diff --git a/main/commonRF.cpp b/main/commonRF.cpp
index 85d150c..4e84e28 100644
--- a/main/commonRF.cpp
+++ b/main/commonRF.cpp
@@ -76,17 +76,21 @@ void initCC1101() {
   int delayMaxMS = 500;
   bool connected = false;
 
-  for (int attempt = 1; attempt <= 10; attempt++) {
 #    if defined(RF_CC1101_SCK) && defined(RF_CC1101_MISO) && \
         defined(RF_CC1101_MOSI) && defined(RF_CC1101_CS)
-    THEENGS_LOG_TRACE(F("initCC1101 with custom SPI pins, SCK=%d, MISO=%d, MOSI=%d, CS=%d" CR), RF_CC1101_SCK, RF_CC1101_MISO, RF_CC1101_MOSI, RF_CC1101_CS);
-    ELECHOUSE_cc1101.setSpiPin(RF_CC1101_SCK, RF_CC1101_MISO, RF_CC1101_MOSI, RF_CC1101_CS);
+  THEENGS_LOG_TRACE(F("initCC1101 with custom SPI pins, SCK=%d, MISO=%d, MOSI=%d, CS=%d" CR), RF_CC1101_SCK, RF_CC1101_MISO, RF_CC1101_MOSI, RF_CC1101_CS);
+  ELECHOUSE_cc1101.setSpiPin(RF_CC1101_SCK, RF_CC1101_MISO, RF_CC1101_MOSI, RF_CC1101_CS);
 #    endif
 
+  // Init() must run before getCC1101(): from driver V3.x on it is Init() that
+  // starts the SPI bus, so the status-register read behind getCC1101() would
+  // otherwise run on a bus that was never begun.
+  ELECHOUSE_cc1101.Init();
+
+  for (int attempt = 1; attempt <= 10; attempt++) {
     if (ELECHOUSE_cc1101.getCC1101()) {
       connected = true;
       THEENGS_LOG_NOTICE(F("C1101 SPI connection OK on attempt %d" CR), attempt);
-      ELECHOUSE_cc1101.Init();
       ELECHOUSE_cc1101.SetRx(freqMhz);
       THEENGS_LOG_NOTICE(F("C1101 tuned RX to %F MHz" CR), freqMhz);
       break;
@@ -98,6 +102,8 @@ void initCC1101() {
     // truncated exponential backoff
     delayMS = delayMS * 2;
     if (delayMS > delayMaxMS) delayMS = delayMaxMS;
+
+    ELECHOUSE_cc1101.Init();
   }
 
   if (!connected) {
diff --git a/platformio.ini b/platformio.ini
index 3365f91..2c3b540 100644
--- a/platformio.ini
+++ b/platformio.ini
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ m5stickc = M5StickC@0.2.5
 m5stickcp = https://github.com/m5stack/M5StickC-Plus/archive/0.1.1.zip
 m5stack = M5Stack@0.4.6
 m5tough = https://github.com/m5stack/M5Tough/archive/ccf49e1.zip
-smartrc-cc1101-driver-lib = https://github.com/LSatan/SmartRC-CC1101-Driver-Lib/archive/v2.5.7.zip
+smartrc-cc1101-driver-lib = https://github.com/LSatan/SmartRC-CC1101-Driver-Lib/archive/v3.0.2.zip
 stl = https://github.com/mike-matera/ArduinoSTL/archive/7411816.zip
 shtc3 = https://github.com/sparkfun/SparkFun_SHTC3_Arduino_Library/archive/671ef7e.zip
 somfy_remote=Somfy_Remote_Lib@0.3.0