diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6953d3973..5b9e72030 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@
   "resolutions": {
     "tslib": "^2.3.1",
     "core-js": "3.22.4",
-    "vue-cli-plugin-apollo/graphql": "^15"
+    "vue-cli-plugin-apollo/graphql": "^15",
+    "typescript": "^4.5.4"
   },
   "config": {
     "commitizen": {
diff --git a/packages/frontend/package.json b/packages/frontend/package.json
index 9cf5ae9f2..57931bb0d 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/package.json
+++ b/packages/frontend/package.json
@@ -68,6 +68,8 @@
     "@mdi/font": "^5.8.55",
     "@rushstack/eslint-patch": "^1.1.3",
     "@types/lodash": "^4.14.180",
+    "@types/mixpanel-browser": "^2.38.0",
+    "@types/node": "^17.0.43",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.21.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": "^5.21.0",
     "@vue/cli": "^4.5.17",
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/embed/EmbedViewer.vue b/packages/frontend/src/embed/EmbedViewer.vue
index 9b0cdcaef..0c3ff1c90 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/src/embed/EmbedViewer.vue
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/embed/EmbedViewer.vue
@@ -1,138 +1,66 @@
 <template>
-  <!--  
-    HIC SVNT DRACONES
-    this needs some cleanup, possibly even moving to the main app, 
-    and ensuring local storage absence handling is properly done 
-  -->
   <v-app
-    :class="`no-scrollbar ${
+    :class="`embed-viewer no-scrollbar ${
       $vuetify.theme.dark ? 'background-dark' : 'background-light'
     }`"
   >
-    <div v-if="!error" style="z-index: 10">
-      <div
-        class="top-left bottom-left pa-4"
-        style="right: 0px; position: fixed; z-index: 100000"
-      >
-        <span v-show="!drawer" class="caption d-inline-flex align-center">
-          <img src="@/assets/logo.svg" height="18" />
-          <span style="margin-top: 2px" class="primary--text">
-            <a href="https://speckle.xyz" target="_blank" class="text-decoration-none">
-              <b>Powered by Speckle</b>
-            </a>
-          </span>
-        </span>
-        <br />
-      </div>
-      <div v-show="!drawer && loadedModel" class="caption grey--text pa-2">
-        <v-btn fab small @click="drawer = true">
-          <v-icon>mdi-menu</v-icon>
-        </v-btn>
-      </div>
-      <div
-        class="pa-2 d-flex align-center justify-space-between caption"
-        style="position: fixed; bottom: 0; width: 100%"
-      >
-        <portal to="viewercontrols">
-          <v-btn
-            v-if="stream && serverInfo"
-            v-tooltip="'View extra details in Speckle!'"
-            icon
-            dark
-            large
-            class="elevation-5 primary pa-0 ma-o"
-            :href="goToServerUrl"
-            target="blank"
-          >
-            <v-icon dark small>mdi-open-in-new</v-icon>
-          </v-btn>
-        </portal>
-      </div>
-      <div
-        :style="`width: 100%; bottom: 12px; left: 0px; position: ${
-          $isMobile() ? 'fixed' : 'absolute'
-        }; z-index: 20`"
-        :class="`d-flex justify-center`"
-      >
-        <viewer-controls v-show="loadedModel" />
-      </div>
-    </div>
-
+    <!-- BG image -->
     <div
-      v-if="!loadedModel"
+      v-if="!isModelLoaded"
       ref="cover"
-      class="d-flex fullscreen align-center justify-center bg-img"
+      class="viewer-image-overlay d-flex fullscreen align-center justify-center bg-img"
     />
+
+    <!-- Play button -->
     <div
-      v-if="!loadedModel && loadProgress > 0"
-      class="d-flex fullscreen align-center justify-center"
+      v-if="!isModelLoaded"
+      class="viewer-play d-flex fullscreen align-center justify-center"
     >
-      <v-progress-linear
-        v-model="loadProgress"
-        :indeterminate="loadProgress >= 99 && !loadedModel"
+      <v-btn
+        id="viewer-play-btn"
+        :disabled="showPlayLoader"
+        fab
         color="primary"
-        style="max-width: 30%"
-      ></v-progress-linear>
-    </div>
-    <div
-      v-if="!loadedModel && loadProgress === 0"
-      class="d-flex fullscreen align-center justify-center"
-    >
-      <v-btn fab color="primary" class="elevation-20 hover-tada" @click="load()">
-        <v-icon>mdi-play</v-icon>
+        class="elevation-4 hover-tada"
+        @click="load()"
+      >
+        <v-icon v-if="!showPlayLoader">mdi-play</v-icon>
+        <v-icon v-else class="spinning-icon">mdi-loading</v-icon>
       </v-btn>
     </div>
-    <v-navigation-drawer
-      ref="drawer"
-      v-model="drawer"
-      app
-      floating
-      style="z-index: 10000"
-    >
-      <div class="mx-1 mt-4 pr-2" style="height: 100%; width: 100%">
-        <!-- Views display -->
-        <views-display v-if="views.length !== 0" :views="views" :sticky-top="false" />
 
