diff --git a/apps/boot/ChangeLog b/apps/boot/ChangeLog
index 3bd1fc9fd..7b95d8686 100644
--- a/apps/boot/ChangeLog
+++ b/apps/boot/ChangeLog
@@ -56,5 +56,6 @@
 0.50: Allow setting of screen rotation
       Remove support for 2v11 and earlier firmware
 0.51: Remove patches for 2v10 firmware (BEEPSET and setUI)
-      Add patch to ensure that compass heading is corrected
+      Add patch to ensure that compass heading is corrected on pre-2v15.68 firmware
       Ensure clock is only fast-loaded if it doesn't contain widgets
+0.52: Ensure heading patch for pre-2v15.68 firmware applies to getCompass
diff --git a/apps/boot/bootupdate.js b/apps/boot/bootupdate.js
index d6fc3011c..e9a24f5f5 100644
--- a/apps/boot/bootupdate.js
+++ b/apps/boot/bootupdate.js
@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ if (s.rotate) boot+=`g.setRotation(${s.rotate&3},${s.rotate>>2});\n` // screen r
 // ================================================== FIXING OLDER FIRMWARES
 // 2v15.68 and before had compass heading inverted.
 if (process.version.replace("v","")<215.68)
-  boot += `Bangle.on('mag',e=>{if(!isNaN(e.heading)) e.heading=360-e.heading;});`;
+  boot += `Bangle.on('mag',e=>{if(!isNaN(e.heading))e.heading=360-e.heading;});
+Bangle.getCompass=(c=>(()=>{e=c();if(!isNaN(e.heading))e.heading=360-e.heading;return e;}))(Bangle.getCompass);`;
 
 // ================================================== BOOT.JS
 // Append *.boot.js files
diff --git a/apps/boot/metadata.json b/apps/boot/metadata.json
index f94d25150..339f8503e 100644
--- a/apps/boot/metadata.json
+++ b/apps/boot/metadata.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "id": "boot",
   "name": "Bootloader",
-  "version": "0.51",
+  "version": "0.52",
   "description": "This is needed by Bangle.js to automatically load the clock, menu, widgets and settings",
   "icon": "bootloader.png",
   "type": "bootloader",