diff --git a/proto b/proto
index 943c3c24e..e68763737 160000
--- a/proto
+++ b/proto
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 943c3c24ec1e5116536cdabe31f496cb5b58a18e
+Subproject commit e68763737e3345ebf12c4776c84d27d83e1e9e1a
diff --git a/src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp b/src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp
index 96d7cc307..35f54fa72 100644
--- a/src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp
+++ b/src/mesh/NodeDB.cpp
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ void NodeDB::init()
     strncpy(myNodeInfo.firmware_version, optstr(APP_VERSION), sizeof(myNodeInfo.firmware_version));
     
     // hw_model is no longer stored in myNodeInfo (as of 1.2.11) - we now store it as an enum in nodeinfo
-    myNodeInfo.hw_model[0] = '\0';
+    myNodeInfo.hw_model_deprecated[0] = '\0';
     // strncpy(myNodeInfo.hw_model, HW_VENDOR, sizeof(myNodeInfo.hw_model));
 
     resetRadioConfig(); // If bogus settings got saved, then fix them
diff --git a/src/mesh/generated/mesh.pb.h b/src/mesh/generated/mesh.pb.h
index 3c923ad6c..5f4f9bf35 100644
--- a/src/mesh/generated/mesh.pb.h
+++ b/src/mesh/generated/mesh.pb.h
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ typedef struct _MyNodeInfo {
     bool has_gps;
     uint32_t num_bands;
     char region[12];
-    char hw_model[16];
+    char hw_model_deprecated[16];
     char firmware_version[12];
     CriticalErrorCode error_code;
     uint32_t error_address;
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #define MyNodeInfo_has_gps_tag                   2
 #define MyNodeInfo_num_bands_tag                 3
 #define MyNodeInfo_region_tag                    4
-#define MyNodeInfo_hw_model_tag                  5
+#define MyNodeInfo_hw_model_deprecated_tag       5
 #define MyNodeInfo_firmware_version_tag          6
 #define MyNodeInfo_error_code_tag                7
 #define MyNodeInfo_error_address_tag             8
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ X(a, STATIC,   SINGULAR, UINT32,   my_node_num,       1) \
 X(a, STATIC,   SINGULAR, BOOL,     has_gps,           2) \
 X(a, STATIC,   SINGULAR, UINT32,   num_bands,         3) \
 X(a, STATIC,   SINGULAR, STRING,   region,            4) \
-X(a, STATIC,   SINGULAR, STRING,   hw_model,          5) \
+X(a, STATIC,   SINGULAR, STRING,   hw_model_deprecated,   5) \
 X(a, STATIC,   SINGULAR, STRING,   firmware_version,   6) \
 X(a, STATIC,   SINGULAR, UENUM,    error_code,        7) \
 X(a, STATIC,   SINGULAR, UINT32,   error_address,     8) \