diff --git a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/btle/profiles/battery/BatteryInfoProfile.java b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/btle/profiles/battery/BatteryInfoProfile.java
index 10df7314..160c83ef 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/btle/profiles/battery/BatteryInfoProfile.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/btle/profiles/battery/BatteryInfoProfile.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ public class BatteryInfoProfile<T extends AbstractBTLEDeviceSupport> extends Abs
     public static final UUID SERVICE_UUID = GattService.UUID_SERVICE_BATTERY_SERVICE;
 
     public static final UUID UUID_CHARACTERISTIC_BATTERY_LEVEL = GattCharacteristic.UUID_CHARACTERISTIC_BATTERY_LEVEL;
-    private BatteryInfo batteryInfo;
+    private final BatteryInfo batteryInfo = new BatteryInfo();
 
     public BatteryInfoProfile(T support) {
         super(support);
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/vibratissimo/VibratissimoSupport.java b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/vibratissimo/VibratissimoSupport.java
index 4da7583d..cb609c8d 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/vibratissimo/VibratissimoSupport.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/nodomain/freeyourgadget/gadgetbridge/service/devices/vibratissimo/VibratissimoSupport.java
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ public class VibratissimoSupport extends AbstractBTLEDeviceSupport {
         addSupportedService(GattService.UUID_SERVICE_GENERIC_ACCESS);
         addSupportedService(GattService.UUID_SERVICE_GENERIC_ATTRIBUTE);
         addSupportedService(GattService.UUID_SERVICE_DEVICE_INFORMATION);
+        addSupportedService(GattService.UUID_SERVICE_BATTERY_SERVICE);
         addSupportedService(UUID.fromString("00001523-1212-efde-1523-785feabcd123"));
 
         deviceInfoProfile = new DeviceInfoProfile<>(this);
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ public class VibratissimoSupport extends AbstractBTLEDeviceSupport {
         builder.add(new SetDeviceStateAction(getDevice(), GBDevice.State.INITIALIZING, getContext()));
         requestDeviceInfo(builder);
         setInitialized(builder);
+        batteryInfoProfile.requestBatteryInfo(builder);
         return builder;
     }