diff --git a/src/sensor/ping360.cpp b/src/sensor/ping360.cpp
index e2da138a9..ba9e2f939 100644
--- a/src/sensor/ping360.cpp
+++ b/src/sensor/ping360.cpp
@@ -540,6 +540,12 @@ void Ping360::flash(const QString& fileUrl, bool sendPingGotoBootloader, int bau
 
     if (sendPingGotoBootloader) {
         qCDebug(PING_PROTOCOL_PING360) << "Put it in bootloader mode.";
+
+        // set the baudrate for two reasons:
+        // 1: if doing an auto scan, this will break the sensor out of
+        // automatic transmission mode
+        // 2: use a low baudrate to decrease chances of corruption in transmission
+        setBaudRate(9600);
         ping360_reset m;
         m.set_bootloader(1);
         m.updateChecksum();