diff --git a/src/platform/PICO/mk/PICO.mk b/src/platform/PICO/mk/PICO.mk
index 5fe505cb76..7809bd06ad 100644
--- a/src/platform/PICO/mk/PICO.mk
+++ b/src/platform/PICO/mk/PICO.mk
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 # The top level Makefile adds $(MCU_COMMON_SRC) and $(DEVICE_STDPERIPH_SRC) to SRC collection.
 #
 
+DEFAULT_OUTPUT := uf2
+
 PICO_TRACE = 1
 
 PICO_LIB_OPTIMISATION      := -O2 -fuse-linker-plugin -ffast-math -fmerge-all-constants
diff --git a/src/platform/PICO/startup/bs2_default_padded_checksummed.S b/src/platform/PICO/startup/bs2_default_padded_checksummed.S
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..124bd8d265
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/platform/PICO/startup/bs2_default_padded_checksummed.S
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Padded and checksummed version of: /home/black/src/pico/hello/build/pico-sdk/src/rp2350/boot_stage2/bs2_default.bin
+
+.cpu cortex-m0plus
+.thumb
+
+.section .boot2, "ax"
+
+.global __boot2_entry_point
+__boot2_entry_point:
+.byte 0x00, 0xb5, 0x24, 0x4b, 0x21, 0x20, 0x58, 0x60, 0x13, 0xf5, 0x40, 0x53, 0x02, 0x20, 0x98, 0x60
+.byte 0xd8, 0x60, 0x18, 0x61, 0x58, 0x61, 0x13, 0xf5, 0x0d, 0x23, 0x1f, 0x49, 0x19, 0x60, 0x18, 0x68
+.byte 0x10, 0xf0, 0x02, 0x0f, 0xfb, 0xd1, 0x35, 0x20, 0x00, 0xf0, 0x2c, 0xf8, 0x02, 0x28, 0x14, 0xd0
+.byte 0x06, 0x20, 0x58, 0x60, 0x00, 0xf0, 0x22, 0xf8, 0x98, 0x68, 0x01, 0x20, 0x58, 0x60, 0x00, 0x20
+.byte 0x58, 0x60, 0x02, 0x20, 0x58, 0x60, 0x00, 0xf0, 0x19, 0xf8, 0x98, 0x68, 0x98, 0x68, 0x98, 0x68
+.byte 0x05, 0x20, 0x00, 0xf0, 0x17, 0xf8, 0x40, 0x08, 0xfa, 0xd2, 0x31, 0xf0, 0x01, 0x01, 0x19, 0x60
+.byte 0x0e, 0x48, 0xd8, 0x60, 0x4a, 0xf2, 0xeb, 0x00, 0x58, 0x61, 0x0d, 0x48, 0x18, 0x61, 0x4f, 0xf0
+.byte 0xa0, 0x51, 0x09, 0x78, 0x20, 0xf4, 0x80, 0x50, 0x18, 0x61, 0x00, 0xbd, 0x18, 0x68, 0x80, 0x08
+.byte 0xfc, 0xd2, 0x70, 0x47, 0x00, 0xb5, 0x58, 0x60, 0x58, 0x60, 0xff, 0xf7, 0xf7, 0xff, 0x98, 0x68
+.byte 0x98, 0x68, 0x00, 0xbd, 0x00, 0x00, 0x04, 0x40, 0x41, 0x00, 0x80, 0x07, 0x02, 0x02, 0x00, 0x40
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+.byte 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00
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