diff --git a/kiosk/src/Components/AddingGame.tsx b/kiosk/src/Components/AddingGame.tsx
index fe6439eb7167..38ab8338bbfb 100644
--- a/kiosk/src/Components/AddingGame.tsx
+++ b/kiosk/src/Components/AddingGame.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import "../Kiosk.css";
 import AddGameButton from "./AddGameButton";
 import { QRCodeSVG } from "qrcode.react";
 import { generateKioskCodeAsync, getGameCodesAsync } from "../BackendRequests";
-import { isLocal, tickEvent } from "../browserUtils";
 import { GameData } from "../Models/GameData";
 import KioskNotification from "./KioskNotification";
 import { playSoundEffect } from "../Services/SoundEffectService";
@@ -49,7 +48,7 @@ const AddingGame: React.FC<IProps> = ({ kiosk }) => {
             playSoundEffect("switch");
         }
         if ((menuButtonSelected && kiosk.gamepadManager.isAButtonPressed()) || kiosk.gamepadManager.isBButtonPressed()) {
-            tickEvent("kiosk.toMainMenu");
+            pxt.tickEvent("kiosk.toMainMenu");
             kiosk.showMainMenu();
             playSoundEffect("select");
         }
@@ -59,14 +58,14 @@ const AddingGame: React.FC<IProps> = ({ kiosk }) => {
             playSoundEffect("switch");
         }
         if (qrCodeButtonSelected && kiosk.gamepadManager.isAButtonPressed()) {
-            tickEvent("kiosk.newKioskCode");
+            pxt.tickEvent("kiosk.newKioskCode");
             setRenderQRCode(true);
             playSoundEffect("select");
         }
     };
 
     const kioskLinkClicked = () => {
-        tickEvent("kiosk.addGameLink");
+        pxt.tickEvent("kiosk.addGameLink");
         return true;
     };
 
diff --git a/kiosk/src/Components/DeletionModal.tsx b/kiosk/src/Components/DeletionModal.tsx
index bb419eddf644..f353472ad128 100644
--- a/kiosk/src/Components/DeletionModal.tsx
+++ b/kiosk/src/Components/DeletionModal.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import { tickEvent } from "../browserUtils";
 import "../Kiosk.css";
 import { Kiosk } from "../Models/Kiosk";
 import configData from "../config.json";
@@ -55,14 +54,14 @@ const DeletionModal: React.FC<IProps> = ({ kiosk, active, changeFocus }) => {
         }
         if (cancelButtonState && kiosk.gamepadManager.isAButtonPressed()) {
             kiosk.gamepadManager.blockAPressUntilRelease();
-            tickEvent("kiosk.deleteGame.cancelled");
+            pxt.tickEvent("kiosk.deleteGame.cancelled");
             playSoundEffect("select");
             cancelClicked();
         }
 
         if (confirmButtonState && kiosk.gamepadManager.isAButtonPressed()) {
             kiosk.gamepadManager.blockAPressUntilRelease();
-            tickEvent("kiosk.deleteGame.confirmed");
+            pxt.tickEvent("kiosk.deleteGame.confirmed");
             playSoundEffect("select");
             confirmClicked();
         }
diff --git a/kiosk/src/Components/ErrorModal.tsx b/kiosk/src/Components/ErrorModal.tsx
index 97fe5053e376..6200449584ea 100644
--- a/kiosk/src/Components/ErrorModal.tsx
+++ b/kiosk/src/Components/ErrorModal.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import { tickEvent } from "../browserUtils";
 import "../Kiosk.css";
 
 interface IProps {
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ const ErrorModal: React.FC<IProps> = ({
     setShowing,
 }) => {
     const cancelClicked = () => {
-        tickEvent("kiosk.scanError.dismissed");
+        pxt.tickEvent("kiosk.scanError.dismissed");
         setShowing("");
     };
 
