diff --git a/packages/usb/send-kboot-command-to-module.js b/packages/usb/send-kboot-command-to-module.js
index a98f6874..fe1ada79 100755
--- a/packages/usb/send-kboot-command-to-module.js
+++ b/packages/usb/send-kboot-command-to-module.js
@@ -33,6 +33,6 @@ if (kbootCommand !== 'idle') {
 }
 
 const device = uhk.getUhkDevice();
-let transfer = new Buffer([uhk.usbCommands.sendKbootCommandToModule, kbootCommandId, parseInt(i2cAddress)]);
-device.write(uhk.getTransferData(transfer));
-const response = Buffer.from(device.readSync());
+(async function() {
+    await uhk.sendKbootCommandToModule(device, kbootCommandId, i2cAddress);
+})();
diff --git a/packages/usb/uhk.js b/packages/usb/uhk.js
index 06ec6138..5936bc10 100644
--- a/packages/usb/uhk.js
+++ b/packages/usb/uhk.js
@@ -196,6 +196,10 @@ function reenumerate(enumerationMode) {
     })
 };
 
+async function sendKbootCommandToModule(device, kbootCommandId, i2cAddress) {
+    return await uhk.writeDevice(device, [uhk.usbCommands.sendKbootCommandToModule, kbootCommandId, parseInt(i2cAddress)])
+};
+
 uhk = exports = module.exports = moduleExports = {
     bufferToString,
     getUint16,
@@ -211,6 +215,7 @@ uhk = exports = module.exports = moduleExports = {
     execRetry,
     updateDeviceFirmware,
     reenumerate,
+    sendKbootCommandToModule,
     usbCommands: {
         getDeviceProperty       : 0x00,
         reenumerate             : 0x01,