diff --git a/lib/board.js b/lib/board.js
index 770d4c8..d6a2096 100644
--- a/lib/board.js
+++ b/lib/board.js
@@ -13,9 +13,10 @@ var Board = function (options) {
   this.log('info', 'initializing');
   this.debug = options && options.debug || false;
   this.writeBuffer = [];
-
+  
   var self = this;
-  this.detect(function (err, serial) {
+
+  function callback (err, serial) {
     if (err) {
       if(self.listeners('error').length)
         self.emit('error', err);
@@ -55,7 +56,16 @@ var Board = function (options) {
         self.emit('ready');      
       }, 500);
     }
-  });
+  }
+
+  if (options.device) {
+    callback(null, new serial.SerialPort(options.device, {
+      baudrate: 115200,
+      parser: serial.parsers.readline('\n')
+    }));
+  } else {
+    this.detect(callback);    
+  }
 }
 
 /*