diff --git a/src/main.tsx b/src/main.tsx
index fe9bf50..ec8b30a 100644
--- a/src/main.tsx
+++ b/src/main.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,38 @@
-import React from "react";
+import React, { Suspense, lazy } from "react";
 import ReactDOM from "react-dom/client";
 import { BrowserRouter, Routes, Route } from "react-router-dom";
 import { WalletProvider } from "./contexts/WalletContext";
 import { i18nReady } from "./i18n";
 import App from "./App";
-import Help from "./pages/Help";
-import Ranking from "./pages/Ranking";
 import "./App.css";
 import "./styles/theme.css";
 
+// Heavy routes (Mapbox GL, ZK/WASM prover, Stellar RPC) are code-split so they
+// are only fetched when the user actually navigates to them, keeping the
+// initial bundle and Time-To-Interactive low.
+const Help = lazy(() => import("./pages/Help"));
+const Ranking = lazy(() => import("./pages/Ranking"));
+
+function RouteFallback() {
+  return (
+    <div
+      role="status"
+      aria-live="polite"
+      style={{
+        display: "flex",
+        alignItems: "center",
+        justifyContent: "center",
+        minHeight: "100vh",
+        color: "#234B4E",
+        fontFamily: "system-ui, sans-serif",
+        fontSize: "0.95rem",
+      }}
+    >
+      Loading…
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
 function render() {
   ReactDOM.createRoot(document.getElementById("root") as HTMLElement).render(
     <React.StrictMode>
@@ -20,11 +44,13 @@ function render() {
       */}
       <WalletProvider>
         <BrowserRouter>
-          <Routes>
-            <Route path="/" element={<App />} />
-            <Route path="/help" element={<Help />} />
-            <Route path="/ranking" element={<Ranking />} />
-          </Routes>
+          <Suspense fallback={<RouteFallback />}>
+            <Routes>
+              <Route path="/" element={<App />} />
+              <Route path="/help" element={<Help />} />
+              <Route path="/ranking" element={<Ranking />} />
+            </Routes>
+          </Suspense>
         </BrowserRouter>
       </WalletProvider>
     </React.StrictMode>,
diff --git a/src/pages/Help.tsx b/src/pages/Help.tsx
index be2146e..5ef3490 100644
--- a/src/pages/Help.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/Help.tsx
@@ -32,11 +32,6 @@ import {
   subscribeToContractEvents,
   clearWalletAddress,
 } from "../lib/contract";
-import {
-  buildLocationProofZone,
-  generateLocationProof,
-  shortProofId,
-} from "../lib/zk";
 import useDocumentTitle from "../lib/useDocumentTitle";
 import Button from "../components/ui/Button";
 import Input from "../components/ui/Input";
@@ -46,6 +41,25 @@ import "./Help.css";
 
 const MAPBOX_TOKEN = import.meta.env.VITE_MAPBOX_TOKEN;
 
+// The ZK prover (Noir + Barretenberg WASM, several MB) is only fetched once a
+// proof is actually requested. Everything else in the module (zone building,
+// proof-id truncation) is cheap, but keeping the whole module out of the
+// initial bundle avoids pulling @stellar/stellar-sdk and WASM into the route
+// chunk until proof generation begins.
+let _zkModule: typeof import("../lib/zk") | null = null;
+function loadZk() {
+  if (!_zkModule) {
+    _zkModule = import("../lib/zk");
+  }
+  return _zkModule;
+}
+
+function shortProofId(value: unknown): string {
+  const text = String(value || "");
+  if (text.length <= 18) return text;
+  return `${text.slice(0, 10)}...${text.slice(-6)}`;
+}
+
 const MAP_STYLES = [
   {
     id: "satellite",
@@ -2714,11 +2728,13 @@ export default function Help() {
     address,
     radiusMeters = 3000,
   }) {
-    const zone = buildLocationProofZone({ lat, lng, radiusMeters });
     dispatchZk({ type: "SET_STATUS", payload: "proving" });
     dispatchZk({ type: "SET_ERROR", payload: "" });
     dispatchZk({ type: "PUSH_LOG", payload: "Preparing private witness" });
-    const proof = await generateLocationProof({
+    // Load the ZK prover only now that a proof is actually requested.
+    const zk = await loadZk();
+    const zone = zk.buildLocationProofZone({ lat, lng, radiusMeters });
+    const proof = await zk.generateLocationProof({
       lat,
       lng,
       campaignId,
diff --git a/vite.config.ts b/vite.config.ts
index 94536e7..e6cd430 100644
--- a/vite.config.ts
+++ b/vite.config.ts
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
     rollupOptions: {
       output: {
         manualChunks(id) {
+          if (!id.includes("node_modules")) return undefined;
           if (id.includes("mapbox-gl") || id.includes("react-map-gl"))
             return "mapbox";
           if (
@@ -149,6 +150,18 @@ export default defineConfig({
             return "stellar";
           if (id.includes("@noir-lang") || id.includes("@aztec/bb.js"))
             return "zk";
+          if (
+            id.includes("react") ||
+            id.includes("react-dom") ||
+            id.includes("react-router") ||
+            id.includes("scheduler") ||
+            id.includes("react-i18next") ||
+            id.includes("i18next")
+          )
+            return "react-vendor";
+          if (id.includes("@supabase")) return "supabase";
+          if (id.includes("buffer")) return "buffer";
+          return "vendor";
         },
       },
     },