-        <!-- Filters display -->
-        <viewer-filters
-          :props="objectProperties"
-          style="width: 100%"
-          :sticky-top="false"
-        />
-      </div>
-    </v-navigation-drawer>
-    <div style="position: fixed" class="no-scrollbar">
-      <speckle-viewer @load-progress="captureProgress" />
-    </div>
+    <!-- Async loaded viewer -->
+    <embed-viewer-core
+      v-if="shouldLoadHeavyDeps"
+      :input="input"
+      :object-url="objectUrl"
+      @model-loaded="onModelLoaded"
+      @error="onError"
+    />
   </v-app>
 </template>
 
-<script>
-import SpeckleViewer from '@/main/components/common/SpeckleViewer.vue'
-import { getCommit, getLatestBranchCommit, getServerInfo } from '@/embed/speckleUtils'
+<script lang="ts">
+import { Nullable } from '@/helpers/typeHelpers'
+import { getCommit, getLatestBranchCommit } from '@/embed/speckleUtils'
+import Vue from 'vue'
 
-export default {
+/**
+ * TODO:
+ * - Move EmbedViewer back to main app? The main app has a lot of global dependencies
+ * that this endpoint doesn't need, tho...
+ * - Make speckle-viewer configurable through props/events not through window.__viewer
+ */
+
+export default Vue.extend({
   name: 'EmbedViewer',
   components: {
-    SpeckleViewer,
-    ViewerControls: () => import('@/main/components/viewer/ViewerControls'),
-    ViewsDisplay: () => import('@/main/components/viewer/ViewsDisplay'),
-    ViewerFilters: () => import('@/main/components/viewer/ViewerFilters.vue')
-  },
-  filters: {
-    truncate(str, n = 20) {
-      return str.length > n ? str.substr(0, n - 3) + '...' : str
-    }
+    EmbedViewerCore: () => import('@/embed/EmbedViewerCore.vue')
   },
   data() {
     return {
-      drawer: false,
-      loadedModel: false,
-      loadProgress: 0,
-      error: null,
-      objectId: this.$route.query.object,
-      views: [],
-      objectProperties: null,
+      isModelLoaded: false,
+      error: null as Nullable<Error>,
       input: {
         stream: this.$route.query.stream,
         object: this.$route.query.object,
@@ -141,19 +69,13 @@ export default {
         overlay: this.$route.query.overlay,
         camera: this.$route.query.c,
         filter: this.$route.query.filter
-      },
-      lastCommit: null,
-      specificCommit: null,
-      serverInfo: null
+      } as Record<string, string>,
+      isInitialized: false as boolean,
+      shouldLoadHeavyDeps: false as boolean
     }
   },
   computed: {
-    isSmall() {
-      return (
-        this.$vuetify.breakpoint.name === 'xs' || this.$vuetify.breakpoint.name === 'sm'
-      )
-    },
-    displayType() {
+    displayType(): string {
       if (!this.input.stream) {
         return 'error'
       }
@@ -164,150 +86,95 @@ export default {
 
       return 'stream'
     },
-    stream() {
-      return this.lastCommit || this.specificCommit
+    objectUrl(): string {
+      return `${window.location.protocol}//${window.location.host}/streams/${this.input.stream}/objects/${this.input.object}`
     },
-    objectUrl() {
-      return `${window.location.protocol}//${window.location.host}/streams/${this.input.stream}/objects/${this.objectId}`
-    },
-    goToServerUrl() {
-      const stream = this.input.stream
-      const base = `${window.location.origin}/streams/${stream}/`
-
-      const commit = this.input.commit
-      if (commit) return base + `commits/${commit}`
-
-      const object = this.objectId
-      if (object) return base + `objects/${object}`
-
-      const branch = this.input.branch
-      if (branch) return base + `branches/${encodeURI(branch)}`
-
-      return base
+    showPlayLoader(): boolean {
+      return !this.isInitialized || (this.shouldLoadHeavyDeps && !this.isModelLoaded)
     }
   },
   watch: {
-    displayType(oldVal, newVal) {
-      if (newVal === 'error') this.error = 'Provided details were invalid'
-      else {
-        this.error = null
-      }
+    displayType(_oldVal: string, newVal: string) {
+      this.error =
+        newVal === 'error' ? new Error('Provided details were invalid') : null
+    },
+    error(newVal: Error | null) {
+      if (newVal) console.error(newVal)
     }
   },
   async beforeMount() {
-    try {
-      const serverInfoResponse = await getServerInfo()
-      this.serverInfo = serverInfoResponse.data.serverInfo
-    } catch (e) {
-      this.error = e.message
-      return
-    }
-    if (this.displayType === 'commit') {
-      try {
-        const res = await getCommit(this.input.stream, this.input.commit)
-        const data = res.data
-        const latestCommit = data.stream.commit
-        if (this.input.object === undefined)
-          this.objectId = latestCommit.referencedObject
-        this.specificCommit = data.stream
-      } catch (e) {
-        this.error = e.message
-        return
+    // Initialize base data, which can potentially change input.object
+    await (this.displayType === 'commit'
+      ? this.initializeForCommit()
+      : this.initializeForStream())
+
+    // Load BG image
+    await this.getPreviewImage()
+
+    // Mark as initialized (enable play button)
+    this.isInitialized = true
+  },
+  methods: {
+    onError(e: Error) {
+      this.error = e
+    },
+    onModelLoaded() {
+      this.isModelLoaded = true
+    },
+    load() {
+      if (!this.isInitialized || this.shouldLoadHeavyDeps || this.isModelLoaded) return
+
+      this.shouldLoadHeavyDeps = true
+      this.$mixpanel.track('Embedded Model Load', {
+        type: 'action'
+      })
+    },
+    async getPreviewImage(angle?: number) {
+      angle = angle || 0
+      const previewUrl = this.objectUrl.replace('streams', 'preview') + '/' + angle
+      const res = await fetch(previewUrl)
+      const blob = await res.blob()
+      const imgUrl = URL.createObjectURL(blob)
+      if (this.$refs.cover) {
+        ;(this.$refs.cover as HTMLElement).style.backgroundImage = `url('${imgUrl}')`
       }
-    } else {
+    },
+    async initializeForStream() {
       try {
         const res = await getLatestBranchCommit(this.input.stream, this.input.branch)
         const data = res.data
         const latestCommit =
           data.stream.branch.commits.items[0] || data.stream.branch.commit
+
         if (!latestCommit) {
-          this.error = 'No commit for this branch'
-          this.lastCommit = data.stream
+          this.error = new Error('No commit for this branch')
           return
         }
-        if (this.input.object === undefined)
-          this.objectId = latestCommit.referencedObject
-        else this.objectId = this.input.object
-        this.lastCommit = data.stream
-      } catch (e) {
-        this.error = e.message
-        console.log(e)
-        return
-      }
-    }
-    this.getPreviewImage()
-  },
-  mounted() {},
-  methods: {
-    async load() {
-      this.$mixpanel.track('Embedded Model Load', {
-        step: this.onboarding,
-        type: 'action'
-      })
 
