diff --git a/build/synctastic.js b/build/synctastic.js
index 77698fecc5e657ff9d4bc49971c44d4a01754140..7a5e6af8aabfd89df1b27c1feb9147829d95a528 100644
--- a/build/synctastic.js
+++ b/build/synctastic.js
@@ -19027,7 +19027,7 @@
         _this.purgeEvent = js.setInterval(_this.purgeHandlers, _this.timeoutMs, _this);
         _this.heartbeatInterval = heartbeatInterval * 1e3;
         _this.heartbeatEvent = -1;
-        _this.lastWrite = Date.now();
+        _this.lastWrite = -Infinity;
         _this.initTime = Date.now();
         _this.initTimeout = _CONNECT_TIMEOUT * 1e3;
         _this.queue = [];
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 32169e52a7fe259182ae11981ed73cf58cd85c4d..c53ca33c32f32e7b0fb014e16ae4b67985abf16d 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -2234,7 +2234,7 @@
     },
     "node_modules/@sota/meshtastic": {
       "version": "1.0.0",
-      "resolved": "git+https://gitlab.synchro.net/sota/meshtastic.git#ea22e59993ffb39f92061db19d45b478f2919c60",
+      "resolved": "git+https://gitlab.synchro.net/sota/meshtastic.git#2c9bb2815011d64f524f46bdcf2cad33c2dee170",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@buf/meshtastic_protobufs.bufbuild_es": "^1.8.0-20240411120154-019267fa4cc6.2",
@@ -5237,7 +5237,7 @@
       "optional": true
     },
     "@sota/meshtastic": {
-      "version": "git+https://gitlab.synchro.net/sota/meshtastic.git#ea22e59993ffb39f92061db19d45b478f2919c60",
+      "version": "git+https://gitlab.synchro.net/sota/meshtastic.git#2c9bb2815011d64f524f46bdcf2cad33c2dee170",
       "from": "@sota/meshtastic@git+https://gitlab.synchro.net/sota/meshtastic.git",
       "requires": {
         "@buf/meshtastic_protobufs.bufbuild_es": "^1.8.0-20240411120154-019267fa4cc6.2",