diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 9a5893d..21d8603 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,12 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 ## [unreleased]
 
+## [v0.4.1]
+
+### Fixed
+
+- Initial blockmode setting was not set in SPI constructor
+
 ## [v0.4.0]
 
 ### Changed
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b8c0ca7..28341dc 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "va108xx-hal"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.4.1"
 authors = ["Robin Mueller <muellerr@irs.uni-stuttgart.de>"]
 edition = "2021"
 description = "HAL for the Vorago VA108xx family of microcontrollers"
diff --git a/src/spi.rs b/src/spi.rs
index f4208b7..4a95748 100644
--- a/src/spi.rs
+++ b/src/spi.rs
@@ -428,6 +428,7 @@ macro_rules! spi {
                         w.sod().bit(sod);
                         w.ms().bit(ms);
                         w.mdlycap().bit(mdlycap);
+                        w.blockmode().bit(init_blockmode);
                         unsafe { w.ss().bits(ss) }
                     });