diff --git a/tools/esp8266/app.h b/tools/esp8266/app.h
index dbec850a..0f42cb2b 100644
--- a/tools/esp8266/app.h
+++ b/tools/esp8266/app.h
@@ -94,6 +94,15 @@ class app {
             return String(str);
         }
 
+        String getTimeStr(void) {
+            char str[20];
+            if(0 == mTimestamp)
+                sprintf(str, "n/a");
+            else
+                sprintf(str, "%02d:%02d:%02d ", hour(mTimestamp), minute(mTimestamp), second(mTimestamp));
+            return String(str);
+        }
+
         inline uint32_t getUptime(void) {
             return mUptimeSecs;
         }
diff --git a/tools/esp8266/hmRadio.h b/tools/esp8266/hmRadio.h
index e74c2e05..81992e93 100644
--- a/tools/esp8266/hmRadio.h
+++ b/tools/esp8266/hmRadio.h
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ class HmRadio {
             pinMode(config->pinIrq, INPUT_PULLUP);
 
             mBufCtrl = ctrl;
+            mSerialDebug = config->serialDebug;
 
             mNrf24.begin(config->pinCe, config->pinCs);
             mNrf24.setRetries(0, 0);
diff --git a/tools/esp8266/html/index.html b/tools/esp8266/html/index.html
index f9c8814f..26a9728d 100644
--- a/tools/esp8266/html/index.html
+++ b/tools/esp8266/html/index.html
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
             <p class="right"><a href="/api">REST API</a></p>
         </div>
         <script type="text/javascript">
-            var intervalSet = false;
+            var mIntervalSet = false;
             function parseSys(obj) {
                 document.getElementById("version").innerHTML = "Git SHA: " + obj["build"] + " :: " + obj["version"];
 
@@ -109,9 +109,9 @@
                     parseIv(obj["inverter"]);
                     parseWarnInfo(obj["warnings"], obj["infos"]);
                     document.getElementById("refresh").innerHTML = obj["refresh_interval"];
-                    if(false == intervalSet) {
+                    if(false == mIntervalSet) {
                         window.setInterval("getAjax('/api/index', parse)", obj["refresh_interval"] * 1000);
-                        intervalSet = true;
+                        mIntervalSet = true;
                     }
                 }
                 else
diff --git a/tools/esp8266/html/serial.html b/tools/esp8266/html/serial.html
index b81d23fa..d89ef0d6 100644
--- a/tools/esp8266/html/serial.html
+++ b/tools/esp8266/html/serial.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         <div id="content" class="content">
             <div class="serial">
                 <textarea id="serial" cols="80" rows="20" readonly></textarea><br/>
-                conntected: <span class="dot" id="connected"></span><input type="button" value="clear" class="btn" id="clear"/> <input type="button" value="autoscroll" class="btn" id="scroll"/>
+                conntected: <span class="dot" id="connected"></span> Uptime: <span id="uptime"></span><input type="button" value="clear" class="btn" id="clear"/> <input type="button" value="autoscroll" class="btn" id="scroll"/>
             </div>
         </div>
         <div id="footer">
@@ -20,12 +20,26 @@
             <p class="right" id="version"></p>
         </div>
         <script type="text/javascript">
-            var mPrintTime = true;
             var mAutoScroll = true;
             var con = document.getElementById("serial");
+            var mIntervalSet = false;
 
             function parseSys(obj) {
-                document.getElementById("version").innerHTML = "Git SHA: " + obj["build"] + " :: " + obj["version"];
+                var up = obj["ts_uptime"];
+                var days = parseInt(up / 86400) % 365;
+                var hrs  = parseInt(up / 3600) % 24;
+                var min  = parseInt(up / 60) % 60;
+                var sec  = up % 60;
+                document.getElementById("uptime").innerHTML = days + " Days, "
+                    + ("0"+hrs).substr(-2) + ":"
+                    + ("0"+min).substr(-2) + ":"
+                    + ("0"+sec).substr(-2);
+
+                if(false == mIntervalSet) {
+                    document.getElementById("version").innerHTML = "Git SHA: " + obj["build"] + " :: " + obj["version"];
+                    window.setInterval("getAjax('/api/system', parseSys)", 10000);
+                    mIntervalSet = true;
+                }
             }
 
             document.getElementById("clear").addEventListener("click", function() {
@@ -49,15 +63,6 @@
                 }, false);
 
                 source.addEventListener('serial', function(e) {
-                    if(mPrintTime) {
-                        var d = new Date();
-                        con.value += d.toLocaleTimeString() + ": ";
-                        mPrintTime = false;
-                    }
-
-                    if(e.data.includes('<rn>'))
-                        mPrintTime = true;
-
                     con.value += e.data.replace(/\<rn\>/g, '\r\n');
                     if(mAutoScroll)
                         con.scrollTop = con.scrollHeight;
diff --git a/tools/esp8266/web.cpp b/tools/esp8266/web.cpp
index f9112616..ac918664 100644
--- a/tools/esp8266/web.cpp
+++ b/tools/esp8266/web.cpp
@@ -30,8 +30,13 @@ web::web(app *main, sysConfig_t *sysCfg, config_t *config, statistics_t *stat, c
     mVersion = version;
     mWeb     = new AsyncWebServer(80);
     mEvts    = new AsyncEventSource("/events");
-
     mApi     = new webApi(mWeb, main, sysCfg, config, stat, version);
+
+    memset(mSerialBuf, 0, WEB_SERIAL_BUF_SIZE);
+    mSerialBufFill     = 0;
+    mWebSerialTicker   = 0;
+    mWebSerialInterval = 1000; // [ms]
+    mSerialAddTime     = true;
 }
 
