diff --git a/docs/meshtastic/index.html b/docs/meshtastic/index.html
index 0cb31d4..3c0e845 100644
--- a/docs/meshtastic/index.html
+++ b/docs/meshtastic/index.html
@@ -501,6 +501,7 @@ class StreamInterface(MeshInterface):
         self._wantExit = False
         self.stream = serial.Serial(
             devPath, 921600, exclusive=True, timeout=0.5)
+        self.stream.setRTS(False)
         self._rxThread = threading.Thread(target=self.__reader, args=())
 
         MeshInterface.__init__(self, debugOut=debugOut, noProto=noProto)
@@ -1227,6 +1228,7 @@ debugOut {stream} – If a stream is provided, any debug serial output from
         self._wantExit = False
         self.stream = serial.Serial(
             devPath, 921600, exclusive=True, timeout=0.5)
+        self.stream.setRTS(False)
         self._rxThread = threading.Thread(target=self.__reader, args=())
 
         MeshInterface.__init__(self, debugOut=debugOut, noProto=noProto)
diff --git a/meshtastic/__init__.py b/meshtastic/__init__.py
index 12a2e1d..57dbfe6 100644
--- a/meshtastic/__init__.py
+++ b/meshtastic/__init__.py
@@ -430,6 +430,7 @@ class StreamInterface(MeshInterface):
         self._wantExit = False
         self.stream = serial.Serial(
             devPath, 921600, exclusive=True, timeout=0.5)
+        self.stream.setRTS(False)
         self._rxThread = threading.Thread(target=self.__reader, args=())
 
         MeshInterface.__init__(self, debugOut=debugOut, noProto=noProto)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 4cf0524..cc9ca80 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
 # This call to setup() does all the work
 setup(
     name="meshtastic",
-    version="1.0.3",
+    version="1.0.4",
     description="Python API & client shell for talking to Meshtastic devices",
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",