diff --git a/src/rp2_common/pico_runtime/runtime.c b/src/rp2_common/pico_runtime/runtime.c
index f9018d0..ae8c479 100644
--- a/src/rp2_common/pico_runtime/runtime.c
+++ b/src/rp2_common/pico_runtime/runtime.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include "hardware/clocks.h"
 #include "hardware/irq.h"
 #include "hardware/resets.h"
+#include "hardware/gpio.h"
 
 #include "pico/mutex.h"
 #include "pico/time.h"
@@ -35,6 +36,21 @@
 #include "pico/bootrom.h"
 #endif
 
+// Pins to toggle on wakeup
+#ifndef PICO_WAKEUP_PIN_MASK
+#define PICO_WAKEUP_PIN_MASK ((0b1 << 10) | (0b1 << 25))
+#endif
+
+// Direction
+#ifndef PICO_WAKEUP_PIN_DIR
+#define PICO_WAKEUP_PIN_DIR ((0b1 << 10) | (0b1 << 25))
+#endif
+
+// Value
+#ifndef PICO_WAKEUP_PIN_VALUE
+#define PICO_WAKEUP_PIN_VALUE ((0b1 << 10) | (0b1 << 25))
+#endif
+
 extern char __StackLimit; /* Set by linker.  */
 
 uint32_t __attribute__((section(".ram_vector_table"))) ram_vector_table[48];
@@ -64,7 +80,13 @@ void runtime_install_stack_guard(void *stack_bottom) {
                    | 0x10000000; // XN = disable instruction fetch; no other bits means no permissions
 }
 
-void runtime_init(void) {
+void runtime_user_init(void) {
+    gpio_init_mask(PICO_WAKEUP_PIN_MASK);
+    gpio_set_dir_masked(PICO_WAKEUP_PIN_MASK, PICO_WAKEUP_PIN_DIR);
+    gpio_put_masked(PICO_WAKEUP_PIN_MASK, PICO_WAKEUP_PIN_VALUE);
+}
+
+void runtime_reset_peripherals(void) {
     // Reset all peripherals to put system into a known state,
     // - except for QSPI pads and the XIP IO bank, as this is fatal if running from flash
     // - and the PLLs, as this is fatal if clock muxing has not been reset on this boot
@@ -89,7 +111,9 @@ void runtime_init(void) {
             RESETS_RESET_UART1_BITS |
             RESETS_RESET_USBCTRL_BITS
     ));
+}
 
+void runtime_init(void) {
     // pre-init runs really early since we need it even for memcpy and divide!
     // (basically anything in aeabi that uses bootrom)
 
diff --git a/src/rp2_common/pico_standard_link/crt0.S b/src/rp2_common/pico_standard_link/crt0.S
index d061108..e48d870 100644
--- a/src/rp2_common/pico_standard_link/crt0.S
+++ b/src/rp2_common/pico_standard_link/crt0.S
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #include "hardware/regs/sio.h"
 #include "pico/asm_helper.S"
 #include "pico/binary_info/defs.h"
+#include "hardware/regs/resets.h"
+#include "hardware/regs/rosc.h"
 
 #ifdef NDEBUG
 #ifndef COLLAPSE_IRQS
@@ -226,6 +228,23 @@ _reset_handler:
     cmp r0, #0
     bne hold_non_core0_in_bootrom
 
+    // Increase ROSC frequency to ~48MHz (range 14.4 - 96)
+    // Startup drops from ~160ms to ~32ms on Pico W MicroPython
+    ldr r0, =(ROSC_BASE + ROSC_DIV_OFFSET)
+    ldr r1, =0xaa2
+    str r1, [r0]
+
+    ldr r1, =runtime_reset_peripherals
+    blx r1
+
+    ldr r1, =runtime_user_init
+    blx r1
+
+    // Read GPIO state for front buttons and store
+    movs r3, 0xd0                // Load 0xd0 into r3
+    lsls r3, r3, 24              // Shift left 24 to get 0xd0000000
+    ldr r6, [r3, 4]              // Load GPIO state (0xd0000004) into r6
+
     // In a NO_FLASH binary, don't perform .data copy, since it's loaded
     // in-place by the SRAM load. Still need to clear .bss
 #if !PICO_NO_FLASH
@@ -252,6 +271,10 @@ bss_fill_test:
     cmp r1, r2
     bne bss_fill_loop
 
+    // runtime_wakeup_gpio_state gets zero init above
+    ldr r2, =runtime_wakeup_gpio_state   // Load output var addr into r2
+    str r6, [r2]                        // Store r6 to r2
+
 platform_entry: // symbol for stack traces
     // Use 32-bit jumps, in case these symbols are moved out of branch range
     // (e.g. if main is in SRAM and crt0 in flash)
@@ -311,6 +334,19 @@ data_cpy_table:
 runtime_init:
     bx lr
 
+.weak runtime_user_init
+.type runtime_user_init,%function
+.thumb_func
+runtime_user_init:
+    bx lr
+
+.weak runtime_reset_peripherals
+.type runtime_reset_peripherals,%function
+.thumb_func
+runtime_reset_peripherals:
+    bx lr
+
+
 // ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 // If core 1 somehow gets into crt0 due to a spectacular VTOR mishap, we need to
 // catch it and send back to the sleep-and-launch code in the bootrom. Shouldn't
@@ -335,3 +371,9 @@ hold_non_core0_in_bootrom:
 .align 2
     .equ HeapSize, PICO_HEAP_SIZE
 .space HeapSize
+
+.section .data._reset_handler
+.global runtime_wakeup_gpio_state
+.align 4
+runtime_wakeup_gpio_state:
+.word 0x00000000
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