastic/index.html
+++ b/docs/meshtastic/index.html
@@ -508,9 +508,16 @@ class StreamInterface(MeshInterface):
         self.devPath = devPath
         self._rxBuf = bytes()  # empty
         self._wantExit = False
+
+        # Note: we provide None for port here, because we will be opening it later
         self.stream = serial.Serial(
-            devPath, 921600, exclusive=True, timeout=0.5)
-        self.stream.setRTS(False)
+            None, 921600, exclusive=True, timeout=0.5)
+
+        # rts=False Needed to prevent TBEAMs resetting on OSX, because rts is connected to reset
+        self.stream.port = devPath
+        self.stream.rts = False
+        self.stream.open()
+
         self._rxThread = threading.Thread(target=self.__reader, args=())
 
         MeshInterface.__init__(self, debugOut=debugOut, noProto=noProto)
@@ -599,9 +606,10 @@ class StreamInterface(MeshInterface):
                     pass
         except serial.SerialException as ex:
             logging.warn(
-                "Meshtastic erial port disconnected, disconnecting...")
+                f"Meshtastic serial port disconnected, disconnecting... {ex}")
         finally:
             logging.debug("reader is exiting")
+            self.stream.rts = True  # Return RTS high, so that the reset button still works
             self.stream.close()
             self._disconnected()</code></pre>
 </details>
@@ -1263,9 +1271,16 @@ debugOut {stream} &ndash; If a stream is provided, any debug serial output from
         self.devPath = devPath
         self._rxBuf = bytes()  # empty
         self._wantExit = False
+
+        # Note: we provide None for port here, because we will be opening it later
         self.stream = serial.Serial(
-            devPath, 921600, exclusive=True, timeout=0.5)
-        self.stream.setRTS(False)
+            None, 921600, exclusive=True, timeout=0.5)
+
+        # rts=False Needed to prevent TBEAMs resetting on OSX, because rts is connected to reset
+        self.stream.port = devPath
+        self.stream.rts = False
+        self.stream.open()
+
         self._rxThread = threading.Thread(target=self.__reader, args=())
 
         MeshInterface.__init__(self, debugOut=debugOut, noProto=noProto)
@@ -1354,9 +1369,10 @@ debugOut {stream} &ndash; If a stream is provided, any debug serial output from
                     pass
         except serial.SerialException as ex:
             logging.warn(
-                &#34;Meshtastic erial port disconnected, disconnecting...&#34;)
+                f&#34;Meshtastic serial port disconnected, disconnecting... {ex}&#34;)
         finally:
             logging.debug(&#34;reader is exiting&#34;)
+            self.stream.rts = True  # Return RTS high, so that the reset button still works
             self.stream.close()
             self._disconnected()</code></pre>
 </details>
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 35beb4b..7fbb686 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# Note: you shouldn't need to run this script manually.  It is run implicitly by the pip3 install command.
+
 import pathlib
 from setuptools import setup
 
@@ -10,7 +12,7 @@ with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
 # This call to setup() does all the work
 setup(
     name="meshtastic",
-    version="1.0.8",
+    version="1.0.9",
     description="Python API & client shell for talking to Meshtastic devices",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",