diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 880af0108..f78a94ac0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+.vscode/
 _attic/
 vendor/src/
 emu.config
diff --git a/Makefile.bootloader b/Makefile.bootloader
index bad82616b..652fa3edb 100644
--- a/Makefile.bootloader
+++ b/Makefile.bootloader
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ OBJ_HAL += $(addprefix $(BUILD_MP)/,\
 OBJ_FW += $(addprefix $(BUILD_FW)/, \
 	bootloader/header.o \
 	bootloader/main.o \
+	bootloader/messages.o \
 	extmod/modtrezorui/display.o \
 	extmod/modtrezorui/inflate.o \
 	extmod/modtrezorui/font_bitmap.o \
diff --git a/micropython/bootloader/main.c b/micropython/bootloader/main.c
index 52acd9bac..dd346fd7d 100644
--- a/micropython/bootloader/main.c
+++ b/micropython/bootloader/main.c
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include STM32_HAL_H
 
 #include <string.h>
+#include <sys/types.h>
 
 #include "common.h"
 #include "display.h"
@@ -10,6 +11,8 @@
 #include "usb.h"
 #include "version.h"
 
+#include "messages.h"
+
 #define IMAGE_MAGIC   0x465A5254 // TRZF
 #define IMAGE_MAXSIZE (7 * 128 * 1024)
 
@@ -149,17 +152,51 @@ void mainloop(void)
         __fatal_error("usb_init_all failed");
     }
 
-    display_bar(0, 0, DISPLAY_RESX, DISPLAY_RESY, 0x001F);
-    display_refresh();
+    uint8_t buf[64];
 
-    for(;;) {
-        uint32_t e = touch_read();
-        if (e & TOUCH_START || e & TOUCH_MOVE) {
-            int x = (e >> 8) & 0xFF, y = e & 0xFF;
-            display_bar(x - 1, y - 1, 3, 3, 0xFFFF);
-            display_refresh();
+    for (;;) {
+        int iface = usb_hid_read_select(1); // 1ms timeout
+        if (iface < 0) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        ssize_t r = usb_hid_read(iface, buf, sizeof(buf));
+        // invalid length
+        if (r != sizeof(buf)) {
+            continue;
+        }
+        // invalid header
+        if (buf[0] != '?' || buf[1] != '#' || buf[2] != '#') {
+            continue;
+        }
+        uint16_t msg_id = (buf[3] << 8) + buf[4];
+        uint32_t msg_size = (buf[5] << 24) + (buf[6] << 16) + (buf[7] << 8) + buf[8];
+        (void)msg_size;
+        switch (msg_id) {
+            case 0: // Initialize
+                DPRINTLN("received Initialize");
+                send_msg_features(iface, false);
+                break;
+            case 1: // Ping
+                DPRINTLN("received Ping");
+                send_msg_success(iface);
+                break;
+            case 6: // FirmwareErase
+                DPRINTLN("received FirmwareErase");
+                send_msg_failure(iface);
+                break;
+            case 7: // FirmwareUpload
+                DPRINTLN("received FirmwareUpload");
+                send_msg_failure(iface);
+                break;
+            case 27: // ButtonAck
+                DPRINTLN("received ButtonAck");
+                send_msg_failure(iface);
+                break;
+            default:
+                DPRINTLN("received garbage");
+                send_msg_failure(iface);
+                break;
         }
-        HAL_Delay(1);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/micropython/bootloader/messages.c b/micropython/bootloader/messages.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..70023c0bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/micropython/bootloader/messages.c
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#include "usb.h"
+#include "version.h"
+
+#include "messages.h"
+
+void send_msg_success(int iface)
+{
+	// send response: Success message (id 2), payload len 0
+	usb_hid_write_blocking(iface, (const uint8_t *)
+		"?##"				// header
+		"\x00\x02"			// msg_id
+		"\x00\x00\x00\x00"	// payload_len
+		"\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"
+		, 64, 1);
+}
+
+void send_msg_failure(int iface)
+{
+	// send response: Failure message (id 3), payload len 2
+		// code = 99 (Failure_FirmwareError)
+	usb_hid_write_blocking(iface, (const uint8_t *)
+		"?##"				// header
+		"\x00\x03"			// msg_id
+		"\x00\x00\x00\x02"	// payload_len
+		"\x08\x63"			// data
+		"\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"
+		, 64, 1);
+}
+
+void send_msg_features(int iface, bool firmware_present)
+{
+	// send response: Features message (id 17), payload len 22
+		// vendor = "trezor.io"
+		// major_version = VERSION_MAJOR
+		// minor_version = VERSION_MINOR
+		// patch_version = VERSION_PATCH
+		// bootloader_mode = True
+		// firmware_present = True/False
+	if (firmware_present) {
+		usb_hid_write_blocking(iface, (const uint8_t *)
+			"?##"				// header
+			"\x00\x11"			// msg_id
+			"\x00\x00\x00\x16"	// payload_len
+			"\x0a\x09" "trezor.io\x10" VERSION_MAJOR_CHAR "\x18" VERSION_MINOR_CHAR " " VERSION_PATCH_CHAR "(\x01"		// data
+			"\x90\x01\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"
+			, 64, 1);
+	} else {
+		usb_hid_write_blocking(iface, (const uint8_t *)
+			"?##"				// header
+			"\x00\x11"			// msg_id
+			"\x00\x00\x00\x16"	// payload_len
+			"\x0a\x09" "trezor.io\x10" VERSION_MAJOR_CHAR "\x18" VERSION_MINOR_CHAR " " VERSION_PATCH_CHAR "(\x01"		// data
+			"\x90\x01\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00"
+			, 64, 1);
+	}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/micropython/bootloader/messages.h b/micropython/bootloader/messages.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b680f1f69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/micropython/bootloader/messages.h
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#ifndef __MESSAGES_H__
+#define __MESSAGES_H__
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+
+void send_msg_success(int iface);
+void send_msg_failure(int iface);
+void send_msg_features(int iface, bool firmware_present);
+
+#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/micropython/bootloader/version.h b/micropython/bootloader/version.h
index cb1e4a091..51e009d9c 100644
--- a/micropython/bootloader/version.h
+++ b/micropython/bootloader/version.h
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 #define VERSION_PATCH 0
 #define VERSION_BUILD 0
 
+#define VERSION_MAJOR_CHAR "\x00"
+#define VERSION_MINOR_CHAR "\x01"
+#define VERSION_PATCH_CHAR "\x00"
+
 #define STR_HELPER(X) #X
 #define STRINGIZE(X) STR_HELPER(X)
 
diff --git a/micropython/trezorhal/usb.h b/micropython/trezorhal/usb.h
index e65c638c7..0cf586711 100644
--- a/micropython/trezorhal/usb.h
+++ b/micropython/trezorhal/usb.h
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #ifndef __TREZORHAL_USB_H__
 #define __TREZORHAL_USB_H__
 
+#include <stdint.h>
+
 #define USB_EP_DIR_OUT 0x00
 #define USB_EP_DIR_IN  0x80
 #define USB_EP_DIR_MSK 0x80