diff --git a/adafruit_tinylora/adafruit_tinylora.py b/adafruit_tinylora/adafruit_tinylora.py
index 24f1f9c..bb25480 100755
--- a/adafruit_tinylora/adafruit_tinylora.py
+++ b/adafruit_tinylora/adafruit_tinylora.py
@@ -138,8 +138,11 @@ def __init__(self, spi, cs, irq, ttn_config, channel=None):
         :param int channel: Frequency Channel.
         """
         self._irq = irq
+        self._irq.switch_to_input()
+        self._cs = cs
+        self._cs.switch_to_output()
         # Set up SPI Device on Mode 0
-        self._device = adafruit_bus_device.spi_device.SPIDevice(spi, cs, baudrate=4000000,
+        self._device = adafruit_bus_device.spi_device.SPIDevice(spi, self._cs, baudrate=4000000,
                                                                 polarity=0, phase=0)
         # Verify the version of the RFM module
         self._version = self._read_u8(_REG_VERSION)
diff --git a/examples/tinylora_simpletest.py b/examples/tinylora_simpletest.py
index 8645a22..c5d1907 100644
--- a/examples/tinylora_simpletest.py
+++ b/examples/tinylora_simpletest.py
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 irq = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D6)
 
 # Feather M0 RFM9x Pinouts
-# irq = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.RFM9X_D0)
 # cs = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.RFM9X_CS)
+# irq = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.RFM9X_D0)
 
 # TTN Device Address, 4 Bytes, MSB
 devaddr = bytearray([0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00])
diff --git a/examples/tinylora_simpletest_si7021.py b/examples/tinylora_simpletest_si7021.py
index 5631891..e5ad114 100644
--- a/examples/tinylora_simpletest_si7021.py
+++ b/examples/tinylora_simpletest_si7021.py
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 irq = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.D6)
 
 # Feather M0 RFM9x Pinouts
-# irq = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.RFM9X_D0)
 # cs = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.RFM9X_CS)
+# irq = digitalio.DigitalInOut(board.RFM9X_D0)
 
 # TTN Device Address, 4 Bytes, MSB
 devaddr = bytearray([0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00])