diff --git a/pysmartnode/components/machine/watchdog.py b/pysmartnode/components/machine/watchdog.py
index 3d4816e..5b10cca 100644
--- a/pysmartnode/components/machine/watchdog.py
+++ b/pysmartnode/components/machine/watchdog.py
@@ -10,13 +10,12 @@
     constructor_args: {
         id: 0                   #optional, number of the timer to be used
         timeout: 120            #optional, defaults to 120s, resets machine after this
-        # use_rtc_memory: true  #optional, use rtc memory as backup if filesystem not available, only esp8266 supported
     }
 }
 """
 
-__updated__ = "2019-10-19"
-__version__ = "1.2"
+__updated__ = "2020-04-03"
+__version__ = "1.3"
 
 import gc
 import uasyncio as asyncio
@@ -27,46 +26,33 @@
 
 
 class WDT:
-    def __init__(self, id=0, timeout=120, use_rtc_memory=True):
+    def __init__(self, id=0, timeout=120):
         self._timeout = timeout / 10
         self._counter = 0
         self._timer = machine.Timer(id)
-        self._use_rtc_memory = use_rtc_memory
-        self._has_filesystem = False
         self.init()
         asyncio.create_task(self._resetCounter())
         """ Done in pysmartnode.main
-        if use_rtc_memory and platform == "esp8266":
-            rtc = machine.RTC()
-            if rtc.memory() == b"WDT reset":
-                logging.getLogger("WDT").critical("Reset reason: Watchdog")
-            rtc.memory(b"")
-        elif sys_vars.hasFilesystem():
-            self._has_filesystem = True
-            try:
-                with open("reset_reason.txt", "r") as f:
-                    if f.read() == "True":
-                        logging.getLogger("WDT").warn("Reset reason: Watchdog")
-            except Exception as e:
-                print(e)  # file probably just does not exist
-            try:
-                os.remove("reset_reason.txt")
-            except Exception as e:
-                logging.getLogger("WDT").error("Error saving to file: {!s}".format(e))
+        try:
+            with open("reset_reason.txt", "r") as f:
+                if f.read() == "True":
+                    logging.getLogger("WDT").warn("Reset reason: Watchdog")
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(e)  # file probably just does not exist
+        try:
+            os.remove("reset_reason.txt")
+        except Exception as e:
+            logging.getLogger("WDT").error("Error saving to file: {!s}".format(e))
         """
 
     def _wdt(self, t):
         self._counter += self._timeout
         if self._counter >= self._timeout * 10:
-            if self._use_rtc_memory and platform == "esp8266":
-                rtc = machine.RTC()
-                rtc.memory(b"WDT reset")
-            elif self._has_filesystem:
-                try:
-                    with open("reset_reason.txt", "w") as f:
-                        f.write("WDT reset")
-                except Exception as e:
-                    print("Error saving to file: {!s}".format(e))
+            try:
+                with open("reset_reason.txt", "w") as f:
+                    f.write("WDT reset")
+            except Exception as e:
+                print("Error saving to file: {!s}".format(e))
             machine.reset()
 
     def feed(self):
@@ -74,7 +60,7 @@ def feed(self):
 
     def init(self, timeout=None):
         timeout = timeout or self._timeout
-        self._timeout = timeout
+        self._timeout = timeout / 10
         self._timer.init(period=int(self._timeout * 1000), mode=machine.Timer.PERIODIC,
                          callback=self._wdt)