diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8a54e6cd..89764d82 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.9.6] - 2020-22-05
+### Changed
+- Fix  needing to double-tap fan-mode to change mode
+
 ## [0.9.5] - 2020-22-05
 ### Changed
 - Flip writing order of effect colour blocks every other block write to try
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 387edde6..2bfb3baa 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ checksum = "cabe4fa914dec5870285fa7f71f602645da47c486e68486d2b4ceb4a343e90ac"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rog-aura"
-version = "0.9.1"
+version = "0.9.2"
 dependencies = [
  "dbus",
  "gumdrop",
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rog-daemon"
-version = "0.9.4"
+version = "0.9.6"
 dependencies = [
  "dbus",
  "dbus-tokio",
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 70c6ddc5..e08759bc 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+rog-core (0.9.6) focal; urgency=medium
+
+  * Fix needing to double-tap fan-mode to change mode
+
+ -- Luke Jones <luke@ljones.dev>  Fri, 22 May 2020 15:39:08 +1200
+
 rog-core (0.9.5) focal; urgency=medium
 
   * Internal fixes to many small issues
diff --git a/rog-core/Cargo.toml b/rog-core/Cargo.toml
index 6f765d9f..6c600f10 100644
--- a/rog-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/rog-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "rog-daemon"
-version = "0.9.5"
+version = "0.9.6"
 license = "MPL-2.0"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = ["Luke <luke@ljones.dev>"]
diff --git a/rog-core/src/core.rs b/rog-core/src/core.rs
index 48812fc8..15b077b7 100644
--- a/rog-core/src/core.rs
+++ b/rog-core/src/core.rs
@@ -108,24 +108,22 @@ impl RogCore {
         let path = RogCore::get_fan_path()?;
         let mut fan_ctrl = OpenOptions::new().read(true).write(true).open(path)?;
 
-        let mut buf = String::new();
-        if let Ok(_) = fan_ctrl.read_to_string(&mut buf) {
-            let mut n = u8::from_str_radix(&buf.trim_end(), 10)?;
-            info!("Current fan mode: {:#?}", FanLevel::from(n));
-            // wrap around the step number
-            if n < 2 {
-                n += 1;
-            } else {
-                n = 0;
-            }
-            info!("Fan mode stepped to: {:#?}", FanLevel::from(n));
-            fan_ctrl
-                .write_all(format!("{:?}\n", config.fan_mode).as_bytes())
-                .unwrap_or_else(|err| error!("Could not write to {}, {:?}", path, err));
-            self.set_pstate_for_fan_mode(FanLevel::from(n), config)?;
-            config.fan_mode = n;
-            config.write();
+        let mut n = config.fan_mode;
+        info!("Current fan mode: {:?}", FanLevel::from(n));
+        // wrap around the step number
+        if n < 2 {
+            n += 1;
+        } else {
+            n = 0;
         }
+        info!("Fan mode stepped to: {:?}", FanLevel::from(n));
+        fan_ctrl
+            .write_all(format!("{:?}", config.fan_mode).as_bytes())
+            .unwrap_or_else(|err| error!("Could not write to {}, {:?}", path, err));
+        self.set_pstate_for_fan_mode(FanLevel::from(n), config)?;
+        config.fan_mode = n;
+        config.write();
+
         Ok(())
     }
 
diff --git a/rog-core/src/main.rs b/rog-core/src/main.rs
index 17c6cfce..c61a762f 100644
--- a/rog-core/src/main.rs
+++ b/rog-core/src/main.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use rog_aura::{
     AuraDbusWriter, LED_MSG_LEN,
 };
 
-static VERSION: &'static str = "0.9.4";
+static VERSION: &'static str = "0.9.6";
 
 #[derive(Debug, Options)]
 struct CLIStart {