diff --git a/base b/base
index 7ab1e3b7c..675ec212d 160000
--- a/base
+++ b/base
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 7ab1e3b7c8aa6187432b2b54d738a78b034781b1
+Subproject commit 675ec212d059c19ac5187dbcc59c6ec6cec98a02
diff --git a/platform/kobo/koreader.sh b/platform/kobo/koreader.sh
index 7f211a6eb..b0aa6a434 100755
--- a/platform/kobo/koreader.sh
+++ b/platform/kobo/koreader.sh
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ KOREADER_DIR="${0%/*}"
 # we're always starting from our working directory
 cd "${KOREADER_DIR}" || exit
 
+# Switch to a sensible CPUFreq governor, even if the HW appears not to give an actual fuck about this...
+ORIG_CPUFREQ_GOV="$(cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor)"
+echo "ondemand" >"/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor"
+
 # update to new version from OTA directory
 ko_update_check() {
     NEWUPDATE="${KOREADER_DIR}/ota/koreader.updated.tar"
@@ -132,6 +136,9 @@ while [ $RETURN_VALUE -eq 85 ]; do
     RETURN_VALUE=$?
 done
 
+# Restore original CPUFreq governor...
+echo "${ORIG_CPUFREQ_GOV}" >"/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_governor"
+
 if [ "${FROM_NICKEL}" = "true" ]; then
     if [ "${FROM_KFMON}" != "true" ]; then
         # start kobo software because it was running before koreader