diff --git a/src/qz/communication/H4J_HidUtilities.java b/src/qz/communication/H4J_HidUtilities.java
index e868e0a79..989d678a2 100644
--- a/src/qz/communication/H4J_HidUtilities.java
+++ b/src/qz/communication/H4J_HidUtilities.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 import qz.utils.SystemUtilities;
 
 import javax.usb.util.UsbUtil;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 
 public class H4J_HidUtilities {
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ public static JSONArray getHidDevicesJSON() throws JSONException {
         List<HidDevice> devices = getHidDevices();
         JSONArray devicesJSON = new JSONArray();
 
+        HashSet<String> unique = new HashSet<>();
         for(HidDevice device : devices) {
             JSONObject deviceJSON = new JSONObject();
 
@@ -42,7 +44,11 @@ public static JSONArray getHidDevicesJSON() throws JSONException {
                     .put("manufacturer", device.getManufacturer())
                     .put("product", device.getProduct());
 
-            devicesJSON.put(deviceJSON);
+            String uid = String.format("v%sp%su%ss%s", deviceJSON.optString("vendorId"), deviceJSON.optString("productId"), deviceJSON.optString("usagePage"), deviceJSON.optString("serial"));
+            if (!unique.contains(uid)) {
+                devicesJSON.put(deviceJSON);
+                unique.add(uid);
+            }
         }
 
         return devicesJSON;
diff --git a/src/qz/utils/SystemUtilities.java b/src/qz/utils/SystemUtilities.java
index 61fd3f35d..a85e1037e 100644
--- a/src/qz/utils/SystemUtilities.java
+++ b/src/qz/utils/SystemUtilities.java
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 import com.github.zafarkhaja.semver.Version;
 import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.commons.ssl.Base64;
+import org.joor.Reflect;
+import org.joor.ReflectException;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import qz.common.Constants;
@@ -48,6 +50,15 @@ public class SystemUtilities {
     private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(TrayManager.class);
     private static final Locale defaultLocale = Locale.getDefault();
 
+    static {
+        if(!isWindows() && !isMac()) {
+            // Force hid4java to use libusb: https://github.com/qzind/tray/issues/853
+            try {
+                Reflect.on("org.hid4java.jna.HidApi").set("useLibUsbVariant", true);
+            } catch(ReflectException ignore) {}
+        }
+    }
+
     private static Boolean darkDesktop;
     private static Boolean darkTaskbar;
     private static Boolean hasMonocle;
diff --git a/src/qz/ws/SocketConnection.java b/src/qz/ws/SocketConnection.java
index 0352ced3e..b9af87186 100644
--- a/src/qz/ws/SocketConnection.java
+++ b/src/qz/ws/SocketConnection.java
@@ -143,7 +143,9 @@ public void removeDevice(DeviceOptions dOpts) {
 
     public synchronized void openDevice(DeviceIO device, DeviceOptions dOpts) throws DeviceException {
         device.open();
-        addDevice(dOpts, device);
+        if (device.isOpen()) {
+            addDevice(dOpts, device);
+        }
     }
 
     /**