diff --git a/nametag8_CH592/user/hw/eeprom16.c b/nametag8_CH592/user/hw/eeprom16.c
index 0d3e1b0..402c5ac 100644
--- a/nametag8_CH592/user/hw/eeprom16.c
+++ b/nametag8_CH592/user/hw/eeprom16.c
@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
 #include "comm/i2c.h"
 
 
-uint8_t e16_read_byte(uint16_t addr)
+uint8_t eep16_read_byte(uint16_t addr)
 {
     return 0;
 }
 
-void e16_read(uint16_t addr, uint8_t *dat, uint32_t len)
+void eep16_read(uint16_t addr, uint8_t *dat, uint32_t len)
 {
     if (len > EEPROM_SIZE) return;
 
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ void e16_read(uint16_t addr, uint8_t *dat, uint32_t len)
     i2c_stop();
 }
 
-void e16_write(uint16_t addr, uint8_t *dat, uint16_t len)
+void eep16_write(uint16_t addr, uint8_t *dat, uint16_t len)
 {
     uint8_t nack;
 
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ void e16_write(uint16_t addr, uint8_t *dat, uint16_t len)
     i2c_wr(addr >> 8);
     i2c_wr(addr & 0xff);
 
-    while  (len--) {
+    while (len--) {
         nack = i2c_wr(*dat++);
         if (nack) break;
     }
@@ -53,4 +53,16 @@ void e16_write(uint16_t addr, uint8_t *dat, uint16_t len)
     i2c_stop();
 }
 
+uint8_t eep16_is_ready()
+{
+    uint8_t ack;
+
+    i2c_start();
+    ack = i2c_wr(EEPROM_I2C_ADDR | 1);
+    i2c_stop();
+
+    if (ack) return 0;
+    return 1;
+}
+
 
diff --git a/nametag8_CH592/user/hw/eeprom16.h b/nametag8_CH592/user/hw/eeprom16.h
index fb40c6c..1d244bc 100644
--- a/nametag8_CH592/user/hw/eeprom16.h
+++ b/nametag8_CH592/user/hw/eeprom16.h
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@
 
 
 
-void e16_read(uint16_t addr, uint8_t *dat, uint32_t len);
-void e16_write(uint16_t addr, uint8_t *dat, uint16_t len);
+void eep16_read(uint16_t addr, uint8_t *dat, uint32_t len);
+void eep16_write(uint16_t addr, uint8_t *dat, uint16_t len);
+uint8_t eep16_is_ready();
 
 
 
diff --git a/nametag8_CH592/user/user_config.c b/nametag8_CH592/user/user_config.c
index a5204ae..9b079a4 100644
--- a/nametag8_CH592/user/user_config.c
+++ b/nametag8_CH592/user/user_config.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ void uconf_load()
     for (i = 0; i < FLASH_RSVD_PAGES; i++) {
         // find last page of valid config from flash
         uconf_flash_offset = (FLASH_RSVD_PAGES - 1) - i;
-        e16_read(uconf_flash_offset * FLASH_UCONF_BYTES, (uint8_t *)&uconf, FLASH_UCONF_BYTES);
+        eep16_read(uconf_flash_offset * FLASH_UCONF_BYTES, (uint8_t *)&uconf, FLASH_UCONF_BYTES);
         if (!uconf_validate()) {
             // valid data
             return;
@@ -130,8 +130,8 @@ void uconf_write()
     uconf.iter++;
     uconf_flash_offset++;
     if (uconf_flash_offset >= FLASH_RSVD_PAGES) {
-        // we need to erase flash and start writing at the beginning
-        // w25q_erase_sector(0x000000, 1);
+        // if you need to erase flash, do it here
+        // we have eeprom so we don't
 
         uconf_flash_offset = 0;
     }
@@ -145,8 +145,9 @@ void uconf_write()
     uaddr = (uint8_t *)&uconf;
 
     while (fsize) {
-        e16_write(faddr, uaddr, (fsize > 128) ? 128 : fsize);
-        if (fsize < 128) break;
+        while (!eep16_is_ready());
+        eep16_write(faddr, uaddr, (fsize > 128) ? 128 : fsize);
+        if (fsize <= 128) break;
         fsize -= 128;
         faddr += 128;
         uaddr += 128;
diff --git a/nametag8_CH592/user/user_config.h b/nametag8_CH592/user/user_config.h
index 8301c53..24fc6ce 100644
--- a/nametag8_CH592/user/user_config.h
+++ b/nametag8_CH592/user/user_config.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #define SYS_OLED_REVERSE_CHARS          (1 << 2)    // todo: figure out wtf this is
 
 // user configuration stuff
-#define UCONF_VER                       0x03
+#define UCONF_VER                       0x04
 
 #define UCONF_FLAGS_AUTOROTATE_ENA      (1 << 0)
 #define UCONF_FLAGS_AD_BANNER           (1 << 1)    // show conference banner text