diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index 8ddcccf8..bd28eebe 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
-  digest = "1:c309b41787813f80ec393023471014b0be16346bba6e16bf5fa01ce1d310a4ea"
+  digest = "1:a2c142e6c2aa1c71796c748bbe42d224e23d6638fd5b3ae153e70a4b08a8da4e"
   name = "github.com/bettercap/gatt"
   packages = [
     ".",
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
     "xpc",
   ]
   pruneopts = "UT"
-  revision = "1353e80bee488dc02d1f7e42759c1352492bf18b"
+  revision = "277ee0d0ef94d26e3190252c59fa34dde0df4f26"
 
 [[projects]]
   branch = "master"
diff --git a/modules/ble/ble_recon.go b/modules/ble/ble_recon.go
index 1c54bff5..1bea0d99 100644
--- a/modules/ble/ble_recon.go
+++ b/modules/ble/ble_recon.go
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ package ble
 import (
 	"encoding/hex"
 	"fmt"
-	"io/ioutil"
 	golog "log"
 	"time"
 
@@ -15,6 +14,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/bettercap/bettercap/session"
 
 	"github.com/bettercap/gatt"
+
+	"github.com/evilsocket/islazy/str"
 )
 
 type BLERecon struct {
@@ -126,15 +127,25 @@ func (mod *BLERecon) isEnumerating() bool {
 	return mod.currDevice != nil
 }
 
+type dummyWriter struct {
+	mod *BLERecon
+}
+
+func (w dummyWriter) Write(p []byte) (n int, err error) {
+	w.mod.Debug("[gatt.log] %s", str.Trim(string(p)))
+	return len(p), nil
+}
+
 func (mod *BLERecon) Configure() (err error) {
 	if mod.Running() {
 		return session.ErrAlreadyStarted
 	} else if mod.gattDevice == nil {
 		mod.Debug("initializing device ...")
 
-		// hey Paypal GATT library, could you please just STFU?!
-		golog.SetOutput(ioutil.Discard)
+		golog.SetFlags(0)
+		golog.SetOutput(dummyWriter{mod})
 		if mod.gattDevice, err = gatt.NewDevice(defaultBLEClientOptions...); err != nil {
+			mod.Debug("error while creating new gatt device: %v", err)
 			return err
 		}
 
@@ -162,7 +173,17 @@ func (mod *BLERecon) Start() error {
 
 		mod.Info("stopping scan ...")
 
-		mod.gattDevice.StopScanning()
+		if mod.currDevice != nil && mod.currDevice.Device != nil && mod.gattDevice != nil {
+			mod.Debug("resetting connection with %v", mod.currDevice.Device)
+			mod.gattDevice.CancelConnection(mod.currDevice.Device)
+		}
+
+		mod.Debug("stopping device")
+		if err := mod.gattDevice.Stop(); err != nil {
+			mod.Warning("error while stopping device: %v", err)
+		} else {
+			mod.Debug("gatt device closed")
+		}
 
 		mod.done <- true
 	})
@@ -172,6 +193,9 @@ func (mod *BLERecon) Stop() error {
 	return mod.SetRunning(false, func() {
 		mod.quit <- true
 		<-mod.done
+		mod.Debug("module stopped, cleaning state")
+		mod.gattDevice = nil
+		mod.setCurrentDevice(nil)
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/ble/ble_recon_events.go b/modules/ble/ble_recon_events.go
index 883527c8..25c63ebb 100644
--- a/modules/ble/ble_recon_events.go
+++ b/modules/ble/ble_recon_events.go
@@ -15,8 +15,12 @@ func (mod *BLERecon) onStateChanged(dev gatt.Device, s gatt.State) {
 		if mod.currDevice == nil {
 			mod.Info("starting discovery ...")
 			dev.Scan([]gatt.UUID{}, true)
+		} else {
+			mod.Debug("current device was not cleaned: %v", mod.currDevice)
 		}
 	case gatt.StatePoweredOff:
+		mod.Debug("resetting device instance")
+		mod.gattDevice.StopScanning()
 		mod.setCurrentDevice(nil)
 		mod.gattDevice = nil
 
@@ -51,6 +55,7 @@ func (mod *BLERecon) onPeriphConnected(p gatt.Peripheral, err error) {
 	defer func(per gatt.Peripheral) {
 		mod.Info("disconnecting from %s ...", per.ID())
 		per.Device().CancelConnection(per)
+		mod.setCurrentDevice(nil)
 	}(p)
 
 	mod.Session.Events.Add("ble.device.connected", mod.currDevice)
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/bettercap/gatt/linux/device.go b/vendor/github.com/bettercap/gatt/linux/device.go
index e2ca3e4e..5f2a234e 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/bettercap/gatt/linux/device.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/bettercap/gatt/linux/device.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ type device struct {
 func newDevice(n int, chk bool) (*device, error) {
 	fd, err := socket.Socket(socket.AF_BLUETOOTH, syscall.SOCK_RAW, socket.BTPROTO_HCI)
 	if err != nil {
+		log.Printf("could not create AF_BLUETOOTH raw socket")
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if n != -1 {
@@ -30,13 +31,17 @@ func newDevice(n int, chk bool) (*device, error) {
 
