diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8d5ee84..fdf5440 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,3 +2,11 @@
 
 Internet radio daemon playing streams, controlled over serial commands.
 
+## Install
+Make the daemon run on reboot, e.g. via `crontab -e`
+
+```
+@reboot ~/festivald.sh > /tmp/festivald.log 2>&1
+```
+
+
diff --git a/festivald.sh b/festivald.sh
index 320f98f..22f1990 100755
--- a/festivald.sh
+++ b/festivald.sh
@@ -91,5 +91,6 @@ consume_events() {
 	done
 }
 
+stty -F $SERIAL 9600 cs8 -cstopb -parenb
 cat $SERIAL | consume_events