diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 1bca8e04..db044b5a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,4 +10,7 @@ out/
 .vscode/settings.json
 .vscode/extensions.json
 .idea
-cmake-*
\ No newline at end of file
+cmake-*
+.cache
+.ccls
+compile_commands.json
diff --git a/variants/waveshare_rp2040_lora/target.cpp b/variants/waveshare_rp2040_lora/target.cpp
index 895f6db2..7bc1d043 100644
--- a/variants/waveshare_rp2040_lora/target.cpp
+++ b/variants/waveshare_rp2040_lora/target.cpp
@@ -12,19 +12,9 @@ VolatileRTCClock fallback_clock;
 AutoDiscoverRTCClock rtc_clock(fallback_clock);
 SensorManager sensors;
 
-#ifndef LORA_CR
-#define LORA_CR 5
-#endif
-
 bool radio_init() {
   rtc_clock.begin(Wire);
 
-#ifdef SX126X_DIO3_TCXO_VOLTAGE
-  float tcxo = SX126X_DIO3_TCXO_VOLTAGE;
-#else
-  float tcxo = 1.6f;
-#endif
-
   SPI1.setSCK(P_LORA_SCLK);
   SPI1.setTX(P_LORA_MOSI);
   SPI1.setRX(P_LORA_MISO);
@@ -34,30 +24,8 @@ bool radio_init() {
 
   SPI1.begin(false);
 
-  int status = radio.begin(LORA_FREQ, LORA_BW, LORA_SF, LORA_CR, RADIOLIB_SX126X_SYNC_WORD_PRIVATE,
-                           LORA_TX_POWER, 8, tcxo);
-
-  if (status != RADIOLIB_ERR_NONE) {
-    Serial.print("ERROR: radio init failed: ");
-    Serial.println(status);
-    return false; // fail
-  }
-
-  radio.setCRC(1);
-
-#ifdef SX126X_CURRENT_LIMIT
-  radio.setCurrentLimit(SX126X_CURRENT_LIMIT);
-#endif
-
-#ifdef SX126X_DIO2_AS_RF_SWITCH
-  radio.setDio2AsRfSwitch(SX126X_DIO2_AS_RF_SWITCH);
-#endif
-
-#ifdef SX126X_RX_BOOSTED_GAIN
-  radio.setRxBoostedGainMode(SX126X_RX_BOOSTED_GAIN);
-#endif
-
-  return true; // success
+  //passing NULL skips init of SPI
+  return radio.std_init(NULL);
 }
 
 uint32_t radio_get_rng_seed() {