diff --git a/kiosk/src/Components/GameList.tsx b/kiosk/src/Components/GameList.tsx
index adcb343dac8a..272263d38e23 100644
--- a/kiosk/src/Components/GameList.tsx
+++ b/kiosk/src/Components/GameList.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import { EffectCoverflow, Keyboard, Navigation, Pagination } from "swiper";
 import "swiper/css";
 import "swiper/css/keyboard";
 import GameSlide from "./GameSlide";
-import { tickEvent } from "../browserUtils";
 import { playSoundEffect } from "../Services/SoundEffectService";
 
 interface IProps {
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ const GameList: React.FC<IProps> = ({
 
         const gameId = kiosk.selectedGame?.id;
         if (gameId) {
-            tickEvent("kiosk.gameLaunched", { game: gameId });
+            pxt.tickEvent("kiosk.gameLaunched", { game: gameId });
             kiosk.launchGame(gameId);
             playSoundEffect("select");
         }
diff --git a/kiosk/src/Components/GameOver.tsx b/kiosk/src/Components/GameOver.tsx
index 45cc582905fc..0bfee793940f 100644
--- a/kiosk/src/Components/GameOver.tsx
+++ b/kiosk/src/Components/GameOver.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { Kiosk } from "../Models/Kiosk";
 import AddGameButton from "./AddGameButton";
 import configData from "../config.json";
 import { KioskState } from "../Models/KioskState";
-import { tickEvent } from "../browserUtils";
 import { playSoundEffect } from "../Services/SoundEffectService";
 
 interface IProps {
@@ -27,13 +26,13 @@ const GameOver: React.FC<IProps> = ({ kiosk }) => {
             playSoundEffect("switch");
         }
         if (homeButtonSelected && kiosk.gamepadManager.isAButtonPressed()) {
-            tickEvent("kiosk.gameOver.mainMenu");
+            pxt.tickEvent("kiosk.gameOver.mainMenu");
             playSoundEffect("select");
             kiosk.navigate(KioskState.MainMenu);
         }
 
         if (retryButtonSelected && kiosk.gamepadManager.isAButtonPressed()) {
-            tickEvent("kiosk.gameOver.retry");
+            pxt.tickEvent("kiosk.gameOver.retry");
             playSoundEffect("select");
             kiosk.launchGame(gameId);
         }
diff --git a/kiosk/src/Components/HighScoreInitial.tsx b/kiosk/src/Components/HighScoreInitial.tsx
index a5a003ef0ca7..19d1d900103e 100644
--- a/kiosk/src/Components/HighScoreInitial.tsx
+++ b/kiosk/src/Components/HighScoreInitial.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 import { Kiosk } from "../Models/Kiosk";
 import configData from "../config.json";
-import { tickEvent } from "../browserUtils";
 
 interface IProps {
     kiosk: Kiosk;
@@ -45,12 +44,12 @@ const HighScoreInitial: React.FC<IProps> = ({
             }
 
             if (kiosk.gamepadManager.isUpPressed()) {
-                tickEvent("kiosk.newHighScore.upPressed");
+                pxt.tickEvent("kiosk.newHighScore.upPressed");
                 previousInitial();
             }
 
             if (kiosk.gamepadManager.isDownPressed()) {
-                tickEvent("kiosk.newHighScore.downPressed");
+                pxt.tickEvent("kiosk.newHighScore.downPressed");
                 nextInitial();
             }
         };
diff --git a/kiosk/src/Components/KioskNotification.tsx b/kiosk/src/Components/KioskNotification.tsx
index 87b26c51a22b..c3fb4cd6e727 100644
--- a/kiosk/src/Components/KioskNotification.tsx
+++ b/kiosk/src/Components/KioskNotification.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
-import { tickEvent } from "../browserUtils";
 import "../Kiosk.css";
 
 interface IProps {
diff --git a/kiosk/src/Components/MainMenu.tsx b/kiosk/src/Components/MainMenu.tsx
index 89e8c53ea7f8..b3c7136d9fd0 100644
--- a/kiosk/src/Components/MainMenu.tsx
+++ b/kiosk/src/Components/MainMenu.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import GameList from "./GameList";
 import configData from "../config.json";
 import HighScoresList from "./HighScoresList";
 import { DeleteButton } from "./DeleteButton";
-import { tickEvent } from "../browserUtils";
 import DeletionModal from "./DeletionModal";
 import { playSoundEffect } from "../Services/SoundEffectService";
 
