diff --git a/src/__tests__/surveys.test.ts b/src/__tests__/surveys.test.ts
index 6969ae4f8..38708612c 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/surveys.test.ts
+++ b/src/__tests__/surveys.test.ts
@@ -9,14 +9,18 @@ import {
     SurveyQuestionBranchingType,
     SurveyQuestion,
 } from '../posthog-surveys-types'
-import { getDisplayOrderChoices, getDisplayOrderQuestions } from '../extensions/surveys/surveys-utils'
+import {
+    canActivateRepeatedly,
+    getDisplayOrderChoices,
+    getDisplayOrderQuestions,
+} from '../extensions/surveys/surveys-utils'
 import { PostHogPersistence } from '../posthog-persistence'
 import { PostHog } from '../posthog-core'
 import { DecideResponse, PostHogConfig, Properties } from '../types'
 import { window } from '../utils/globals'
 import { RequestRouter } from '../utils/request-router'
 import { assignableWindow } from '../utils/globals'
-import { expectScriptToExist, expectScriptToNotExist } from './helpers/script-utils'
+import { generateSurveys } from '../extensions/surveys'
 
 describe('surveys', () => {
     let config: PostHogConfig
@@ -34,6 +38,7 @@ describe('surveys', () => {
             'enabled-internal-targeting-flag-key': true,
             'disabled-internal-targeting-flag-key': false,
         },
+        surveys: true,
     } as unknown as DecideResponse
 
     const firstSurveys: Survey[] = [
@@ -119,6 +124,16 @@ describe('surveys', () => {
     beforeEach(() => {
         surveysResponse = { surveys: firstSurveys }
 
+        const loadScriptMock = jest.fn()
+
+        loadScriptMock.mockImplementation((_path, callback) => {
+            assignableWindow.__PosthogExtensions__ = assignableWindow.__Posthog__ || {}
+            assignableWindow.extendPostHogWithSurveys = generateSurveys
+            assignableWindow.__PosthogExtensions__.canActivateRepeatedly = canActivateRepeatedly
+
+            callback()
+        })
+
         config = {
             token: 'testtoken',
             api_host: 'https://app.posthog.com',
@@ -147,7 +162,12 @@ describe('surveys', () => {
             },
         } as unknown as PostHog
 
+        instance.requestRouter.loadScript = loadScriptMock
+
         surveys = new PostHogSurveys(instance)
+        instance.surveys = surveys
+        // all being squashed into a mock posthog so...
+        instance.getActiveMatchingSurveys = instance.surveys.getActiveMatchingSurveys.bind(instance.surveys)
 
         Object.defineProperty(window, 'location', {
             configurable: true,
@@ -156,6 +176,8 @@ describe('surveys', () => {
             // eslint-disable-next-line compat/compat
             value: new URL('https://example.com'),
         })
+
+        surveys.afterDecideResponse(decideResponse)
     })
 
     afterEach(() => {
@@ -757,33 +779,6 @@ describe('surveys', () => {
         })
     })
 
-    describe('decide response', () => {
-        beforeEach(() => {
-            // clean the JSDOM to prevent interdependencies between tests
-            document.body.innerHTML = ''
-            document.head.innerHTML = ''
-        })
-
-        it('should not load when decide response says no', () => {
-            surveys.afterDecideResponse({ surveys: false } as DecideResponse)
-            // Make sure the script is not loaded
-            expectScriptToNotExist('https://us-assets.i.posthog.com/static/surveys.js')
-        })
-
-        it('should load when decide response says so', () => {
-            surveys.afterDecideResponse({ surveys: true } as DecideResponse)
-            // Make sure the script is loaded
-            expectScriptToExist('https://us-assets.i.posthog.com/static/surveys.js')
-        })
-
-        it('should not load when config says no', () => {
-            config.disable_surveys = true
-            surveys.afterDecideResponse({ surveys: true } as DecideResponse)
-            // Make sure the script is not loaded
-            expectScriptToNotExist('https://us-assets.i.posthog.com/static/surveys.js')
-        })
-    })
-
     describe('branching logic', () => {
         const survey: Survey = {
             name: 'My survey',
diff --git a/src/entrypoints/surveys.ts b/src/entrypoints/surveys.ts
index 971c7a68f..12606dffb 100644
--- a/src/entrypoints/surveys.ts
+++ b/src/entrypoints/surveys.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 import { generateSurveys } from '../extensions/surveys'
 
