diff --git a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/camera/USBCameras/GenericUSBCameraSettables.java b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/camera/USBCameras/GenericUSBCameraSettables.java
index 7d956643e4..f6ee0ecd01 100644
--- a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/camera/USBCameras/GenericUSBCameraSettables.java
+++ b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/camera/USBCameras/GenericUSBCameraSettables.java
@@ -167,7 +167,27 @@ public void setAutoWhiteBalance(boolean autoWB) {
         }
     }
 
+    @Override
     public void setAutoExposure(boolean cameraAutoExposure) {
+        if (configuration.cameraQuirks.hasQuirk(CameraQuirk.ArduOV9281Controls)
+                && !cameraAutoExposure) {
+            // OV9281 on Linux seems to sometimes ignore our exposure requests on first boot if we're in
+            // manual mode. Poking the camera into and out of auto exposure seems to fix it.
+            try {
+                setAutoExposureImpl(false);
+                Thread.sleep(2000);
+                setAutoExposureImpl(true);
+                Thread.sleep(2000);
+                setAutoExposureImpl(false);
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                logger.error("Thread interrupted while setting OV9281 exposure!", e);
+            }
+        } else {
+            setAutoExposureImpl(cameraAutoExposure);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public void setAutoExposureImpl(boolean cameraAutoExposure) {
         logger.debug("Setting auto exposure to " + cameraAutoExposure);
 
         if (!cameraAutoExposure) {
diff --git a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/processes/VisionModule.java b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/processes/VisionModule.java
index e0843e3919..b57b01d969 100644
--- a/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/processes/VisionModule.java
+++ b/photon-core/src/main/java/org/photonvision/vision/processes/VisionModule.java
@@ -465,13 +465,13 @@ boolean setPipeline(int index) {
                             pipelineSettings.cameraExposureRaw = 10; // reasonable default
                     }
 
-                    settables.setExposureRaw(pipelineSettings.cameraExposureRaw);
                     try {
                         settables.setAutoExposure(pipelineSettings.cameraAutoExposure);
                     } catch (VideoException e) {
                         logger.error("Unable to set camera auto exposure!");
                         logger.error(e.toString());
                     }
+                    settables.setExposureRaw(pipelineSettings.cameraExposureRaw);
                     if (cameraQuirks.hasQuirk(CameraQuirk.Gain)) {
                         // If the gain is disabled for some reason, re-enable it
                         if (pipelineSettings.cameraGain == -1) pipelineSettings.cameraGain = 75;