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ const MainMenu: React.FC<IProps> = ({ kiosk }) => {
             (kiosk.gamepadManager.isAButtonPressed() ||
                 kiosk.gamepadManager.isBButtonPressed())
         ) {
-            tickEvent("kiosk.addGamePageLoaded");
+            pxt.tickEvent("kiosk.addGamePageLoaded");
             kiosk.launchAddGame();
             playSoundEffect("select");
         }
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ const MainMenu: React.FC<IProps> = ({ kiosk }) => {
                 }
             };
         } else {
-            tickEvent("kiosk.locked");
+            pxt.tickEvent("kiosk.locked");
         }
     });
 
diff --git a/kiosk/src/Components/NewScoreEntry.tsx b/kiosk/src/Components/NewScoreEntry.tsx
index fb7add35a3d2..c32ae6ce4fbc 100644
--- a/kiosk/src/Components/NewScoreEntry.tsx
+++ b/kiosk/src/Components/NewScoreEntry.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { Kiosk } from "../Models/Kiosk";
 import { KioskState } from "../Models/KioskState";
 import HighScoreInitial from "./HighScoreInitial";
 import configData from "../config.json";
-import { tickEvent } from "../browserUtils";
 
 interface IProps {
     kiosk: Kiosk;
@@ -30,11 +29,11 @@ const NewScoreEntry: React.FC<IProps> = ({ kiosk }) => {
         }
 
         if (kiosk.gamepadManager.isAButtonPressed()) {
-            tickEvent("kiosk.newHighScore.nextInitial");
+            pxt.tickEvent("kiosk.newHighScore.nextInitial");
             setIndexChanged(true);
             setNextIndex(true);
         } else if (kiosk.gamepadManager.isBButtonPressed()) {
-            tickEvent("kiosk.newHighScore.prevInitial");
+            pxt.tickEvent("kiosk.newHighScore.prevInitial");
             setIndexChanged(true);
             setPreviousIndex(true);
         } else {
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ const NewScoreEntry: React.FC<IProps> = ({ kiosk }) => {
         }
 
         if (kiosk.gamepadManager.isEscapeButtonPressed()) {
-            tickEvent("kiosk.newHighScore.defaultInitialsUsed");
+            pxt.tickEvent("kiosk.newHighScore.defaultInitialsUsed");
             kiosk.saveHighScore(
                 kiosk.selectedGame!.id,
                 initials,
@@ -108,7 +107,7 @@ const NewScoreEntry: React.FC<IProps> = ({ kiosk }) => {
 
         if (updatedPressed >= 3) {
             setTimesAPressed(0);
-            tickEvent("kiosk.newHighScore.initialsEntered");
+            pxt.tickEvent("kiosk.newHighScore.initialsEntered");
             kiosk.saveHighScore(
                 kiosk.selectedGame!.id,
                 initials,
diff --git a/kiosk/src/Components/QrScanner.tsx b/kiosk/src/Components/QrScanner.tsx
index d9cf296a586e..0e640dbe2fb4 100644
--- a/kiosk/src/Components/QrScanner.tsx
+++ b/kiosk/src/Components/QrScanner.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { Html5Qrcode } from "html5-qrcode";
 import { Kiosk } from "../Models/Kiosk";
 import { addGameToKioskAsync } from "../BackendRequests";
 import { KioskState } from "../Models/KioskState";
-import { tickEvent } from "../browserUtils";
 
