diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 3f701c1..97af23c 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
 module github.com/fako1024/btscale
 
-go 1.18
+go 1.20
 
 require (
 	github.com/fako1024/gatt v1.0.4
 	github.com/fatih/stopwatch v1.0.0
-	github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2 v2.51.0
-	go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0
+	github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2 v2.52.5
+	go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0
 )
 
 require (
-	github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.6 // indirect
-	github.com/google/uuid v1.5.0 // indirect
-	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.4 // indirect
+	github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.0 // indirect
+	github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 // indirect
+	github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-pointer v0.0.1 // indirect
-	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.15 // indirect
-	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.4 // indirect
+	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.16 // indirect
+	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7 // indirect
 	github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 // indirect
-	github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.51.0 // indirect
+	github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.55.0 // indirect
 	github.com/valyala/tcplisten v1.0.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index d35843c..a3799f8 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
-github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.6 h1:Yf9fFpf49Zrxb9NlQaluyE92/+X7UVHlhMNJN2sxfOI=
-github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.0.6/go.mod h1:fO7iG3H7G2nSZ7m0zPUDn85XEX2GTukHGRSepvi9Eig=
+github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.0 h1:eLKJA0d02Lf0mVpIDgYnqXcUn0GqVmEFny3VuID1U3M=
+github.com/andybalholm/brotli v1.1.0/go.mod h1:sms7XGricyQI9K10gOSf56VKKWS4oLer58Q+mhRPtnY=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/fako1024/gatt v1.0.4 h1:5euK7RK4nhaHYgg4v1iS53zxWK+lGRBeZjQFBxtaUYs=
 github.com/fako1024/gatt v1.0.4/go.mod h1:TTf+fxGvaVhUZJWD9h+MMhjxsbWRBTtNC77jrCL0HtU=
 github.com/fatih/stopwatch v1.0.0 h1:sTac5Q8e+Ql27wjVze0rOHWVQqkKmhSlPmQbNlAsZz0=
 github.com/fatih/stopwatch v1.0.0/go.mod h1:OJI5FjXD3U1Y019APt3bVM7Fm94Ambcu2RTXh5FUVMs=
-github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2 v2.51.0 h1:JNACcZy5e2tGApWB2QrRpenTWn0fq0hkFm6k0C86gKQ=
-github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2 v2.51.0/go.mod h1:xaQRZQJGqnKOQnbQw+ltvku3/h8QxvNi8o6JiJ7Ll0U=
-github.com/google/uuid v1.5.0 h1:1p67kYwdtXjb0gL0BPiP1Av9wiZPo5A8z2cWkTZ+eyU=
-github.com/google/uuid v1.5.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.4 h1:Ej5ixsIri7BrIjBkRZLTo6ghwrEtHFk7ijlczPW4fZ4=
-github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.4/go.mod h1:/dCuZOvVtNoHsyb+cuJD3itjs3NbnF6KH9zAO4BDxPM=
+github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2 v2.52.5 h1:tWoP1MJQjGEe4GB5TUGOi7P2E0ZMMRx5ZTG4rT+yGMo=
+github.com/gofiber/fiber/v2 v2.52.5/go.mod h1:KEOE+cXMhXG0zHc9d8+E38hoX+ZN7bhOtgeF2oT6jrQ=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
+github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9 h1:6KIumPrER1LHsvBVuDa0r5xaG0Es51mhhB9BQB2qeMA=
+github.com/klauspost/compress v1.17.9/go.mod h1:Di0epgTjJY877eYKx5yC51cX2A2Vl2ibi7bDH9ttBbw=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13 h1:fFA4WZxdEF4tXPZVKMLwD8oUnCTTo08duU7wxecdEvA=
 github.com/mattn/go-colorable v0.1.13/go.mod h1:7S9/ev0klgBDR4GtXTXX8a3vIGJpMovkB8vQcUbaXHg=
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.16/go.mod h1:kYGgaQfpe5nmfYZH+SKPsOc2e4SrIfOl2e/yFXSvRLM=
@@ -18,26 +18,26 @@ github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20 h1:xfD0iDuEKnDkl03q4limB+vH+GxLEtL/jb4xVJSWWE
