diff --git a/build/write-image.sh b/build/write-image.sh
index a96078d61..fa94957de 100755
--- a/build/write-image.sh
+++ b/build/write-image.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ sudo e2label ${OUTPUT_DEVICE}p4 blue
 mkdir -p /tmp/eos-mnt
 sudo mount ${OUTPUT_DEVICE}p1 /tmp/eos-mnt
 
-sudo sed -i 's/^/usb-storage.quirks=152d:0562:u /g' /tmp/eos-mnt/cmdline.txt
 sudo sed -i 's/LABEL=writable/LABEL=green/g' /tmp/eos-mnt/cmdline.txt
 cat /tmp/eos-mnt/config.txt | grep -v "dtoverlay=" | sudo tee /tmp/eos-mnt/config.txt.tmp
 echo "dtoverlay=pwm-2chan" | sudo tee -a /tmp/eos-mnt/config.txt.tmp
@@ -35,6 +34,8 @@ sudo umount /tmp/eos-mnt
 
 sudo mount ${OUTPUT_DEVICE}p3 /tmp/eos-mnt
 
+echo 'blacklist uas' | sudo tee -a /tmp/eos-mnt/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf # UASP causes more problems than it's worth for now
+
 sudo sed -i 's/LABEL=writable/LABEL=green/g' /tmp/eos-mnt/etc/fstab
 sudo sed -i 's/LABEL=system-boot\(\s\+\S\+\s\+\S\+\s\+\)defaults/LABEL=system-boot\1defaults,ro/g' /tmp/eos-mnt/etc/fstab
 # Enter the appmgr directory, copy over the built EmbassyOS binaries and systemd services, edit the nginx config, then create the .ssh directory