diff --git a/firehose.c b/firehose.c
index 636d24b..96f233e 100644
--- a/firehose.c
+++ b/firehose.c
@@ -597,28 +597,6 @@ static int firehose_set_bootable(struct qdl_device *qdl, int part)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int firehose_reset(struct qdl_device *qdl)
-{
-	xmlNode *root;
-	xmlNode *node;
-	xmlDoc *doc;
-	int ret;
-
-	doc = xmlNewDoc((xmlChar*)"1.0");
-	root = xmlNewNode(NULL, (xmlChar*)"data");
-	xmlDocSetRootElement(doc, root);
-
-	node = xmlNewChild(root, NULL, (xmlChar*)"power", NULL);
-	xml_setpropf(node, "value", "reset");
-
-	ret = firehose_write(qdl, doc);
-	xmlFreeDoc(doc);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
-
-	return firehose_read(qdl, true, firehose_nop_parser, NULL);
-}
-
 int firehose_run(struct qdl_device *qdl, const char *incdir, const char *storage)
 {
 	int bootable;
@@ -660,8 +638,6 @@ int firehose_run(struct qdl_device *qdl, const char *incdir, const char *storage
 	else
 		firehose_set_bootable(qdl, bootable);
 
-	firehose_reset(qdl);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -680,3 +656,25 @@ int firehose_getsize(struct qdl_device *qdl, int lun, size_t *sector_size,
 
         return 0;
 }
+
+int firehose_reset(struct qdl_device *qdl)
+{
+	xmlNode *root;
+	xmlNode *node;
+	xmlDoc *doc;
+	int ret;
+
+	doc = xmlNewDoc((xmlChar*)"1.0");
+	root = xmlNewNode(NULL, (xmlChar*)"data");
+	xmlDocSetRootElement(doc, root);
+
+	node = xmlNewChild(root, NULL, (xmlChar*)"power", NULL);
+	xml_setpropf(node, "value", "reset_to_edl");
+
+	ret = firehose_write(qdl, doc);
+	xmlFreeDoc(doc);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+
+	return firehose_read(qdl, true, firehose_generic_parser, NULL);
+}
diff --git a/qdl.c b/qdl.c
index 47debd9..100c968 100644
--- a/qdl.c
+++ b/qdl.c
@@ -504,5 +504,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return 1;
 
+	firehose_reset(&qdl);
+
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/qdl.h b/qdl.h
index f1b9921..e3b1907 100644
--- a/qdl.h
+++ b/qdl.h
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ const char *attr_as_string(xmlNode *node, const char *attr, int *errors);
 
 int firehose_getsize(struct qdl_device *qdl, int lun, size_t *sector_size,
                      size_t *num_sectors);
+int firehose_reset(struct qdl_device *qdl);
 
 extern bool qdl_debug;