 github.com/mattn/go-isatty v0.0.20/go.mod h1:W+V8PltTTMOvKvAeJH7IuucS94S2C6jfK/D7dTCTo3Y=
 github.com/mattn/go-pointer v0.0.1 h1:n+XhsuGeVO6MEAp7xyEukFINEa+Quek5psIR/ylA6o0=
 github.com/mattn/go-pointer v0.0.1/go.mod h1:2zXcozF6qYGgmsG+SeTZz3oAbFLdD3OWqnUbNvJZAlc=
-github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.15 h1:UNAjwbU9l54TA3KzvqLGxwWjHmMgBUVhBiTjelZgg3U=
-github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.15/go.mod h1:Jdepj2loyihRzMpdS35Xk/zdY8IAYHsh153qUoGf23w=
+github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.16 h1:E5ScNMtiwvlvB5paMFdw9p4kSQzbXFikJ5SQO6TULQc=
+github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.16/go.mod h1:Jdepj2loyihRzMpdS35Xk/zdY8IAYHsh153qUoGf23w=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0/go.mod h1:J6wj4VEh+S6ZtnVlnTBMWIodfgj8LQOQFoIToxlJtxc=
-github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.4 h1:8TfxU8dW6PdqD27gjM8MVNuicgxIjxpm4K7x4jp8sis=
-github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.4/go.mod h1:FN3SvrM+Zdj16jyLfmOkMNblXMcoc8DfTHruCPUcx88=
+github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7 h1:WUdvkW8uEhrYfLC4ZzdpI2ztxP1I582+49Oc5Mq64VQ=
+github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.4.7/go.mod h1:FN3SvrM+Zdj16jyLfmOkMNblXMcoc8DfTHruCPUcx88=
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.8.1 h1:w7B6lhMri9wdJUVmEZPGGhZzrYTPvgJArz7wNPgYKsk=
 github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0 h1:GqA5TC/0021Y/b9FG4Oi9Mr3q7XYx6KllzawFIhcdPw=
 github.com/valyala/bytebufferpool v1.0.0/go.mod h1:6bBcMArwyJ5K/AmCkWv1jt77kVWyCJ6HpOuEn7z0Csc=
-github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.51.0 h1:8b30A5JlZ6C7AS81RsWjYMQmrZG6feChmgAolCl1SqA=
-github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.51.0/go.mod h1:oI2XroL+lI7vdXyYoQk03bXBThfFl2cVdIA3Xl7cH8g=
+github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.55.0 h1:Zkefzgt6a7+bVKHnu/YaYSOPfNYNisSVBo/unVCf8k8=
+github.com/valyala/fasthttp v1.55.0/go.mod h1:NkY9JtkrpPKmgwV3HTaS2HWaJss9RSIsRVfcxxoHiOM=
 github.com/valyala/tcplisten v1.0.0 h1:rBHj/Xf+E1tRGZyWIWwJDiRY0zc1Js+CV5DqwacVSA8=
 github.com/valyala/tcplisten v1.0.0/go.mod h1:T0xQ8SeCZGxckz9qRXTfG43PvQ/mcWh7FwZEA7Ioqkc=
-go.uber.org/goleak v1.2.0 h1:xqgm/S+aQvhWFTtR0XK3Jvg7z8kGV8P4X14IzwN3Eqk=
+go.uber.org/goleak v1.3.0 h1:2K3zAYmnTNqV73imy9J1T3WC+gmCePx2hEGkimedGto=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0 h1:blXXJkSxSSfBVBlC76pxqeO+LN3aDfLQo+309xJstO0=
 go.uber.org/multierr v1.11.0/go.mod h1:20+QtiLqy0Nd6FdQB9TLXag12DsQkrbs3htMFfDN80Y=
-go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0 h1:sI7k6L95XOKS281NhVKOFCUNIvv9e0w4BF8N3u+tCRo=
-go.uber.org/zap v1.26.0/go.mod h1:dtElttAiwGvoJ/vj4IwHBS/gXsEu/pZ50mUIRWuG0so=
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+go.uber.org/zap v1.27.0/go.mod h1:GB2qFLM7cTU87MWRP2mPIjqfIDnGu+VIO4V/SdhGo2E=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.6.0/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0 h1:h48lPFYpsTvQJZF4EKyI4aLHaev3CxivZmv7yZig9pc=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.15.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0 h1:RI27ohtqKCnwULzJLqkv897zojh5/DwS/ENaMzUOaWI=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.22.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
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diff --git a/pkg/felicita/felicita.go b/pkg/felicita/felicita.go
index 7090279..70355de 100644
--- a/pkg/felicita/felicita.go
+++ b/pkg/felicita/felicita.go
@@ -42,8 +42,10 @@ type Felicita struct {
 
 	timer *stopwatch.Stopwatch
 
-	deviceID   string
-	deviceName string
+	deviceID                    string
+	deviceName                  string
+	forceBuzzerSettingOnConnect BuzzerSetting
+	hasReceivedData             bool
 
 	stateChangeHandler func(status scale.ConnectionStatus)
 	stateChangeChan    chan scale.ConnectionStatus
@@ -254,7 +256,7 @@ func (f *Felicita) ElapsedTime() time.Duration {
 func (f *Felicita) Close() error {
 	close(f.doneChan)
 
