diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d6f9d13..93d9645 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,26 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Added
+
+### Changed
+
+### Deprecated
+
+### Removed
+
+### Fixed
+
+### Security
+
+## 0.2.2-dev-1 - 2023-09-24
+
+### Changed
+- updating logical state in `DeviceBase` is now protected and called `propertyChanged()`
+- `DeviceBase` tries to read property after write if the writer does not set the value.
+
+## 0.2.1 - 2023-09-24
+
 ### Added
 - Core interfaces for building a device server
 - Magix service for binding controls devices (both as RPC client and server)
@@ -20,13 +40,3 @@
 - A magix event loop implementation in Kotlin. Includes HTTP/SSE and RSocket routes.
 - Magix history database API
 - ZMQ client endpoint for Magix
-
-### Changed
-
-### Deprecated
-
-### Removed
-
-### Fixed
-
-### Security
diff --git a/controls-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/space/kscience/controls/spec/DeviceBase.kt b/controls-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/space/kscience/controls/spec/DeviceBase.kt
index dc43637..82a4d4f 100644
--- a/controls-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/space/kscience/controls/spec/DeviceBase.kt
+++ b/controls-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/space/kscience/controls/spec/DeviceBase.kt
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ public abstract class DeviceBase<D : Device>(
                 property.writeMeta(self, value)
                 // perform read after writing if the writer did not set the value
                 if (logicalState[propertyName] == null) {
-                    readPropertyOrNull(propertyName)
+                    val meta = property.readMeta(self)
+                    propertyChanged(propertyName, meta)
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/demo/all-things/build.gradle.kts b/demo/all-things/build.gradle.kts
index 05d7395..33b654e 100644
--- a/demo/all-things/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/demo/all-things/build.gradle.kts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ dependencies {
 
     implementation("io.ktor:ktor-client-cio:$ktorVersion")
     implementation("no.tornado:tornadofx:1.7.20")
-    implementation("space.kscience:plotlykt-server:0.5.3")
+    implementation("space.kscience:plotlykt-server:0.6.0")
 //    implementation("com.github.Ricky12Awesome:json-schema-serialization:0.6.6")
     implementation(spclibs.logback.classic)
 }