 import { window } from '../utils/globals'
+import { canActivateRepeatedly } from '../extensions/surveys/surveys-utils'
 
 if (window) {
+    ;(window as any).__PosthogExtensions__ = (window as any).__PosthogExtensions__ || {}
+    ;(window as any).__PosthogExtensions__.canActivateRepeatedly = canActivateRepeatedly
     ;(window as any).extendPostHogWithSurveys = generateSurveys
 }
 
diff --git a/src/posthog-surveys.ts b/src/posthog-surveys.ts
index cc3ec191d..bf18adc41 100644
--- a/src/posthog-surveys.ts
+++ b/src/posthog-surveys.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ import { SurveyEventReceiver } from './utils/survey-event-receiver'
 import { assignableWindow, document, window } from './utils/globals'
 import { DecideResponse } from './types'
 import { logger } from './utils/logger'
-import { canActivateRepeatedly } from './extensions/surveys/surveys-utils'
+import { isNullish } from './utils/type-utils'
+
+const LOGGER_PREFIX = '[Surveys]'
 
 export const surveyUrlValidationMap: Record<SurveyUrlMatchType, (conditionsUrl: string) => boolean> = {
     icontains: (conditionsUrl) =>
@@ -50,12 +52,10 @@ function getRatingBucketForResponseValue(responseValue: number, scale: number) {
 }
 
 export class PostHogSurveys {
-    instance: PostHog
     private _decideServerResponse?: boolean
     public _surveyEventReceiver: SurveyEventReceiver | null
 
-    constructor(instance: PostHog) {
-        this.instance = instance
+    constructor(private readonly instance: PostHog) {
         // we set this to undefined here because we need the persistence storage for this type
         // but that's not initialized until loadIfEnabled is called.
         this._surveyEventReceiver = null
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export class PostHogSurveys {
             }
             this.instance.requestRouter.loadScript('/static/surveys.js', (err) => {
                 if (err) {
-                    return logger.error(`Could not load surveys script`, err)
+                    return logger.error(LOGGER_PREFIX, 'Could not load surveys script', err)
                 }
 
                 assignableWindow.extendPostHogWithSurveys(this.instance)
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ export class PostHogSurveys {
                 const eventBasedTargetingFlagCheck =
                     hasEvents || hasActions ? activatedSurveys?.includes(survey.id) : true
 
-                const overrideInternalTargetingFlagCheck = canActivateRepeatedly(survey)
+                const overrideInternalTargetingFlagCheck = this._canActivateRepeatedly(survey)
                 const internalTargetingFlagCheck =
                     survey.internal_targeting_flag_key && !overrideInternalTargetingFlagCheck
                         ? this.instance.featureFlags.isFeatureEnabled(survey.internal_targeting_flag_key)
@@ -258,7 +258,15 @@ export class PostHogSurveys {
             return nextQuestionIndex
         }
 
-        console.warn('Falling back to next question index due to unexpected branching type') // eslint-disable-line no-console
+        logger.warn(LOGGER_PREFIX, 'Falling back to next question index due to unexpected branching type')
         return nextQuestionIndex
     }
+
+    // this method is lazily loaded onto the window to avoid loading preact and other dependencies if surveys is not enabled
+    private _canActivateRepeatedly(survey: Survey) {
+        if (isNullish(assignableWindow.__PosthogExtensions__.canActivateRepeatedly)) {
+            logger.warn(LOGGER_PREFIX, 'canActivateRepeatedly is not defined, must init before calling')
+        }
+        return assignableWindow.__PosthogExtensions__.canActivateRepeatedly(survey)
+    }
 }