-	f.btDevice.StopScanning()
+	_ = f.btDevice.StopScanning()
 	return f.btDevice.RemoveAllServices()
 }
 
@@ -354,7 +356,7 @@ func (f *Felicita) onPeriphConnected(p gatt.Peripheral, connErr error) {
 
 	f.setStatus(scale.StateConnected, nil)
 	defer func() {
-		p.Device().CancelConnection(p)
+		_ = p.Device().CancelConnection(p)
 		f.setStatus(scale.StateDisconnected, connErr)
 	}()
 
@@ -405,7 +407,7 @@ func (f *Felicita) onPeriphConnected(p gatt.Peripheral, connErr error) {
 	f.logger.Debugf("released peripheral `%s/%s`", p.Name(), p.ID())
 }
 
-func (f *Felicita) onPeriphDisconnected(p gatt.Peripheral, err error) {
+func (f *Felicita) onPeriphDisconnected(p gatt.Peripheral, _ error) {
 
 	if !f.thisDevice(p) {
 		return
@@ -437,7 +439,7 @@ func (f *Felicita) disconnect() {
 	}
 }
 
-func (f *Felicita) receiveData(c *gatt.Characteristic, req []byte, err error) {
+func (f *Felicita) receiveData(_ *gatt.Characteristic, req []byte, err error) {
 
 	if err != nil || len(req) != 18 {
 		return
@@ -456,6 +458,11 @@ func (f *Felicita) receiveData(c *gatt.Characteristic, req []byte, err error) {
 	f.isBuzzingOnTouch = parseSignalFlag(req[14])
 	f.unit = dataPoint.Unit
 
+	// Upon first data reception, check if the Buzzer is configured as expected and
+	// attempt to force the setting if not (unles not configured)
+	f.forceBuzzerSetting()
+	f.hasReceivedData = true
+
 	// Call handler function, if any
 	if f.dataHandler != nil {
 		f.dataHandler(dataPoint)
@@ -495,6 +502,17 @@ func (f *Felicita) waitForBuzzer(targetState bool) error {
 	return fmt.Errorf("target buzzer state %v was not reached within %v", targetState, time.Duration(btSettleRetries)*btSettleDelay)
 }
 
+func (f *Felicita) forceBuzzerSetting() {
+	if !f.hasReceivedData && f.forceBuzzerSettingOnConnect != "" {
+		if f.isBuzzingOnTouch && f.forceBuzzerSettingOnConnect == BuzzerSettingOff ||
+			!f.isBuzzingOnTouch && f.forceBuzzerSettingOnConnect == BuzzerSettingOn {
+			if err := f.ToggleBuzzingOnTouch(); err != nil {
+				f.logger.Warnf("failed to force buzzer setting to `%s`: %s", f.forceBuzzerSettingOnConnect, err)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
 func parseUnit(data []byte) scale.Unit {
diff --git a/pkg/felicita/options.go b/pkg/felicita/options.go
index c18d3fa..a224d65 100644
--- a/pkg/felicita/options.go
+++ b/pkg/felicita/options.go
@@ -5,6 +5,18 @@ import (
 	"github.com/fako1024/gatt"
 )
 
+// BuzzerSetting denotes the basic Buzzer (on touch) setting of the scale
+type BuzzerSetting string
+
+const (
+
+	// BuzzerSettingOn denotes that the basic Buzzer (on touch) setting is on
+	BuzzerSettingOn = "ON"
+
+	// BuzzerSettingOff denotes that the basic Buzzer (on touch) setting is off
+	BuzzerSettingOff = "OFF"
+)
+
 // WithDeviceID sets the Bluetooth device ID
 func WithDeviceID(deviceID string) func(*Felicita) {
 	return func(f *Felicita) {
@@ -32,3 +44,11 @@ func WithLogger(logger scale.Logger) func(*Felicita) {
 		f.logger = logger
 	}
 }
+
+// WithForceBuzzerSettingOnConnect ensures that the basic Buzzer (on touch) setting
+// is correct upon connection
+func WithForceBuzzerSettingOnConnect(setting BuzzerSetting) func(*Felicita) {
+	return func(f *Felicita) {
+		f.forceBuzzerSettingOnConnect = setting
+	}
+}