diff --git a/services/usb-device-xous/src/main_hw.rs b/services/usb-device-xous/src/main_hw.rs
index 0a0f2b40d..4dbe46cef 100644
--- a/services/usb-device-xous/src/main_hw.rs
+++ b/services/usb-device-xous/src/main_hw.rs
@@ -246,7 +246,10 @@ pub(crate) fn main_hw() -> ! {
     // safety: this is safe because we allocated ifram_range to have the same physical and virtual addresses
     #[cfg(feature = "cramium-soc")]
     let usbwrapper = CorigineWrapper::new(unsafe {
-        CorigineUsb::new(cid, h_op, ifram_range.as_ptr() as usize, usb.clone(), irq_csr.clone())
+        let mut cu = CorigineUsb::new(cid, h_op, ifram_range.as_ptr() as usize, usb.clone(), irq_csr.clone());
+        // assign the default handler, since this is the std case
+        cu.assign_handler(cramium_hal::usb::driver::handle_event);
+        cu
     });
 
     #[cfg(feature = "cramium-soc")]