diff --git a/main/ZgatewayLORA.ino b/main/ZgatewayLORA.ino
index a1a8f88b97..48ac2ee17e 100644
--- a/main/ZgatewayLORA.ino
+++ b/main/ZgatewayLORA.ino
@@ -128,7 +128,12 @@ boolean _MQTTtoWiPhone(JsonObject& LORAdata) {
 }
 
 void setupLORA() {
+#  ifdef ESP8266
+  SPI.begin();
+#  else
   SPI.begin(LORA_SCK, LORA_MISO, LORA_MOSI, LORA_SS);
+#  endif
+
   LoRa.setPins(LORA_SS, LORA_RST, LORA_DI0);
 
   if (!LoRa.begin(LORA_BAND)) {