diff --git a/src/main/telemetry/hott.c b/src/main/telemetry/hott.c
index 65f2b79da1..eee6014c44 100644
--- a/src/main/telemetry/hott.c
+++ b/src/main/telemetry/hott.c
@@ -426,7 +426,10 @@ static void hottCheckSerialData(uint32_t currentMicros)
 static void hottSendTelemetryData(void) {
     if (!hottIsSending) {
         hottIsSending = true;
-        serialSetMode(hottPort, MODE_TX);
+        // FIXME temorary workaround for HoTT not working on Hardware serial ports due to hardware/softserial serial port initialisation differences
+        //serialSetMode(hottPort, MODE_TX);
+        closeSerialPort(hottPort);
+        hottPort = openSerialPort(portConfig->identifier, FUNCTION_TELEMETRY_HOTT, NULL, HOTT_BAUDRATE, MODE_TX, SERIAL_NOT_INVERTED);
         hottMsgCrc = 0;
         return;
     }
@@ -435,7 +438,10 @@ static void hottSendTelemetryData(void) {
         hottMsg = NULL;
         hottIsSending = false;
 
-        serialSetMode(hottPort, MODE_RX);
+        // FIXME temorary workaround for HoTT not working on Hardware serial ports due to hardware/softserial serial port initialisation differences
+        //serialSetMode(hottPort, MODE_RX);
+        closeSerialPort(hottPort);
+        hottPort = openSerialPort(portConfig->identifier, FUNCTION_TELEMETRY_HOTT, NULL, HOTT_BAUDRATE, MODE_RX, SERIAL_NOT_INVERTED);
         flushHottRxBuffer();
         return;
     }