diff --git a/owrx/adsb/dump1090.py b/owrx/adsb/dump1090.py
index 827b5e09..dfac3583 100644
--- a/owrx/adsb/dump1090.py
+++ b/owrx/adsb/dump1090.py
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-from pycsdr.modules import ExecModule, Writer, TcpSource
+from pycsdr.modules import ExecModule
 from pycsdr.types import Format
-from csdr.module import LogWriter, LineBasedModule
-from owrx.socket import getAvailablePort
-import time
+from csdr.module import LineBasedModule
 
 import logging
 
@@ -11,43 +9,15 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 class Dump1090Module(ExecModule):
     def __init__(self):
-        self.tcpSource = None
-        self.writer = None
-        self.port = getAvailablePort()
-
         super().__init__(
             Format.COMPLEX_SHORT,
             Format.CHAR,
-            ["dump1090", "--ifile", "-", "--iformat", "SC16", "--quiet", "--net-ro-port", str(self.port)],
+            ["dump1090", "--ifile", "-", "--iformat", "SC16", "--raw"],
             # send some data on decoder shutdown since the dump1090 internal reader locks up otherwise
             # dump1090 reads chunks of 100ms, which equals to 240k samples at 2.4MS/s
             # some extra should not hurt
             flushSize=300000
         )
-        super().setWriter(LogWriter(__name__))
-
-        self.start()
-
-    def start(self):
-        delay = 0.5
-        retries = 0
-        while True:
-            try:
-                self.tcpSource = TcpSource(self.port, Format.CHAR)
-                if self.writer:
-                    self.tcpSource.setWriter(self.writer)
-                break
-            except ConnectionError:
-                if retries > 20:
-                    logger.error("maximum number of connection attempts reached. did dump1090 start up correctly?")
-                    raise
-                retries += 1
-            time.sleep(delay)
-
-    def setWriter(self, writer: Writer) -> None:
-        self.writer = writer
-        if self.tcpSource is not None:
-            self.tcpSource.setWriter(writer)
 
 
 class RawDeframer(LineBasedModule):