diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b101aae..003f6c6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -22,8 +22,11 @@ SDK_EXTRA_LIBS ?= /opt/Espressif/arch/lib
 SDK_BASE	?= /opt/Espressif/ESP8266_SDK
 
 #Esptool.py path and port
-ESPTOOL		?= esptool.py
+ESPTOOL		?= esptool
 ESPPORT		?= /dev/ttyUSB0
+#ESPDELAY indicates seconds to wait between flashing the two binary images
+ESPDELAY	?= 3
+ESPBAUD		?= 115200
 
 # name for the target project
 TARGET		= httpd
@@ -72,7 +75,6 @@ LD		:= $(XTENSA_TOOLS_ROOT)/xtensa-lx106-elf-gcc
 ####
 #### no user configurable options below here
 ####
-FW_TOOL		?= /usr/bin/esptool
 SRC_DIR		:= $(MODULES)
 BUILD_DIR	:= $(addprefix $(BUILD_BASE)/,$(MODULES))
 
@@ -117,11 +119,11 @@ all: checkdirs $(TARGET_OUT) $(FW_FILE_1) $(FW_FILE_2)
 
 $(FW_FILE_1): $(TARGET_OUT) firmware
 	$(vecho) "FW $@"
-	$(Q) $(FW_TOOL) -eo $(TARGET_OUT) $(FW_FILE_1_ARGS)
+	$(Q) $(ESPTOOL) -eo $(TARGET_OUT) $(FW_FILE_1_ARGS)
 
 $(FW_FILE_2): $(TARGET_OUT) firmware
 	$(vecho) "FW $@"
-	$(Q) $(FW_TOOL) -eo $(TARGET_OUT) $(FW_FILE_2_ARGS)
+	$(Q) $(ESPTOOL) -eo $(TARGET_OUT) $(FW_FILE_2_ARGS)
 
 $(TARGET_OUT): $(APP_AR)
 	$(vecho) "LD $@"
@@ -140,9 +142,10 @@ firmware:
 	$(Q) mkdir -p $@
 
 flash: $(FW_FILE_1) $(FW_FILE_2)
-	-$(ESPTOOL) --port $(ESPPORT) write_flash 0x00000 firmware/0x00000.bin
-	sleep 3
-	-$(ESPTOOL) --port $(ESPPORT) write_flash 0x40000 firmware/0x40000.bin
+	$(Q) $(ESPTOOL) -cp $(ESPPORT) -cb $(ESPBAUD) -ca 0x00000 -cf firmware/0x00000.bin -v
+	$(Q) [ $(ESPDELAY) -ne 0 ] && echo "Please put the ESP in bootloader mode..."
+	$(Q) sleep $(ESPDELAY)
+	$(Q) $(ESPTOOL) -cp $(ESPPORT) -cb $(ESPBAUD) -ca 0x40000 -cf firmware/0x40000.bin -v
 
 webpages.espfs: html/ mkespfsimage/mkespfsimage
 	cd html; find | ../mkespfsimage/mkespfsimage > ../webpages.espfs; cd ..
@@ -152,7 +155,7 @@ mkespfsimage/mkespfsimage: mkespfsimage/
 
 htmlflash: webpages.espfs
 	if [ $$(stat -c '%s' webpages.espfs) -gt $$(( 0x2E000 )) ]; then echo "webpages.espfs too big!"; false; fi
-	-$(ESPTOOL) --port $(ESPPORT) write_flash 0x12000 webpages.espfs
+	$(ESPTOOL) -cp $(ESPPORT) -cb $(ESPBAUD) -ca 0x12000 -cf webpages.espfs -v
 
 clean:
 	$(Q) rm -f $(APP_AR)