 export const play = async (
     kiosk: Kiosk,
@@ -18,7 +17,7 @@ export const play = async (
         const shareId = /\/([^\/]+)\/?$/.exec(decodedText)?.[1];
         try {
             await addGameToKioskAsync(kioskId, shareId);
-            tickEvent("kiosk.gameQrScanned.success");
+            pxt.tickEvent("kiosk.gameQrScanned.success");
             await html5QrCode.stop();
             kiosk.navigate(KioskState.QrSuccess);
         } catch (error: any) {
diff --git a/kiosk/src/Components/QrSuccess.tsx b/kiosk/src/Components/QrSuccess.tsx
index 6d7fab0b1a61..a5f6ffecc7da 100644
--- a/kiosk/src/Components/QrSuccess.tsx
+++ b/kiosk/src/Components/QrSuccess.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 import { useEffect } from "react";
-import { tickEvent } from "../browserUtils";
 import "../Kiosk.css";
 
 const QrSuccess: React.FC<{}> = () => {
     // TODO: pass the game's title and the kiosk's id through to give more feedback to the user
     useEffect(() => {
-        tickEvent("kiosk.qrSuccessLoaded");
+        pxt.tickEvent("kiosk.qrSuccessLoaded");
     }, []);
 
     return (
diff --git a/kiosk/src/Components/ScanQR.tsx b/kiosk/src/Components/ScanQR.tsx
index f7b177f5f0bf..d859621545b2 100644
--- a/kiosk/src/Components/ScanQR.tsx
+++ b/kiosk/src/Components/ScanQR.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { play, stopScan } from "./QrScanner";
 import { addGameToKioskAsync } from "../BackendRequests";
 import { KioskState } from "../Models/KioskState";
 import { Html5Qrcode } from "html5-qrcode";
-import { tickEvent } from "../browserUtils";
 import ErrorModal from "./ErrorModal";
 
 interface IProps {
@@ -24,13 +23,13 @@ const ScanQR: React.FC<IProps> = ({ kiosk }) => {
     const [html5QrCode, setHtml5QrCode] = useState<undefined | Html5Qrcode>();
 
     const renderQrScanner = () => {
-        tickEvent("kiosk.scanQrClicked");
+        pxt.tickEvent("kiosk.scanQrClicked");
         play(kiosk, kioskId!, html5QrCode!, setAddingError, setErrorDesc);
         setScannerVisible(true);
     };
 
     const stopQrScanner = () => {
-        tickEvent("kiosk.stopScanClicked");
+        pxt.tickEvent("kiosk.stopScanClicked");
         stopScan(html5QrCode!);
         setScannerVisible(false);
     };
@@ -43,12 +42,12 @@ const ScanQR: React.FC<IProps> = ({ kiosk }) => {
     };
 
     const clickHelp = () => {
-        tickEvent("kiosk.helpLink");
+        pxt.tickEvent("kiosk.helpLink");
         return true;
     };
 
     useEffect(() => {
-        tickEvent("kiosk.scanQrLoaded");
+        pxt.tickEvent("kiosk.scanQrLoaded");
         initiateQrCode();
     }, []);
 
@@ -71,12 +70,12 @@ const ScanQR: React.FC<IProps> = ({ kiosk }) => {
         } else if (shareCode) {
             shareId = shareCode[1];
         }
-        tickEvent("kiosk.submitGameId.clicked", { submitVal: inputValue });
+        pxt.tickEvent("kiosk.submitGameId.clicked", { submitVal: inputValue });
         if (shareId) {
             setLinkError(false);
             try {
                 await addGameToKioskAsync(kioskId, shareId);
-                tickEvent("kiosk.submitGameId.submitSuccess");
+                pxt.tickEvent("kiosk.submitGameId.submitSuccess");
                 kiosk.navigate(KioskState.QrSuccess);
             } catch (error: any) {
                 setAddingError(error.toString());
diff --git a/kiosk/src/Models/Kiosk.ts b/kiosk/src/Models/Kiosk.ts
index f511ccbf1771..2d9022154eeb 100644
--- a/kiosk/src/Models/Kiosk.ts
+++ b/kiosk/src/Models/Kiosk.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { BuiltSimJSInfo } from "./BuiltSimJsInfo";
 import { KioskState } from "./KioskState";
 import configData from "../config.json";
 import { getGameDetailsAsync } from "../BackendRequests";
-import { tickEvent } from "../browserUtils";
 import { setSoundEffectVolume } from "../Services/SoundEffectService";
 
 export class Kiosk {
@@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ export class Kiosk {
                 );
             }
         } else {
-            tickEvent("kiosk.clean");
+            pxt.tickEvent("kiosk.clean");
         }
 