-      await window.__viewer.loadObject(this.objectUrl)
-
-      if (this.input.overlay) {
-        const resIds = this.input.overlay.split(',')
-        for (const res of resIds) {
-          console.log(res)
-          if (res.length !== 10) {
-            await window.__viewer.loadObject(
-              `${window.location.protocol}//${window.location.host}/streams/${this.input.stream}/objects/${res}`
-            )
-          } else {
-            const { data } = await getCommit(this.input.stream, res)
-            await window.__viewer.loadObject(
-              `${window.location.protocol}//${window.location.host}/streams/${this.input.stream}/objects/${data.stream.commit.referencedObject}`
-            )
-          }
+        // Updating input.object
+        if (this.input.object === undefined) {
+          this.input.object = latestCommit.referencedObject
         }
-      }
-
-      window.__viewer.zoomExtents(undefined, true)
-
-      this.loadedModel = true
-
-      this.views.push(...window.__viewer.sceneManager.views)
-      this.objectProperties = await window.__viewer.getObjectsProperties()
-
-      if (this.input.filter) {
-        const parsedFilter = JSON.parse(this.input.filter)
-        setTimeout(() => {
-          this.$store.commit('setFilterDirect', { filter: parsedFilter })
-        }, 1000)
-      }
-
-      if (this.input.camera) {
-        const cam = JSON.parse(this.input.camera)
-        window.__viewer.interactions.setLookAt(
-          { x: cam[0], y: cam[1], z: cam[2] }, // position
-          { x: cam[3], y: cam[4], z: cam[5] } // target
-        )
+      } catch (e: unknown) {
+        this.error = e instanceof Error ? e : new Error('An unexpected error occurred')
       }
     },
-    captureProgress(args) {
-      this.loadProgress = args.progress * 100
-    },
-    async getPreviewImage(angle) {
-      angle = angle || 0
-      const previewUrl = this.objectUrl.replace('streams', 'preview') + '/' + angle
-      let token = undefined
+    async initializeForCommit() {
       try {
-        token = localStorage.getItem('AuthToken')
-      } catch (e) {
-        console.warn('Sanboxed mode, only public streams will fetch properly.')
+        const res = await getCommit(this.input.stream, this.input.commit)
+        const data = res.data
+        const latestCommit = data.stream.commit
+
+        // Updating input.object
+        if (this.input.object === undefined) {
+          this.input.object = latestCommit.referencedObject
+        }
+      } catch (e: unknown) {
+        this.error = e instanceof Error ? e : new Error('An unexpected error occurred')
       }
-      const res = await fetch(previewUrl, {
-        headers: token ? { Authorization: `Bearer ${token}` } : {}
-      })
-      const blob = await res.blob()
-      const imgUrl = URL.createObjectURL(blob)
-      if (this.$refs.cover) this.$refs.cover.style.backgroundImage = `url('${imgUrl}')`
-      this.hasImg = true
     }
   }
-}
+})
 </script>
 
 <style lang="scss">
@@ -319,26 +186,51 @@ body::-webkit-scrollbar {
   height: 100vh !important;
   width: 100vw !important;
   position: fixed;
+
   &::-webkit-scrollbar {
     display: none;
   }
+
+  top: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  z-index: 10;
 }
 
 .no-scrollbar {
   width: 100vw;
   height: 100vh;
   overflow: hidden;
+
   &::-webkit-scrollbar {
     display: none;
   }
 }
+
 .bg-img {
   background-position: center;
   background-repeat: no-repeat;
   /*background-attachment: fixed;*/
   filter: blur(2px);
 }
-.no-events {
-  pointer-events: none;
+
+#viewer-play-btn {
+  @keyframes spinner-spin {
+    0% {
+      transform: rotate(0deg);
+    }
+    100% {
+      transform: rotate(360deg);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // kinda hacky, but vuetify renders the disabled state in a stupid way that relies
+  // on the background color of the thing behind the button
+  &.v-btn--fab.v-btn--disabled {
+    background-color: #242424 !important;
+  }
+
+  .spinning-icon {
+    animation: spinner-spin 0.5s linear infinite;
+  }
 }
 </style>
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/embed/EmbedViewerCore.vue b/packages/frontend/src/embed/EmbedViewerCore.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00c9a6430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/embed/EmbedViewerCore.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,269 @@
+<template>
+  <div class="embed-viewer-core">
+    <!-- Viewer navbar (position fixed) -->
+    <div v-if="!error" style="z-index: 10" class="viewer-navbar">
+      <div
+        class="top-left bottom-left pa-4"
+        style="right: 0px; position: fixed; z-index: 100000"
+      >
+        <span v-show="!drawer" class="caption d-inline-flex align-center">
+          <img src="@/assets/logo.svg" height="18" />
+          <span style="margin-top: 2px" class="primary--text">
+            <a href="https://speckle.xyz" target="_blank" class="text-decoration-none">
+              <b>Powered by Speckle</b>
+            </a>
+          </span>
+        </span>
+        <br />
+      </div>
+      <div v-show="!drawer && loadedModel" class="caption grey--text pa-2">
+        <v-btn fab small @click="drawer = true">
+          <v-icon>mdi-menu</v-icon>
+        </v-btn>
+      </div>
+      <div
+        class="pa-2 d-flex align-center justify-space-between caption"
+        style="position: fixed; bottom: 0; width: 100%"
+      >
+        <portal to="viewercontrols">
+          <v-btn
+            v-tooltip="'View extra details in Speckle!'"
+            icon
+            dark
+            large
+            class="elevation-5 primary pa-0 ma-o"
+            :href="goToServerUrl"
+            target="blank"
+          >
+            <v-icon dark small>mdi-open-in-new</v-icon>
+          </v-btn>
+        </portal>
+      </div>
+      <div
+        :style="`width: 100%; bottom: 12px; left: 0px; position: ${
+          $isMobile() ? 'fixed' : 'absolute'
+        }; z-index: 20`"
+        :class="`d-flex justify-center`"
+      >
+        <viewer-controls v-show="loadedModel" />
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <!-- Model loading progress bar -->
+    <div
+      v-if="!loadedModel && loadProgress > 0"
+      class="viewer-loader d-flex fullscreen align-center justify-center"
+    >
+      <v-progress-linear
+        v-model="loadProgress"
+        :indeterminate="loadProgress >= 99 && !loadedModel"
+        color="primary"
+        style="max-width: 30%"
+      ></v-progress-linear>
+    </div>
+
+    <!-- Viewer filters panel / sidebar -->
+    <v-navigation-drawer
+      v-model="drawer"
+      class="viewer-controls-drawer"
+      app
+      floating
+      style="z-index: 10000"
+    >
+      <div class="px-1 pt-1 d-flex flex-column" style="height: 100%; width: 100%">
+        <!-- Drawer closer -->
+        <v-btn icon small class="align-self-end mb-2" @click="drawer = false">
+          <v-icon x-small>mdi-close</v-icon>
+        </v-btn>
+
+        <!-- Views display -->
+        <views-display v-if="views.length !== 0" :views="views" :sticky-top="false" />
+
+        <!-- Filters display -->
+        <viewer-filters
+          :props="objectProperties"
+          style="width: 100%"
+          :sticky-top="false"
+        />
+      </div>
+    </v-navigation-drawer>
+
+    <!-- Actual viewer -->
+    <div style="position: fixed" class="viewer-wrapper no-scrollbar">
+      <speckle-viewer @load-progress="captureProgress" @viewer-init="onViewerInit" />
+    </div>
+  </div>
+</template>
+<script lang="ts">
+import { Nullable } from '@/helpers/typeHelpers'
+import Vue, { PropType } from 'vue'
+import { getCommit } from '@/embed/speckleUtils'
+import SpeckleViewer from '@/main/components/common/SpeckleViewer.vue'
+import ViewerControls from '@/main/components/viewer/ViewerControls.vue'
+import ViewsDisplay from '@/main/components/viewer/ViewsDisplay.vue'
+import ViewerFilters from '@/main/components/viewer/ViewerFilters.vue'
+
+/**
+ * Core embed viewer functionality with all of the heavy JS dependencies has been extracted to this component,
+ * so that we can lazy-load it only when the user clicks on the "play" button
+ *
+ * Make sure this component isn't initialized until it's actually needed and don't put any heavy deps
+ * inside EmbedViewer.vue (or asynchronize them)
+ */
+
+type UnknownObject = Record<string, unknown>
+
+type EmbedViewerInput = {
+  stream: string
+  object: Nullable<string>
+  branch: Nullable<string>
+  commit: Nullable<string>
+  overlay: Nullable<string>
+  camera: Nullable<string>
+  filter: Nullable<string>
+}
+
+export default Vue.extend({
+  name: 'EmbedViewerCore',
+  components: {
+    SpeckleViewer,
+    ViewerControls,
+    ViewsDisplay,
+    ViewerFilters
+  },
+  props: {
+    input: {
+      type: Object as PropType<EmbedViewerInput>,
+      required: true
+    },
+    objectUrl: {
+      type: String,
+      required: true
+    }
+  },
+  data() {
+    return {
+      error: null as Nullable<Error>,
+      drawer: false,
+      loadedModel: false,
+      loadProgress: 0,
+      views: [] as Array<UnknownObject>,
+      objectProperties: null as Nullable<UnknownObject>
+    }
+  },
+  computed: {
+    goToServerUrl(): string {
+      const stream = this.input.stream
+      const base = `${window.location.origin}/streams/${stream}/`
+
+      const commit = this.input.commit
+      if (commit) return base + `commits/${commit}`
+
+      const object = this.input.object
+      if (object) return base + `objects/${object}`
+
+      const branch = this.input.branch
+      if (branch) return base + `branches/${encodeURI(branch)}`
+
+      return base
+    }
+  },
+  watch: {
+    error(newVal: Error | null) {
+      if (newVal) this.$emit('error', newVal)
+    }
+  },
+  methods: {
+    captureProgress(args: { progress: number; id: number; url: string }) {
+      this.loadProgress = args.progress * 100
+    },
+    markModelLoaded() {
+      this.loadedModel = true
+      this.$emit('model-loaded')
+    },
+    async onViewerInit() {
+      if (!window.__viewer) {
+        throw new Error('Viewer instance unavailable')
+      }
+
+      await window.__viewer.loadObject(this.objectUrl)
+
+      const overlayPromises = []
+      if (this.input.overlay) {
+        const resIds = this.input.overlay.split(',')
+        for (const res of resIds) {
+          if (res.length !== 10) {
+            overlayPromises.push(
+              window.__viewer.loadObject(
+                `${window.location.protocol}//${window.location.host}/streams/${this.input.stream}/objects/${res}`
+              )
+            )
+          } else {
+            overlayPromises.push(
+              getCommit(this.input.stream, res).then(({ data }) => {
+                return window.__viewer!.loadObject(
+                  `${window.location.protocol}//${window.location.host}/streams/${this.input.stream}/objects/${data.stream.commit.referencedObject}`
+                )
+              })
+            )
+          }
+        }
+      }
+      await Promise.all(overlayPromises)
+
+      window.__viewer.zoomExtents(undefined, true)
+
+      this.markModelLoaded()
+
+      this.views.push(...window.__viewer.sceneManager.views)
+      this.objectProperties = await window.__viewer.getObjectsProperties()
+
+      if (this.input.filter) {
+        const parsedFilter = JSON.parse(this.input.filter)
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          this.$store.commit('setFilterDirect', { filter: parsedFilter })
+        }, 1000)
+      }
+
+      if (this.input.camera) {
+        const cam = JSON.parse(this.input.camera)
+        window.__viewer.interactions.setLookAt(
+          { x: cam[0], y: cam[1], z: cam[2] }, // position
+          { x: cam[3], y: cam[4], z: cam[5] } // target
+        )
+      }
+    }
+  }
+})
+</script>
+<style lang="scss">
+.embed-viewer-core {
+  position: relative;
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+
+  .fullscreen {
+    height: 100vh !important;
+    width: 100vw !important;
+    position: fixed;
+
+    &::-webkit-scrollbar {
+      display: none;
+    }
+
+    top: 0;
+    left: 0;
+    z-index: 10;
+  }
+
+  .no-scrollbar {
+    width: 100vw;
+    height: 100vh;
+    overflow: hidden;
+
+    &::-webkit-scrollbar {
+      display: none;
+    }
+  }
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/embed/embedApp.js b/packages/frontend/src/embed/embedApp.js
index 1cbb4b6b5..ca57af245 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/src/embed/embedApp.js
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/embed/embedApp.js
@@ -1,27 +1,13 @@
 import Vue from 'vue'
+import '@/vueBootstrapper'
+
 import App from './EmbedApp.vue'
 import vuetify from './embedVuetify'
 import router from './embedRouter'
 
