diff --git a/AstroEQ-Firmware/EEPROMReader.cpp b/AstroEQ-Firmware/EEPROMReader.cpp
index 8fef4f0baecc3f203d910957073facd9d8ad7654..1d6bfea8b4285aa7af6361b6da2248d3c6fcc710 100644
--- a/AstroEQ-Firmware/EEPROMReader.cpp
+++ b/AstroEQ-Firmware/EEPROMReader.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ void EEPROM_readString(char* string, byte len, byte address)
 
 void EEPROM_writeByte(byte val, byte address)
 {
-  return eeprom_update_byte((byte*) address, val);
+  return eeprom_write_byte((byte*) address, val);
 }
 
 void EEPROM_writeInt(unsigned int val, byte address)