diff --git a/proto b/proto
index 8427b2301..e570ee983 160000
--- a/proto
+++ b/proto
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 8427b23016dc96fc78885f05de5172e9eec5fe6d
+Subproject commit e570ee9836949d9f420fd19cc59a2595c8669a6e
diff --git a/src/SerialConsole.cpp b/src/SerialConsole.cpp
index 3a8917fd3..861219037 100644
--- a/src/SerialConsole.cpp
+++ b/src/SerialConsole.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ void SerialConsole::init()
 {
     Port.begin(SERIAL_BAUD);
     StreamAPI::init();
+    emitRebooted();
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/mesh/PhoneAPI.h b/src/mesh/PhoneAPI.h
index 337408246..cb4ba1c34 100644
--- a/src/mesh/PhoneAPI.h
+++ b/src/mesh/PhoneAPI.h
@@ -45,9 +45,6 @@ class PhoneAPI
     /// We temporarily keep the nodeInfo here between the call to available and getFromRadio
     const NodeInfo *nodeInfoForPhone = NULL;
 
-    /// Our fromradio packet while it is being assembled
-    FromRadio fromRadioScratch;
-
     ToRadio toRadioScratch; // this is a static scratch object, any data must be copied elsewhere before returning
 
     /// Use to ensure that clients don't get confused about old messages from the radio
@@ -85,6 +82,9 @@ class PhoneAPI
     void handleSetRadio(const RadioConfig &r);
 
   protected:
+    /// Our fromradio packet while it is being assembled
+    FromRadio fromRadioScratch;
+
     /**
      * Subclasses can use this as a hook to provide custom notifications for their transport (i.e. bluetooth notifies)
      */
diff --git a/src/mesh/StreamAPI.cpp b/src/mesh/StreamAPI.cpp
index 674e758c9..00434f90b 100644
--- a/src/mesh/StreamAPI.cpp
+++ b/src/mesh/StreamAPI.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include "StreamAPI.h"
+#include "configuration.h"
 
 #define START1 0x94
 #define START2 0xc3
@@ -58,14 +59,33 @@ void StreamAPI::writeStream()
         do {
             // Send every packet we can
             len = getFromRadio(txBuf + HEADER_LEN);
-            if (len != 0) {
-                txBuf[0] = START1;
-                txBuf[1] = START2;
-                txBuf[2] = (len >> 8) & 0xff;
-                txBuf[3] = len & 0xff;
-
-                stream->write(txBuf, len + HEADER_LEN);
-            }
+            emitTxBuffer(len);
         } while (len);
     }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Send the current txBuffer over our stream
+ */
+void StreamAPI::emitTxBuffer(size_t len)
+{
+    if (len != 0) {
+        txBuf[0] = START1;
+        txBuf[1] = START2;
+        txBuf[2] = (len >> 8) & 0xff;
+        txBuf[3] = len & 0xff;
+
+        stream->write(txBuf, len + HEADER_LEN);
+    }
+}
+
+void StreamAPI::emitRebooted()
+{
+    // In case we send a FromRadio packet
+    memset(&fromRadioScratch, 0, sizeof(fromRadioScratch));
+    fromRadioScratch.which_variant = FromRadio_rebooted_tag;
+    fromRadioScratch.variant.rebooted = true;
+
+    DEBUG_MSG("Emitting reboot packet for serial shell\n");
+    emitTxBuffer(pb_encode_to_bytes(txBuf + HEADER_LEN, FromRadio_size, FromRadio_fields, &fromRadioScratch));
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/mesh/StreamAPI.h b/src/mesh/StreamAPI.h
index ec8e55946..ed0a5fbd4 100644
--- a/src/mesh/StreamAPI.h
+++ b/src/mesh/StreamAPI.h
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ class StreamAPI : public PhoneAPI
     uint8_t rxBuf[MAX_STREAM_BUF_SIZE];
     size_t rxPtr = 0;
 
-    uint8_t txBuf[MAX_STREAM_BUF_SIZE];
-
   public:
     StreamAPI(Stream *_stream) : stream(_stream) {}
 
@@ -61,6 +59,19 @@ class StreamAPI : public PhoneAPI
     void writeStream();
 
   protected:
+    /**
+     * Send a FromRadio.rebooted = true packet to the phone
+     */
+    void emitRebooted();
+    
+    /**
+     * Send the current txBuffer over our stream
+     */
+    void emitTxBuffer(size_t len);
+
     /// Are we allowed to write packets to our output stream (subclasses can turn this off - i.e. SerialConsole)
     bool canWrite = true;
+
+    /// Subclasses can use this scratch buffer if they wish
+    uint8_t txBuf[MAX_STREAM_BUF_SIZE];
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/mesh/mesh.pb.h b/src/mesh/mesh.pb.h
index 9e639ac7e..fdc266cdb 100644
--- a/src/mesh/mesh.pb.h
+++ b/src/mesh/mesh.pb.h
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ typedef struct _FromRadio {
         RadioConfig radio;
         DebugString debug_string;
         uint32_t config_complete_id;
+        bool rebooted;
     } variant;
 } FromRadio;
 
@@ -289,6 +290,7 @@ typedef struct _ToRadio {
 #define FromRadio_radio_tag                      6
 #define FromRadio_debug_string_tag               7
 #define FromRadio_config_complete_id_tag         8
+#define FromRadio_rebooted_tag                   9
 #define FromRadio_num_tag                        1
 #define ToRadio_packet_tag                       1
 #define ToRadio_want_config_id_tag               100
@@ -432,7 +434,8 @@ X(a, STATIC,   ONEOF,    MESSAGE,  (variant,my_info,variant.my_info),   3) \
 X(a, STATIC,   ONEOF,    MESSAGE,  (variant,node_info,variant.node_info),   4) \
 X(a, STATIC,   ONEOF,    MESSAGE,  (variant,radio,variant.radio),   6) \
 X(a, STATIC,   ONEOF,    MESSAGE,  (variant,debug_string,variant.debug_string),   7) \
-X(a, STATIC,   ONEOF,    UINT32,   (variant,config_complete_id,variant.config_complete_id),   8)
+X(a, STATIC,   ONEOF,    UINT32,   (variant,config_complete_id,variant.config_complete_id),   8) \
+X(a, STATIC,   ONEOF,    BOOL,     (variant,rebooted,variant.rebooted),   9)
 #define FromRadio_CALLBACK NULL
 #define FromRadio_DEFAULT NULL
 #define FromRadio_variant_packet_MSGTYPE MeshPacket