diff --git a/firmware/src/app.rs b/firmware/src/app.rs
index 8e9abfa..c082f90 100644
--- a/firmware/src/app.rs
+++ b/firmware/src/app.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ enum Chroma {
     Black,
 }
 
+// GetIdentification is always `0x00`, and the device should always return a response starting with
+// the two-byte sequence `0x00 [DeviceType]`. Theoretically this leaves space for different devices
+// to adopt different schemas (although we hope to only use this as a last resort).
+
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 enum Request<'a> {
     GetIdentification,
@@ -38,7 +42,7 @@ enum Request<'a> {
 
 #[derive(Serialize)]
 enum Response<'a> {
-    GetIdentification { serial: &'a str, model: DeviceType },
+    GetIdentification { model: DeviceType, serial: &'a str },
     UpdateDisplay,
     SetPattern,
 }
diff --git a/webapp/src/lib/image/device.ts b/webapp/src/lib/image/device.ts
index 6c7e813..584f87e 100644
--- a/webapp/src/lib/image/device.ts
+++ b/webapp/src/lib/image/device.ts
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ const requestSchema = p.enumType('Request', {
 export type Response = p.InferType<typeof responseSchema>
 const responseSchema = p.enumType('Response', {
   GetIdentification: p.structVariant('GetIdentification', {
-    serial: p.string(),
     model: deviceTypeSchema,
+    serial: p.string(),
   }),
   UpdateDisplay: p.unitVariant('UpdateDisplay'),
   SetPattern: p.unitVariant('SetPattern'),