         // the added games persist in local storage, but not the live game list
diff --git a/kiosk/src/browserUtils.ts b/kiosk/src/browserUtils.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0770c6f9a5b6..000000000000
--- a/kiosk/src/browserUtils.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-export function tickEvent(
-    id: string,
-    data?: { [key: string]: string | number }
-) {
-    (window as any).pxtTickEvent?.(id, data);
-}
-
-export function devicePixelRatio(): number {
-    if (typeof window === "undefined" || !window.screen) return 1;
-
-    // these are IE specific
-    const sysXDPI = (window.screen as any).systemXDPI;
-    const logicalXDPI = (window.screen as any).logicalXDPI;
-    if (
-        sysXDPI !== undefined &&
-        logicalXDPI !== undefined &&
-        sysXDPI > logicalXDPI
-    ) {
-        return sysXDPI / logicalXDPI;
-    } else if (window && window.devicePixelRatio !== undefined) {
-        return window.devicePixelRatio;
-    }
-    return 1;
-}
-
-export function isLocal() {
-    return window.location.hostname === "localhost";
-}
diff --git a/kiosk/src/index.tsx b/kiosk/src/index.tsx
index a4992e972e4e..ccb95078e7d8 100644
--- a/kiosk/src/index.tsx
+++ b/kiosk/src/index.tsx
@@ -1,15 +1,19 @@
+// TODO: pxtcompiler type is only needed for a few compiler service types,
+// we should get rid of this somehow.
+/// <reference path="../../built/pxtcompiler.d.ts" />
+/// <reference path="../../built/pxtsim.d.ts" />
+/// <reference path="../../built/pxtlib.d.ts" />
+
 import React from "react";
 import ReactDOM from "react-dom/client";
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-unassigned-import
 import "./Kiosk.css";
 import App from "./App";
-import { devicePixelRatio, isLocal, tickEvent } from "./browserUtils";
-
-interface Map<T> {
-    [index: string]: T;
-}
 
 function enableAnalytics() {
-    const stats: Map<string | number> = {};
+    pxt.analytics.enable(pxt.Util.userLanguage());
+
+    const stats: pxt.Map<string | number> = {};
     if (typeof window !== "undefined") {
         const screen = window.screen;
         stats["screen.width"] = screen.width;
@@ -18,19 +22,32 @@ function enableAnalytics() {
         stats["screen.availheight"] = screen.availHeight;
         stats["screen.innerWidth"] = window.innerWidth;
         stats["screen.innerHeight"] = window.innerHeight;
-        stats["screen.devicepixelratio"] = devicePixelRatio();
+        stats["screen.devicepixelratio"] = pxt.BrowserUtils.devicePixelRatio();
         const body = document.firstElementChild; // body
         if (body) {
             stats["screen.clientWidth"] = body.clientWidth;
             stats["screen.clientHeight"] = body.clientHeight;
         }
     }
-    tickEvent("kiosk.loaded", stats);
+    pxt.tickEvent("kiosk.loaded", stats);
 }
 
 window.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {
+    const bundle = (window as any).pxtTargetBundle as pxt.TargetBundle;
+
+    pxt.options.debug = /dbg=1/i.test(window.location.href);
+    if (pxt.options.debug) pxt.debug = console.debug;
+
+    pxt.setupWebConfig((window as any).pxtConfig || pxt.webConfig);
+    pxt.setAppTarget(bundle);
+
+    pxt.Cloud.apiRoot = "https://www.makecode.com/api/";
+
     enableAnalytics();
 
+    // prefetch worker on load
+    pxt.worker.getWorker(pxt.webConfig.workerjs);
+
     const root = ReactDOM.createRoot(
         document.getElementById("root") as HTMLElement
     );