diff --git a/tasmota/xsns_01_counter.ino b/tasmota/xsns_01_counter.ino
index 18f1ed461..c3584f111 100644
--- a/tasmota/xsns_01_counter.ino
+++ b/tasmota/xsns_01_counter.ino
@@ -99,7 +99,11 @@ void CounterUpdate(uint8_t index)
           uint32_t steps = (current_cycle-last_cycle+100000)/(clockCyclesPerMicrosecond() * 10000);
           cycle_time = (current_cycle-last_cycle)/steps;
           #ifdef ESP8266
-            analogWriteCCyPeriod(Pin(GPIO_PWM1, index), 5, cycle_time );
+            pinMode(Pin(GPIO_PWM1, index), OUTPUT);
+            uint32_t high = (cycle_time * 5) / 1023;
+            uint32_t low = cycle_time - high;
+            // Find the first GPIO being generated by checking GCC's find-first-set (returns 1 + the bit of the first 1 in an int32_t
+            startWaveformClockCycles(Pin(GPIO_PWM1, index), high, low, 0, -1, 0, true);
           #else
             analogWrite(Pin(GPIO_PWM1, index), 5);
           #endif