diff --git a/epicardium/ble/ble_api.h b/epicardium/ble/ble_api.h
index d46b0fe8e63bd7017ea663a07f1d985cd9222be7..8a74f0d7ac69bd1ec9eac3af51ae9e827a22cfd1 100644
--- a/epicardium/ble/ble_api.h
+++ b/epicardium/ble/ble_api.h
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
 /*************************************************************************************************/
 void BleStart(void);
 
-
 /* ATT client module interface. Used by main BLE module */
 void bleValueUpdate(attEvt_t *pMsg);
 void bleDiscCback(dmConnId_t connId, uint8_t status);
+
+void bleESS_update();
diff --git a/epicardium/ble/ess.c b/epicardium/ble/ess.c
index e45766412d19725781546f6aec4ca2947006350e..a9b58a83717f154b6577572f8803604e84cd6977 100644
--- a/epicardium/ble/ess.c
+++ b/epicardium/ble/ess.c
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ static const attsAttr_t ESSSvcAttrList[] = {
 		.pValue      = initTemperatureValue,
 		.pLen        = &initTemperatureLen,
 		.maxLen      = sizeof(initTemperatureValue),
-		.settings    = ATTS_SET_READ_CBACK,
+		//.settings    = ATTS_SET_READ_CBACK,
 		.permissions = ATTS_PERMIT_READ | ATTS_PERMIT_READ_ENC |
 			       ATTS_PERMIT_READ_AUTH,
 	},
@@ -80,10 +80,14 @@ static const attsAttr_t ESSSvcAttrList[] = {
 WSF_CT_ASSERT(
 	((sizeof(ESSSvcAttrList) / sizeof(ESSSvcAttrList[0])) ==
 	 ESS_END_HDL - ESS_START_HDL + 1));
+
+#if 0
 /*
  * BLE ESS read callback.
+ *
+ * Disabled at the moment as no dynamic handling of read requests
+ * is needed and all fields are updated by bleESS_update()
  */
-
 static uint8_t readESSCB(
 	dmConnId_t connId,
 	uint16_t handle,
@@ -95,29 +99,35 @@ static uint8_t readESSCB(
 	switch (handle) {
 	// Temperature
 	case ESS_TEMPERATURE_VAL_HDL:
-		//pAttr->pValue[0] = i16 & 0xFF; //pAttr->pValue[1] = i16 >> 8;
-		*((int16_t *)pAttr->pValue) = i16;
-		APP_TRACE_INFO1("ble-ess: read temperature: %d\n", i16);
+		//*((int16_t *)pAttr->pValue) = i16;
+		//APP_TRACE_INFO1("ble-ess: read temperature: %d\n", i16);
 		return ATT_SUCCESS;
 	default:
 		APP_TRACE_INFO0("ble-card10: read no handler found\n");
 		return ATT_ERR_HANDLE;
 	}
 }
+#endif
 
 static attsGroup_t svcESSGroup = {
 	.pNext       = NULL,
 	.pAttr       = (attsAttr_t *)ESSSvcAttrList,
-	.readCback   = readESSCB,
+	.readCback   = NULL,
+	//.readCback   = readESSCB,
 	.writeCback  = NULL,
 	.startHandle = ESS_START_HDL,
 	.endHandle   = ESS_END_HDL,
 };
 
+void bleESS_update(void)
+{
+	uint16_t i16 = 0;
+	AttsSetAttr(ESS_TEMPERATURE_VAL_HDL, sizeof(i16), (uint8_t *)&i16);
+}
+
 /*
- * This registers and starts the BLE card10 service.
+ * This registers and starts the ESS service.
  */
-
 void bleESS_init(void)
 {
 	AttsAddGroup(&svcESSGroup);