diff --git a/docs/emulation.md b/docs/emulation.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0a920bae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/emulation.md
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Emulation (development)
+
+TODO: write this
+
+Build the program using `env:emulation`, this is required to re-route `Serial.print` to qemu's stdout.
+
+To run it:
+
+```sh
+cd scripts/emulation
+docker compose up
+```
diff --git a/platformio.ini b/platformio.ini
index 7f42637d..b99d8690 100644
--- a/platformio.ini
+++ b/platformio.ini
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ board_upload.offset_address = 0x10000
 
 build_flags =
   -DARDUINO_USB_MODE=1
-  -DARDUINO_USB_CDC_ON_BOOT=1
   -DMINIZ_NO_ZLIB_COMPATIBLE_NAMES=1
   -DEINK_DISPLAY_SINGLE_BUFFER_MODE=1
   -DDISABLE_FS_H_WARNING=1
@@ -54,9 +53,21 @@ extends = base
 build_flags =
   ${base.build_flags}
   -DCROSSPOINT_VERSION=\"${crosspoint.version}-dev\"
+  -DCROSSPOINT_EMULATED=0
+  -DARDUINO_USB_CDC_ON_BOOT=1
+
+[env:emulation]
+extends = base
+build_flags =
+  ${base.build_flags}
+  -DCROSSPOINT_VERSION=\"${crosspoint.version}-emu\"
+  -DCROSSPOINT_EMULATED=1
+  -DARDUINO_USB_CDC_ON_BOOT=0 # Disable USB CDC on boot for Serial output via UART
 
 [env:gh_release]
 extends = base
 build_flags =
   ${base.build_flags}
   -DCROSSPOINT_VERSION=\"${crosspoint.version}\"
+  -DCROSSPOINT_EMULATED=0
+  -DARDUINO_USB_CDC_ON_BOOT=1
diff --git a/scripts/emulation/Dockerfile b/scripts/emulation/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9439c9f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/emulation/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+FROM debian:12
+
+WORKDIR /root
+
+ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
+
+# Update container
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get upgrade -y
+
+# Install dependencies
+RUN apt-get install git wget flex bison gperf python3 python3-pip python3-setuptools python3-venv cmake ninja-build ccache libffi-dev libssl-dev dfu-util libusb-1.0-0 \
+        libgcrypt20 libglib2.0-0 libpixman-1-0 libsdl2-2.0-0 libslirp0 -y
+
+# Install ESP-IDF
+ENV PATH="~/.local/bin:${PATH}"
+RUN mkdir -p ~/esp && cd ~/esp && git clone --quiet --recursive https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf.git && ln -s /usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/python 
+RUN cd ~/esp/esp-idf && export IDF_GITHUB_ASSETS="dl.espressif.com/github_assets" && ./install.sh && /bin/bash -c "source ./export.sh"
+
+# Install qemu
+RUN cd ~/esp/esp-idf && python tools/idf_tools.py install qemu-riscv32
+
+RUN echo "alias idf='source /root/esp/esp-idf/export.sh'" >> .bashrc
+
+# Start from a Bash prompt
+CMD [ "/bin/bash" ]
diff --git a/scripts/emulation/docker-compose.yml b/scripts/emulation/docker-compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ffc7489d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/emulation/docker-compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+services:
+  crosspoint-emulator:
+    build: .
+    container_name: crosspoint-emulator
+    volumes:
+      - ../..:/app:ro
+    tmpfs:
+      - /tmp
+    ports:
+      - "8080:80"
+    stdin_open: true
+    tty: true
+    stop_signal: SIGKILL
+    entrypoint:
+      - /bin/bash
+      - -c
+      - |
+        set -x;
+        source /root/esp/esp-idf/export.sh
+
+        cd /tmp
+
+        cp /app/.pio/build/emulation/*.bin .
+        dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=16 of=./flash.bin
+        dd if="bootloader.bin" bs=1 count=$(stat -c%s "bootloader.bin") seek=0 conv=notrunc of=./flash.bin
+        dd if="partitions.bin" bs=1 count=$(stat -c%s "partitions.bin") seek=$((16#8000)) conv=notrunc of=./flash.bin
+        dd if="firmware.bin" bs=1 count=$(stat -c%s "firmware.bin") seek=$((16#10000)) conv=notrunc of=./flash.bin
+
+        qemu-system-riscv32 \
+            -nographic \
+            -M esp32c3 \
+            -drive \
+            file=flash.bin,if=mtd,format=raw
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index c0222e0d..f848c8a2 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ void setupDisplayAndFonts() {
 
 bool isUsbConnected() {
   // U0RXD/GPIO20 reads HIGH when USB is connected
-  return digitalRead(UART0_RXD) == HIGH;
+  return CROSSPOINT_EMULATED || digitalRead(UART0_RXD) == HIGH;
 }
 
 bool isWakeupAfterFlashing() {