diff --git a/src/containers/custom-procedures.jsx b/src/containers/custom-procedures.jsx
index e691b0466..4c6c55ca4 100644
--- a/src/containers/custom-procedures.jsx
+++ b/src/containers/custom-procedures.jsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import defaultsDeep from 'lodash.defaultsdeep';
 import PropTypes from 'prop-types';
 import React from 'react';
 import CustomProceduresComponent from '../components/custom-procedures/custom-procedures.jsx';
-import ScratchBlocks from 'scratch-blocks';
+import LazyScratchBlocks from '../lib/tw-lazy-scratch-blocks';
 import {connect} from 'react-redux';
 
 class CustomProcedures extends React.Component {
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class CustomProcedures extends React.Component {
         );
 
         // @todo This is a hack to make there be no toolbox.
+        const ScratchBlocks = LazyScratchBlocks.get();
         const oldDefaultToolbox = ScratchBlocks.Blocks.defaultToolbox;
         ScratchBlocks.Blocks.defaultToolbox = null;
         this.workspace = ScratchBlocks.inject(this.blocks, workspaceConfig);
diff --git a/src/lib/backpack/block-to-image.js b/src/lib/backpack/block-to-image.js
index eac4753b3..f3bc1c517 100644
--- a/src/lib/backpack/block-to-image.js
+++ b/src/lib/backpack/block-to-image.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import computedStyleToInlineStyle from 'computed-style-to-inline-style';
-import ScratchBlocks from 'scratch-blocks';
+import LazyScratchBlocks from '../tw-lazy-scratch-blocks';
 
 /**
  * Given a blockId, return a data-uri image that can be used to create a thumbnail.
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import ScratchBlocks from 'scratch-blocks';
  * @return {Promise} resolves to a data-url of a picture of the blocks
  */
 export default function (blockId) {
+    const ScratchBlocks = LazyScratchBlocks.get();
     // Not sure any better way to access the scratch-blocks workspace than this...
     const block = ScratchBlocks.getMainWorkspace().getBlockById(blockId);
     const blockSvg = block.getSvgRoot().cloneNode(true /* deep */);
diff --git a/src/lib/blocks.js b/src/lib/blocks.js
index 809a77ce2..fccc37c5c 100644
--- a/src/lib/blocks.js
+++ b/src/lib/blocks.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import ScratchBlocks from 'scratch-blocks';
+import LazyScratchBlocks from './tw-lazy-scratch-blocks';
 
 /**
  * Connect scratch blocks with the vm
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import ScratchBlocks from 'scratch-blocks';
  * @return {ScratchBlocks} ScratchBlocks connected with the vm
  */
 export default function (vm) {
+    const ScratchBlocks = LazyScratchBlocks.get();
 
     const jsonForMenuBlock = function (name, menuOptionsFn, colors, start) {
         return {
diff --git a/src/lib/make-toolbox-xml.js b/src/lib/make-toolbox-xml.js
index 44e077ede..893665bde 100644
--- a/src/lib/make-toolbox-xml.js
+++ b/src/lib/make-toolbox-xml.js
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
-import ScratchBlocks from 'scratch-blocks';
+import LazyScratchBlocks from './tw-lazy-scratch-blocks';
 
 const categorySeparator = '<sep gap="36"/>';
 
 const blockSeparator = '<sep gap="36"/>'; // At default scale, about 28px
 
+const translate = (id, english) => {
+    if (LazyScratchBlocks.isLoaded()) {
+        const ScratchBlocks = LazyScratchBlocks.get();
+        return ScratchBlocks.ScratchMsgs.translate(id, english);
+    }
+    return english;
+};
+
 /* eslint-disable no-unused-vars */
 const motion = function (isInitialSetup, isStage, targetId) {
-    const stageSelected = ScratchBlocks.ScratchMsgs.translate(
+    const stageSelected = translate(
         'MOTION_STAGE_SELECTED',
         'Stage selected: no motion blocks'
     );
@@ -152,8 +160,8 @@ const xmlEscape = function (unsafe) {
 };
 
 const looks = function (isInitialSetup, isStage, targetId, costumeName, backdropName) {
-    const hello = ScratchBlocks.ScratchMsgs.translate('LOOKS_HELLO', 'Hello!');
-    const hmm = ScratchBlocks.ScratchMsgs.translate('LOOKS_HMM', 'Hmm...');
+    const hello = translate('LOOKS_HELLO', 'Hello!');
+    const hmm = translate('LOOKS_HMM', 'Hmm...');
     return `
     <category name="%{BKY_CATEGORY_LOOKS}" id="looks" colour="#9966FF" secondaryColour="#774DCB">
         ${isStage ? '' : `
@@ -438,7 +446,7 @@ const control = function (isInitialSetup, isStage) {
 };
 
 const sensing = function (isInitialSetup, isStage) {
-    const name = ScratchBlocks.ScratchMsgs.translate('SENSING_ASK_TEXT', 'What\'s your name?');
+    const name = translate('SENSING_ASK_TEXT', 'What\'s your name?');
     return `
     <category name="%{BKY_CATEGORY_SENSING}" id="sensing" colour="#4CBFE6" secondaryColour="#2E8EB8">
         ${isStage ? '' : `
@@ -513,9 +521,9 @@ const sensing = function (isInitialSetup, isStage) {
 };
 
 const operators = function (isInitialSetup) {
-    const apple = ScratchBlocks.ScratchMsgs.translate('OPERATORS_JOIN_APPLE', 'apple');
-    const banana = ScratchBlocks.ScratchMsgs.translate('OPERATORS_JOIN_BANANA', 'banana');
-    const letter = ScratchBlocks.ScratchMsgs.translate('OPERATORS_LETTEROF_APPLE', 'a');
+    const apple = translate('OPERATORS_JOIN_APPLE', 'apple');
+    const banana = translate('OPERATORS_JOIN_BANANA', 'banana');
+    const letter = translate('OPERATORS_LETTEROF_APPLE', 'a');
     return `
     <category name="%{BKY_CATEGORY_OPERATORS}" id="operators" colour="#40BF4A" secondaryColour="#389438">
         <block type="operator_add">
diff --git a/src/lib/tw-lazy-scratch-blocks.js b/src/lib/tw-lazy-scratch-blocks.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7616ea986
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/tw-lazy-scratch-blocks.js
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+let _ScratchBlocks = null;
+
+const isLoaded = () => !!_ScratchBlocks;
+
+const get = () => {
+    if (!isLoaded()) {
+        _ScratchBlocks = require('scratch-blocks');
+    }
+    return _ScratchBlocks;
+};
+
+export default {
+    isLoaded,
+    get
+};