-// process.env.NODE_ENV is injected by Webpack
-// eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
-Vue.config.productionTip = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development'
-
-import VueMixpanel from 'vue-mixpanel'
-Vue.use(VueMixpanel, {
-  token: 'acd87c5a50b56df91a795e999812a3a4',
-  config: {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
-    api_host: 'https://analytics.speckle.systems'
-  }
-})
-
 import '@/plugins/helpers'
 import store from '@/main/store'
 
-import PortalVue from 'portal-vue'
-Vue.use(PortalVue)
-
 new Vue({
   router,
   vuetify,
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/main/app.js b/packages/frontend/src/main/app.js
index 440263007..d89bdef04 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/src/main/app.js
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/main/app.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 import Vue from 'vue'
-
-// Event hub
-Vue.prototype.$eventHub = new Vue()
+import '@/vueBootstrapper'
 
 import App from '@/main/App.vue'
 import store from '@/main/store'
@@ -16,13 +14,6 @@ import {
 import router from '@/main/router/index'
 import vuetify from '@/plugins/vuetify'
 
-// process.env.NODE_ENV is injected by Webpack
-// eslint-disable-next-line no-undef
-Vue.config.productionTip = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development'
-
-import PortalVue from 'portal-vue'
-Vue.use(PortalVue)
-
 import VueTimeago from 'vue-timeago'
 Vue.use(VueTimeago, { locale: 'en' })
 
@@ -37,22 +28,6 @@ import 'vue2-perfect-scrollbar/dist/vue2-perfect-scrollbar.css'
 
 Vue.use(PerfectScrollbar)
 
-import VTooltip from 'v-tooltip'
-Vue.use(VTooltip, {
-  defaultDelay: 300,
-  defaultBoundariesElement: document.body,
-  defaultHtml: false
-})
-
-import VueMixpanel from 'vue-mixpanel'
-Vue.use(VueMixpanel, {
-  token: 'acd87c5a50b56df91a795e999812a3a4',
-  config: {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
-    api_host: 'https://analytics.speckle.systems'
-  }
-})
-
 // Async HistogramSlider load
 Vue.component('HistogramSlider', async () => {
   await import(
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/type-augmentations/mixpanel.d.ts b/packages/frontend/src/type-augmentations/mixpanel.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cdcd74920
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/type-augmentations/mixpanel.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+declare module 'vue-mixpanel' {
+  declare const test: string
+  declare const plugin: import('vue').PluginFunction<unknown>
+  export default plugin
+  export { test }
+}
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/type-augmentations/shims-tsx.d.ts b/packages/frontend/src/type-augmentations/shims-tsx.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 68ad8a3aa..000000000
--- a/packages/frontend/src/type-augmentations/shims-tsx.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-/* eslint-disable @typescript-eslint/no-empty-interface */
-import Vue, { VNode } from 'vue'
-
-declare global {
-  namespace JSX {
-    interface Element extends VNode {}
-    interface ElementClass extends Vue {}
-    interface IntrinsicElements {
-      [elem: string]: unknown
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/type-augmentations/vue.d.ts b/packages/frontend/src/type-augmentations/vue.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7d63c56c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/type-augmentations/vue.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+declare module 'vue/types/vue' {
+  export interface Vue {
+    $mixpanel: import('mixpanel-browser').OverridedMixpanel
+  }
+}
+
+export {}
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/type-augmentations/window.d.ts b/packages/frontend/src/type-augmentations/window.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..73045cfe9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/type-augmentations/window.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+export {}
+
+declare global {
+  interface Window {
+    /**
+     * Initialized in SpeckleViewer.vue
+     */
+    __viewer?: import('@speckle/viewer').Viewer
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/frontend/src/vueBootstrapper.ts b/packages/frontend/src/vueBootstrapper.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..219c35e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/frontend/src/vueBootstrapper.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import Vue from 'vue'
+import VTooltip from 'v-tooltip'
+import VueMixpanel from 'vue-mixpanel'
+import PortalVue from 'portal-vue'
+
+/**
+ * Global Vue bootstrapping that is used in all of the frontend apps (main/embed)
