diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2a80acd..dc5e66e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [2.1.2] - 2020-04-16
+### Changed
+- Updated the docs
+- Read (and in debug mode print out) sensor values even without an active wifi connection
+
 ## [2.1.1] - 2020-04-15
 ### Changed
 - Fixed MQTT topic to include the whole OBIS identifier
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 95f1463..b056555 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -63,6 +63,44 @@ static const SensorConfig SENSOR_CONFIGS[] = {
 WiFi and MQTT are configured via the web interface provided by [IotWebConf](https://github.com/prampec/IotWebConf) and which can be reached after joining the WiFi network named SMLReader and heading to http://192.168.4.1.   
 If the device has already been configured,  the web interface can be reached via the IP address obtained from your local network's DHCP server.
 
+---
+
+### Flashing
+
+There are several ways to flash SMLReader to your ESP8266.  
+I personally prefer the docker way using my dockerized version of esptool.py.
+
+#### IDE
+
+You should be able to use your preferred IDE to build and flash SMLReader if you take care of the dependencies and the build flags configured in the `platform.io` file.
+I strongly recommend using PlatformIO as it takes care of that itself.
+
+#### esptool.py
+
+###### Flashing
+```bash
+docker run -it --device /dev/ttyUSB0 -v $(pwd):/src --rm mruettgers/esptool ash -c "esptool --port /dev/ttyUSB0 write_flash -fm dout 0x00000 /src/smlreader.bin"
+```
+
+Of couse you can flash the image without the use of docker by directily utilizing your local copy of esptool.py:
+
+```bash
+esptool.py --port /dev/ttyUSB0 write_flash -fm dout 0x00000 ./smlreader.bin
+```
+
+###### Flashing with serial port monitor
+```bash
+docker run -it --device /dev/ttyUSB0 -v $(pwd):/src --rm mruettgers/esptool ash -c "esptool --port /dev/ttyUSB0 write_flash -fm dout 0x00000 /src/smlreader.bin && miniterm.py /dev/ttyUSB0 115200"
+```
+
+###### Serial port monitor
+```bash
+docker run -it --device /dev/ttyUSB0 -v $(pwd):/src --rm mruettgers/esptool ash -c "miniterm.py /dev/ttyUSB0 115200"
+```
+
+---
+
+
 ### Running
 
 If everything is configured properly and running with a sensor in place, SMLReader will  publish the metrics and values received from the meter to the configured MQTT broker:
@@ -95,6 +133,9 @@ smartmeter/mains/sensor/3/obis/1-0:2.8.2*255/value 0.0
 smartmeter/mains/sensor/3/obis/1-0:16.7.0*255/value 451.2
 ```
 
+---
+
+
 ### Debugging
 
 Verbose serial logging can be enabled by setting `SERIAL_DEBUG_VERBOSE=true` in the `platformio.ini` file.
diff --git a/src/Sensor.h b/src/Sensor.h
index 28d1f5c..3d6726c 100644
--- a/src/Sensor.h
+++ b/src/Sensor.h
@@ -42,12 +42,10 @@ class Sensor
         this->serial->enableTx(false);
         this->serial->enableRx(true);
         DEBUG("Initialized sensor %s.", this->config->name);
-    }
-    void init()
-    {
-        DEBUG("Initializing state of sensor %s...", this->config->name);
+
         this->init_state();
     }
+
     void loop()
     {
         this->run_current_state();
diff --git a/src/config.h b/src/config.h
index 7d71021..7694e1e 100644
--- a/src/config.h
+++ b/src/config.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include "Arduino.h"
 #include "Sensor.h"
 
-const char *VERSION = "2.1.1";
+const char *VERSION = "2.1.2";
 
 // Modifying the config version will probably cause a loss of the existig configuration.
 // Be careful!
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 7bc848f..b6a18fd 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ void process_message(byte *buffer, size_t len, Sensor *sensor)
 
 	DEBUG_SML_FILE(file);
 
-	publisher.publish(sensor, file);
+	if (connected) {
+		publisher.publish(sensor, file);
+	}
 
 	// free the malloc'd memory
 	sml_file_free(file);
@@ -107,8 +109,10 @@ void setup()
 void loop()
 {
 	// Publisher
-	publisher.loop();
-	yield();
+	if (connected) {
+		publisher.loop();
+		yield();
+	}
 
 	if (needReset)
 	{
@@ -117,12 +121,10 @@ void loop()
 		delay(1000);
 		ESP.restart();
 	}
-	if (connected)
-	{
-		// Execute sensor state machines
-		for (std::list<Sensor*>::iterator it = sensors->begin(); it != sensors->end(); ++it){
-			(*it)->loop();
-		}
+
+	// Execute sensor state machines
+	for (std::list<Sensor*>::iterator it = sensors->begin(); it != sensors->end(); ++it){
+		(*it)->loop();
 	}
 	iotWebConf.doLoop();
 	yield();
@@ -139,9 +141,4 @@ void wifiConnected()
 	DEBUG("WiFi connection established.");
 	connected = true;
 	publisher.connect();
-
-	// Initialize sensors
-	for (std::list<Sensor*>::iterator it = sensors->begin(); it != sensors->end(); ++it){
-		(*it)->init();
-	}
 }