diff --git a/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_63_modbus_bridge.ino b/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_63_modbus_bridge.ino
index 6f94f0485..1a58736a2 100644
--- a/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_63_modbus_bridge.ino
+++ b/tasmota/tasmota_xdrv_driver/xdrv_63_modbus_bridge.ino
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ void ModbusBridgeInit(void)
   if (PinUsed(GPIO_MBR_RX) && PinUsed(GPIO_MBR_TX))
   {
     tasmotaModbus = new TasmotaModbus(Pin(GPIO_MBR_RX), Pin(GPIO_MBR_TX));
-
+    ModbusBridgeBegin();
 #ifdef USE_MODBUS_BRIDGE_TCP
     // If TCP bridge is enabled allocate a TCP receive buffer
     modbusBridgeTCP.tcp_buf = (uint8_t *)malloc(MODBUS_BRIDGE_TCP_BUF_SIZE);