diff --git a/board/drivers/uart.h b/board/drivers/uart.h
index 85bab0e7..2a21ffa2 100644
--- a/board/drivers/uart.h
+++ b/board/drivers/uart.h
@@ -5,16 +5,19 @@
 // esp = USART1
 uart_ring esp_ring = { .w_ptr_tx = 0, .r_ptr_tx = 0,
                        .w_ptr_rx = 0, .r_ptr_rx = 0,
-                       .uart = USART1 };
+                       .uart = USART1,
+                       .callback = NULL};
 
 // lin1, K-LINE = UART5
 // lin2, L-LINE = USART3
 uart_ring lin1_ring = { .w_ptr_tx = 0, .r_ptr_tx = 0,
                         .w_ptr_rx = 0, .r_ptr_rx = 0,
-                        .uart = UART5 };
+                        .uart = UART5,
+                        .callback = NULL};
 uart_ring lin2_ring = { .w_ptr_tx = 0, .r_ptr_tx = 0,
                         .w_ptr_rx = 0, .r_ptr_rx = 0,
-                        .uart = USART3 };
+                        .uart = USART3,
+                        .callback = NULL};
 
 // debug = USART2
 void debug_ring_callback(uart_ring *ring);
@@ -59,7 +62,7 @@ void uart_ring_process(uart_ring *q) {
     q->uart->CR1 &= ~USART_CR1_TXEIE;
   }
 
-  if (sr & USART_SR_RXNE) {
+  if (sr & USART_SR_RXNE || sr & USART_SR_ORE) {
     uint8_t c = q->uart->DR;  // TODO: can drop packets
     uint8_t next_w_ptr = q->w_ptr_rx + 1;
     if (next_w_ptr != q->r_ptr_rx) {
@@ -68,6 +71,11 @@ void uart_ring_process(uart_ring *q) {
       if (q->callback) q->callback(q);
     }
   }
+
+  if (sr & USART_SR_ORE) {
+    // set dropped packet flag?
+  }
+
   exit_critical_section();
 }
 
diff --git a/python/serial.py b/python/serial.py
index 5c60ae7a..1bcfebb3 100644
--- a/python/serial.py
+++ b/python/serial.py
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ class PandaSerial(object):
 
   def write(self, dat):
     #print "W: ", dat.encode("hex")
+    #print '  pigeon_send("' + ''.join(map(lambda x: "\\x%02X" % ord(x), dat)) + '");'
     return self.panda.serial_write(self.port, dat)
 
   def close(self):
diff --git a/tests/location_listener.py b/tests/location_listener.py
index 603134a1..59f83cf5 100755
--- a/tests/location_listener.py
+++ b/tests/location_listener.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
   # upping baud rate
   # 460800 has issues
-  baudrate = 230400
+  baudrate = 460800
 
   print "upping baud rate"
   msg = add_nmea_checksum("$PUBX,41,1,0007,0003,%d,0" % baudrate)+"\r\n"