+ */
+
+// process.env.NODE_ENV is injected by Webpack
+Vue.config.productionTip = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development'
+
+Vue.use(VTooltip, {
+  defaultDelay: 300,
+  defaultBoundariesElement: document.body,
+  defaultHtml: false
+})
+
+Vue.use(VueMixpanel, {
+  token: 'acd87c5a50b56df91a795e999812a3a4',
+  config: {
+    // eslint-disable-next-line camelcase
+    api_host: 'https://analytics.speckle.systems'
+  }
+})
+
+Vue.use(PortalVue)
+
+// Event hub
+Vue.prototype.$eventHub = new Vue()
diff --git a/packages/frontend/tsconfig.json b/packages/frontend/tsconfig.json
index 807d8e2de..efb413669 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/frontend/tsconfig.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
     "sourceMap": true,
     "allowJs": true,
+    "noEmit": true,
     "baseUrl": ".",
     "paths": {
       "@/*": ["src/*"]
@@ -21,7 +22,10 @@
       "vue-apollo-smart-ops",
       "vue-infinite-loading",
       "type-fest",
-      "vue"
+      "vue",
+      "@types/node",
+      "@types/mixpanel-browser",
+      "vuetify"
     ]
   },
   "include": [
diff --git a/packages/preview-service/package.json b/packages/preview-service/package.json
index 92dbb9414..47f854745 100644
--- a/packages/preview-service/package.json
+++ b/packages/preview-service/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "node": ">=14.0.0 <17.0.0"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "dev": "PG_CONNECTION_STRING=postgresql://localhost:5432/speckle2_dev DEBUG='preview-service:*' nodemon --trace-deprecation ./bin/www",
+    "dev": "DEBUG='preview-service:*' nodemon --trace-deprecation ./bin/www",
     "build": "webpack --env dev --config webpack.config.render_page.js && webpack --env build --config webpack.config.render_page.js",
     "lint": "eslint . --ext .js,.ts"
   },
diff --git a/packages/viewer/.babelrc b/packages/viewer/.babelrc
deleted file mode 100644
index fa85f7fcb..000000000
--- a/packages/viewer/.babelrc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "presets": [
-    [
-      "@babel/preset-env",
-      {
-        "useBuiltIns": "entry",
-        "corejs": "3",
-        "targets": {
-          "node": "12"
-        }
-      }
-    ]
-  ],
-  "ignore": ["node_modules/**/*"]
-}
diff --git a/packages/viewer/.eslintrc.js b/packages/viewer/.eslintrc.js
index ae7b546f7..63ad79723 100644
--- a/packages/viewer/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/packages/viewer/.eslintrc.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+const path = require('path')
+
 /**
  * Extends repo root config, only put changes here that are scoped to this specific package
  * (if you're already are - evaluate whether you really need package scoped linting rules)
@@ -8,8 +10,12 @@ const config = {
   env: {
     browser: true
   },
+  parser: '@babel/eslint-parser',
   parserOptions: {
-    sourceType: 'module'
+    sourceType: 'module',
+    babelOptions: {
+      configFile: path.resolve(__dirname, './babel.config.js')
+    }
   },
   rules: {
     'no-console': ['warn', { allow: ['warn', 'error'] }]
diff --git a/packages/viewer/babel.config.js b/packages/viewer/babel.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4ede02137
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/viewer/babel.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+module.exports = {
+  presets: [
+    [
+      '@babel/preset-env',
+      {
+        useBuiltIns: 'entry',
+        corejs: '3',
+        targets: {
+          node: '11'
+        }
+      }
+    ]
+  ],
+  ignore: ['node_modules/**/*']
+}
diff --git a/packages/viewer/package.json b/packages/viewer/package.json
index e4695a9e7..f1c419f71 100644
--- a/packages/viewer/package.json
+++ b/packages/viewer/package.json
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/core": "^7.18.2",
+    "@babel/eslint-parser": "^7.18.2",
     "@rollup/plugin-babel": "^5.3.1",
     "@types/three": "^0.136.0",
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": "^5.21.0",
diff --git a/packages/viewer/src/modules/SceneObjectManager.js b/packages/viewer/src/modules/SceneObjectManager.js
index 2ee16093a..a3e8e374c 100644
--- a/packages/viewer/src/modules/SceneObjectManager.js
+++ b/packages/viewer/src/modules/SceneObjectManager.js
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ import { getConversionFactor } from './converter/Units'
  * Manages objects and provides some convenience methods to focus on the entire scene, or one specific object.
  */
 export default class SceneObjectManager {
+  views = []
+
   constructor(viewer, skipPostLoad = false) {
     this.viewer = viewer
     this.scene = viewer.scene
-    this.views = []
 
