diff --git a/litex_boards/targets/versa_ecp5.py b/litex_boards/targets/versa_ecp5.py
index a4ab405390801d01c1a1e4e23f2d6212251fb5ea..2cdbb50162525b79bc35b75dda2fd86ecc70be58 100755
--- a/litex_boards/targets/versa_ecp5.py
+++ b/litex_boards/targets/versa_ecp5.py
@@ -455,6 +455,9 @@ def main():
                         os.path.join(builder.gateware_dir, soc.platform.name + "_stuffed.config"),
                         "--svf", os.path.join(builder.gateware_dir, soc.platform.name + ".svf"),
                         "--bit", os.path.join(builder.gateware_dir, soc.platform.name + ".bit"),
+                        "--spimode", "fast-read",
+                        "--freq", "38.8",
+                        "--compress",
                         "--bootaddr", "0"])
 
     if args.load: