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diff --git a/kapps/kapp.py b/kapps/kapp.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cfbd7a23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kapps/kapp.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# The MIT License (MIT)
+
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2024 Krux contributors
+
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+# THE SOFTWARE.
+import os
+
+# avoids importing from flash VSF
+os.chdir("/")
+
+print("Print executed inside kapp.py")
+
+
+def run():
+    """Runs this kapp"""
+    print("run() func executed on kapp.py")
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 304a94c9..42d5c9f0 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ flash = ["pyserial"]
 # format tasks
 format-src = "black src"
 format-tests = "black tests"
-format-scripts = "black firmware/font firmware/scripts i18n/*.py"
+format-scripts = "black firmware/font firmware/scripts i18n/*.py kapps/*.py"
 format = ["format-src", "format-tests", "format-scripts"]
 # aliases
 black.ref = "format"
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ format-test.ref = "format-tests"
 
 # pylint tasks
 lint-src = "pylint src"
-lint-scripts = "pylint firmware/font/*.py firmware/scripts/*.py i18n/*.py"
+lint-scripts = "pylint firmware/font/*.py firmware/scripts/*.py i18n/*.py kapps/*.py"
 lint = ["lint-src", "lint-scripts"]
 # aliases
 pylint.ref = "lint"
@@ -130,6 +130,10 @@ flash-cmd = "python firmware/Kboot/build/ktool.py -b 1500000 build/kboot.kfpkg"
 flash.ref = "flash-cmd -B goE"
 flash-dock.ref = "flash-cmd -B dan"
 
+# kapps tasks
+mpy = "./firmware/MaixPy/components/micropython/core/mpy-cross/mpy-cross"
+mpy-cross.ref = "mpy"
+
 # task for bdftokff?
 # python bdftokff.py True
 
diff --git a/simulator/kapp.py b/simulator/kapp.py
index 223ae693..cfbd7a23 100644
--- a/simulator/kapp.py
+++ b/simulator/kapp.py
@@ -1,3 +1,32 @@
-print("Print inside kapp.py")
+# The MIT License (MIT)
+
+# Copyright (c) 2021-2024 Krux contributors
+
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+# all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+# THE SOFTWARE.
+import os
+
+# avoids importing from flash VSF
+os.chdir("/")
+
+print("Print executed inside kapp.py")
+
+
 def run():
-    print("run func kapp.py")
+    """Runs this kapp"""
+    print("run() func executed on kapp.py")