     this.sceneObjects = new SceneObjects(viewer)
 
diff --git a/packages/viewer/src/modules/Viewer.ts b/packages/viewer/src/modules/Viewer.ts
index 4fa18bc9a..9d9a2b32d 100644
--- a/packages/viewer/src/modules/Viewer.ts
+++ b/packages/viewer/src/modules/Viewer.ts
@@ -270,11 +270,7 @@ export class Viewer extends EventEmitter implements IViewer {
     this.cameraHandler.toggleCameras()
   }
 
-  public async loadObject(
-    url: string,
-    token: string | undefined,
-    enableCaching = true
-  ) {
+  public async loadObject(url: string, token?: string, enableCaching = true) {
     try {
       if (++this.inProgressOperations === 1) (this as EventEmitter).emit('busy', true)
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 4f5530508..04fd5d377 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -310,6 +310,20 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@babel/eslint-parser@npm:^7.18.2":
+  version: 7.18.2
+  resolution: "@babel/eslint-parser@npm:7.18.2"
+  dependencies:
+    eslint-scope: ^5.1.1
+    eslint-visitor-keys: ^2.1.0
+    semver: ^6.3.0
+  peerDependencies:
+    "@babel/core": ">=7.11.0"
+    eslint: ^7.5.0 || ^8.0.0
+  checksum: dc9328cf3304b25c9029682e6b6196761e18d3ab80d66c3085a69c6f240fa2db91b824a61672e94139e73683b7ceeefe9ff58acac1ee89fe73274007b16e43d5
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@babel/generator@npm:7.17.10, @babel/generator@npm:^7.17.10":
   version: 7.17.10
   resolution: "@babel/generator@npm:7.17.10"
@@ -3906,6 +3920,8 @@ __metadata:
     "@tiptap/vue-2": ^2.0.0-beta.79
     "@tryghost/content-api": ^1.5.12
     "@types/lodash": ^4.14.180
+    "@types/mixpanel-browser": ^2.38.0
+    "@types/node": ^17.0.43
     "@typescript-eslint/eslint-plugin": ^5.21.0
     "@typescript-eslint/parser": ^5.21.0
     "@vue/cli": ^4.5.17
@@ -4134,6 +4150,7 @@ __metadata:
   resolution: "@speckle/viewer@workspace:packages/viewer"
   dependencies:
     "@babel/core": ^7.18.2
+    "@babel/eslint-parser": ^7.18.2
     "@rollup/plugin-babel": ^5.3.1
     "@speckle/objectloader": "workspace:^"
     "@types/three": ^0.136.0
@@ -4785,6 +4802,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@types/mixpanel-browser@npm:^2.38.0":
+  version: 2.38.0
+  resolution: "@types/mixpanel-browser@npm:2.38.0"
+  checksum: 1ade271188446005644cf10b65af554a9a75bd2008b827db4cdcfb2eedf858e2426a4d3d21ccf5b0a25a8590f8c3095da25549cfb7765077002e03e64afa9f0a
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@types/mocha@npm:^7.0.2":
   version: 7.0.2
   resolution: "@types/mocha@npm:7.0.2"
@@ -4823,6 +4847,13 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"@types/node@npm:^17.0.43":
+  version: 17.0.43
+  resolution: "@types/node@npm:17.0.43"
+  checksum: 7fd84b1e37dc406c1c73a1461ccd6a1a38a5a335563788dd25e0aa75476d6948f815d0e9e4c2201f785a36a72269e6aaf0d851ca75c1e44b92e3a9d504e04a1e
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "@types/normalize-package-data@npm:^2.4.0":
   version: 2.4.1
   resolution: "@types/normalize-package-data@npm:2.4.1"
@@ -12329,7 +12360,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"eslint-visitor-keys@npm:^2.0.0":
+"eslint-visitor-keys@npm:^2.0.0, eslint-visitor-keys@npm:^2.1.0":
   version: 2.1.0
   resolution: "eslint-visitor-keys@npm:2.1.0"
   checksum: e3081d7dd2611a35f0388bbdc2f5da60b3a3c5b8b6e928daffff7391146b434d691577aa95064c8b7faad0b8a680266bcda0a42439c18c717b80e6718d7e267d
@@ -25896,7 +25927,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"typescript@npm:^4.4.3, typescript@npm:^4.5.4":
+"typescript@npm:^4.5.4":
   version: 4.6.4
   resolution: "typescript@npm:4.6.4"
   bin:
@@ -25906,27 +25937,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"typescript@npm:^4.4.4":
-  version: 4.7.3
-  resolution: "typescript@npm:4.7.3"
-  bin:
-    tsc: bin/tsc
-    tsserver: bin/tsserver
-  checksum: fd13a1ce53790a36bb8350e1f5e5e384b5f6cb9b0635114a6d01d49cb99916abdcfbc13c7521cdae2f2d3f6d8bc4a8ae7625edf645a04ee940588cd5e7597b2f
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
-"typescript@npm:~4.1.5":
-  version: 4.1.6
-  resolution: "typescript@npm:4.1.6"
-  bin:
-    tsc: bin/tsc
-    tsserver: bin/tsserver
-  checksum: 54aed909f94b16178c8a8d8911871b4e1c04454a3e6c82166715e28083e7ce6271e4d1df6f82c89544a4759b07aec780785032534e9c93b254e2107a18712c05
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
-"typescript@patch:typescript@^4.4.3#~builtin<compat/typescript>, typescript@patch:typescript@^4.5.4#~builtin<compat/typescript>":
+"typescript@patch:typescript@npm%3A^4.5.4#~builtin<compat/typescript>":
   version: 4.6.4
   resolution: "typescript@patch:typescript@npm%3A4.6.4#~builtin<compat/typescript>::version=4.6.4&hash=bda367"
   bin:
@@ -25936,26 +25947,6 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"typescript@patch:typescript@^4.4.4#~builtin<compat/typescript>":
-  version: 4.7.3
-  resolution: "typescript@patch:typescript@npm%3A4.7.3#~builtin<compat/typescript>::version=4.7.3&hash=bda367"
-  bin:
-    tsc: bin/tsc
-    tsserver: bin/tsserver
-  checksum: 8257ce7ecbbf9416da60045a76a99d473698ca9e973fa0ddab7137cacb1587255431176cbbcc801a650938c4dc8109ab88355774829a714fabe56a53a2fe4524
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
-"typescript@patch:typescript@~4.1.5#~builtin<compat/typescript>":
-  version: 4.1.6
-  resolution: "typescript@patch:typescript@npm%3A4.1.6#~builtin<compat/typescript>::version=4.1.6&hash=bda367"
-  bin:
-    tsc: bin/tsc
-    tsserver: bin/tsserver
-  checksum: 3bd9915f236817e4e2d32dd0d90e8902875929f014bb87a478000e32adda91d12f0425931ee6f9d6a2bc7d0c9242588fcee1050ac294497dfabf27d3d73b335c
-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
 "typical@npm:^4.0.0":
   version: 4.0.0
   resolution: "typical@npm:4.0.0"