 	req := devListRequest{devNum: hciMaxDevices}
 	if err := gioctl.Ioctl(uintptr(fd), hciGetDeviceList, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&req))); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("hciGetDeviceList failed")
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	log.Printf("got %d devices", req.devNum)
 	for i := 0; i < int(req.devNum); i++ {
 		d, err := newSocket(fd, i, chk)
 		if err == nil {
 			log.Printf("dev: %s opened", d.name)
 			return d, err
+		} else {
+			log.Printf("error while opening device %d: %v", i, err)
 		}
 	}
 	return nil, errors.New("no supported devices available")
@@ -45,6 +50,7 @@ func newDevice(n int, chk bool) (*device, error) {
 func newSocket(fd, n int, chk bool) (*device, error) {
 	i := hciDevInfo{id: uint16(n)}
 	if err := gioctl.Ioctl(uintptr(fd), hciGetDeviceInfo, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&i))); err != nil {
+		log.Printf("hciGetDeviceInfo failed")
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	name := string(i.name[:])
@@ -61,6 +67,7 @@ func newSocket(fd, n int, chk bool) (*device, error) {
 		}
 		log.Printf("dev: %s reset", name)
 		if err := gioctl.Ioctl(uintptr(fd), hciResetDevice, uintptr(n)); err != nil {
+			log.Printf("hciResetDevice failed")
 			return nil, err
 		}
 	}
@@ -105,5 +112,6 @@ func (d device) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
 }
 
 func (d device) Close() error {
+	log.Printf("linux.device.Close()")
 	return syscall.Close(d.fd)
 }
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/bettercap/gatt/linux/hci.go b/vendor/github.com/bettercap/gatt/linux/hci.go
index dc3f58b7..ac2f73ef 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/bettercap/gatt/linux/hci.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/bettercap/gatt/linux/hci.go
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ type HCI struct {
 	bufCnt  chan struct{}
 	bufSize int
 
-	pool *util.BytePool
+	pool     *util.BytePool
+	loopDone chan bool
 
 	maxConn int
 	connsmu *sync.Mutex
@@ -68,7 +69,8 @@ func NewHCI(devID int, chk bool, maxConn int) (*HCI, error) {
 		bufCnt:  make(chan struct{}, 15-1),
 		bufSize: 27,
 
-		pool: util.NewBytePool(4096, 16),
+		pool:     util.NewBytePool(4096, 16),
+		loopDone: make(chan bool),
 
 		maxConn: maxConn,
 		connsmu: &sync.Mutex{},
@@ -89,9 +91,15 @@ func NewHCI(devID int, chk bool, maxConn int) (*HCI, error) {
 }
 
 func (h *HCI) Close() error {
+	log.Printf("hci.Close()")
+	h.pool.Put(nil)
+	<-h.loopDone
+	log.Printf("mainLoop exited")
 	for _, c := range h.conns {
+		log.Printf("closing connection %v", c)
 		c.Close()
 	}
+	log.Printf("closing %v", h.d)
 	return h.d.Close()
 }
 
@@ -151,7 +159,10 @@ func (h *HCI) Connect(pd *PlatData) error {
 }
 
 func (h *HCI) CancelConnection(pd *PlatData) error {
-	return pd.Conn.Close()
+	if pd != nil && pd.Conn != nil {
+		return pd.Conn.Close()
+	}
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (h *HCI) SendRawCommand(c cmd.CmdParam) ([]byte, error) {
@@ -166,19 +177,33 @@ func btoi(b bool) uint8 {
 }
 
 func (h *HCI) mainLoop() {
+	log.Printf("hci.mainLoop started")
+	defer func() {
+		h.loopDone <- true
+	}()
+
 	for {
+		// log.Printf("hci.mainLoop pool.Get")
 		b := h.pool.Get()
+		if b == nil {
+			log.Printf("got nil buffer, breaking mainLoop")
+			break
+		}
+		// log.Printf("hci.mainLoop Read(%d)", len(b))
 		n, err := h.d.Read(b)
 		if err != nil {
-			fmt.Sprintf("mainloop err: %v\n", err)
+			log.Printf("mainloop err: %v", err)
 			return
 		}
 		if n == 0 {
-			println("mainLoop failed to read")
+			log.Printf("mainLoop failed to read")
 			return
 		}
+
+		// log.Printf("hci.mainLoop -> handlePacket")
 		h.handlePacket(b, n)
 	}
+	log.Printf("hci.mainLoop stopped")
 }
 
 func (h *HCI) handlePacket(buf []byte, n int) {
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/bettercap/gatt/linux/l2cap.go b/vendor/github.com/bettercap/gatt/linux/l2cap.go
index 1a8e9d85..a4f1c5de 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/bettercap/gatt/linux/l2cap.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/bettercap/gatt/linux/l2cap.go
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ func (c *conn) Close() error {
 	defer h.connsmu.Unlock()
 	_, found := h.conns[hh]
 	if !found {
-		// log.Printf("l2conn: 0x%04x already disconnected", hh)
+		log.Printf("l2conn: 0x%04x already disconnected", hh)
 		return nil
 	}
 	if err, _ := h.c.Send(cmd.Disconnect{ConnectionHandle: hh, Reason: 0x13}); err != nil {
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/bettercap/gatt/peripheral_linux.go b/vendor/github.com/bettercap/gatt/peripheral_linux.go
index f3fc530d..b31cb9b4 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/bettercap/gatt/peripheral_linux.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/bettercap/gatt/peripheral_linux.go
@@ -407,7 +407,6 @@ func (p *peripheral) loop() {
 					if rspOp == attRspFor[reqOp] || (rspOp == attOpError && r[1] == reqOp) {
 						req.rspc <- r
 						break
-
 					}
 					log.Printf("Request 0x%02x got a mismatched response: 0x%02x", reqOp, rspOp)
 					p.l2c.Write(attErrorRsp(rspOp, 0x0000, AttEcodeReqNotSupp))
@@ -434,6 +433,7 @@ func (p *peripheral) loop() {
 		copy(b, buf)
 
 		if (b[0] != attOpHandleNotify) && (b[0] != attOpHandleInd) {
+			log.Printf("response 0x%x", b[0])
 			rspc <- b
 			continue
 		}