 
@@ -45,7 +50,7 @@ void web::setup(void) {
     mWeb->on("/api.js",         HTTP_GET,  std::bind(&web::onApiJs,        this, std::placeholders::_1));
     mWeb->on("/favicon.ico",    HTTP_GET,  std::bind(&web::onFavicon,      this, std::placeholders::_1));
     mWeb->onNotFound (                     std::bind(&web::showNotFound,   this, std::placeholders::_1));
-    mWeb->on("/reboot",         HTTP_ANY,  std::bind(&web::showReboot,     this, std::placeholders::_1));
+    mWeb->on("/reboot",         HTTP_ANY,  std::bind(&web::onReboot,       this, std::placeholders::_1));
     mWeb->on("/erase",          HTTP_ANY,  std::bind(&web::showErase,      this, std::placeholders::_1));
     mWeb->on("/factory",        HTTP_ANY,  std::bind(&web::showFactoryRst, this, std::placeholders::_1));
 
@@ -74,6 +79,14 @@ void web::setup(void) {
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void web::loop(void) {
     mApi->loop();
+
+    if(mMain->checkTicker(&mWebSerialTicker, mWebSerialInterval)) {
+        if(mSerialBufFill > 0) {
+            mEvts->send(mSerialBuf, "serial", millis());
+            memset(mSerialBuf, 0, WEB_SERIAL_BUF_SIZE);
+            mSerialBufFill = 0;
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 
@@ -146,10 +159,9 @@ void web::showNotFound(AsyncWebServerRequest *request) {
 
 
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-void web::showReboot(AsyncWebServerRequest *request) {
+void web::onReboot(AsyncWebServerRequest *request) {
     request->send(200, F("text/html"), F("<!doctype html><html><head><title>Rebooting ...</title><meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"10; URL=/\"></head><body>rebooting ... auto reload after 10s</body></html>"));
-    delay(1000);
-    ESP.restart();
+    mMain->mShouldReboot = true;
 }
 
 
@@ -157,7 +169,7 @@ void web::showReboot(AsyncWebServerRequest *request) {
 void web::showErase(AsyncWebServerRequest *request) {
     DPRINTLN(DBG_VERBOSE, F("showErase"));
     mMain->eraseSettings();
-    showReboot(request);
+    onReboot(request);
 }
 
 
@@ -308,7 +320,7 @@ void web::showSave(AsyncWebServerRequest *request) {
         mMain->saveValues();
 
         if(request->arg("reboot") == "on")
-            showReboot(request);
+            onReboot(request);
         else
             request->send(200, F("text/html"), F("<!doctype html><html><head><title>Setup saved</title><meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"0; URL=/setup\"></head><body>"
                 "<p>saved</p></body></html>"));
@@ -463,5 +475,25 @@ void web::onSerial(AsyncWebServerRequest *request) {
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 void web::serialCb(String msg) {
     msg.replace("\r\n", "<rn>");
-    mEvts->send(msg.c_str(), "serial", millis());
+    if(mSerialAddTime) {
+        if((9 + mSerialBufFill) <= WEB_SERIAL_BUF_SIZE) {
+            strncpy(&mSerialBuf[mSerialBufFill], mMain->getTimeStr().c_str(), 9);
+            mSerialBufFill += 9;
+        }
+        else
+            mEvts->send("webSerial, buffer overflow!", "serial", millis());
+        mSerialAddTime = false;
+    }
+
+    if(msg.endsWith("<rn>"))
+        mSerialAddTime = true;
+
+    uint16_t length = msg.length();
+    if((length + mSerialBufFill) <= WEB_SERIAL_BUF_SIZE) {
+        strncpy(&mSerialBuf[mSerialBufFill], msg.c_str(), length);
+        mSerialBufFill += length;
+    }
+    else
+        mEvts->send("webSerial, buffer overflow!", "serial", millis());
+
 }
diff --git a/tools/esp8266/web.h b/tools/esp8266/web.h
index a7185cd4..569a9790 100644
--- a/tools/esp8266/web.h
+++ b/tools/esp8266/web.h
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 #include "app.h"
 #include "webApi.h"
 
+#define WEB_SERIAL_BUF_SIZE 1024
+
 class app;
 class webApi;
 
@@ -30,7 +32,7 @@ class web {
         void onApiJs(AsyncWebServerRequest *request);
         void onFavicon(AsyncWebServerRequest *request);
         void showNotFound(AsyncWebServerRequest *request);
-        void showReboot(AsyncWebServerRequest *request);
+        void onReboot(AsyncWebServerRequest *request);
         void showErase(AsyncWebServerRequest *request);
         void showFactoryRst(AsyncWebServerRequest *request);
         void onSetup(AsyncWebServerRequest *request);
@@ -57,6 +59,12 @@ class web {
         char *mVersion;
         app *mMain;
         webApi *mApi;
+
+        bool mSerialAddTime;
+        char mSerialBuf[WEB_SERIAL_BUF_SIZE];
+        uint16_t mSerialBufFill;
+        uint32_t mWebSerialTicker;
+        uint32_t mWebSerialInterval;
 };
 
 #endif /*__WEB_H__*/