diff --git a/forge-gui-android/src/forge/app/Main.java b/forge-gui-android/src/forge/app/Main.java
index 1a442d8353e..424582ba2f1 100644
--- a/forge-gui-android/src/forge/app/Main.java
+++ b/forge-gui-android/src/forge/app/Main.java
@@ -640,6 +640,11 @@ public class Main extends AndroidApplication {
             System.exit(0);
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public void closeSplashScreen() {
+            //only for desktop mobile-dev
+        }
+
         @Override
         public boolean isTablet() {
             return isTablet;
diff --git a/forge-gui-ios/src/forge/ios/Main.java b/forge-gui-ios/src/forge/ios/Main.java
index fc9c20256b7..4aadfd59093 100644
--- a/forge-gui-ios/src/forge/ios/Main.java
+++ b/forge-gui-ios/src/forge/ios/Main.java
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ public class Main extends IOSApplication.Delegate {
             // Not possible on iOS
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public void closeSplashScreen() {
+            //only for desktop mobile-dev
+        }
+
         @Override
         public void convertToJPEG(InputStream input, OutputStream output) throws IOException {
 
diff --git a/forge-gui-mobile-dev/pom.xml b/forge-gui-mobile-dev/pom.xml
index 3f5a17a1dce..d69eee02bf0 100644
--- a/forge-gui-mobile-dev/pom.xml
+++ b/forge-gui-mobile-dev/pom.xml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
                     <include>**/bg_splash.png</include>
                     <include>**/bg_texture.jpg</include>
                     <include>**/font1.ttf</include>
+                    <include>**/logo.png</include>
                 </includes>
             </resource>
         </resources>
@@ -84,11 +85,6 @@
                             <errTitle>forge</errTitle>
                             <downloadUrl>https://bell-sw.com/pages/downloads/#jdk-17-lts</downloadUrl>
                             <icon>src/main/config/forge-adventure.ico</icon>
-                            <classPath>
-                                <mainClass>forge.app.Main</mainClass>
-                                <addDependencies>false</addDependencies>
-                                <preCp>anything</preCp>
-                            </classPath>
                             <jre>
                                 <minVersion>17</minVersion>
                                 <requiresJdk>jdkOnly</requiresJdk>
@@ -154,6 +150,9 @@
                             <mainClass>forge.app.Main</mainClass>
                             <addDefaultImplementationEntries>true</addDefaultImplementationEntries>
                         </manifest>
+                        <manifestEntries>
+                            <SplashScreen-Image>splash/logo.png</SplashScreen-Image>
+                        </manifestEntries>
                     </archive>
                 </configuration>
                 <executions>
diff --git a/forge-gui-mobile-dev/src/forge/app/Main.java b/forge-gui-mobile-dev/src/forge/app/Main.java
index 547c7bcef29..8de8d460a0a 100644
--- a/forge-gui-mobile-dev/src/forge/app/Main.java
+++ b/forge-gui-mobile-dev/src/forge/app/Main.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.lang3.tuple.Pair;
 
 import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
 import java.awt.Desktop;
+import java.awt.SplashScreen;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.io.File;
 import java.io.IOException;
@@ -89,6 +90,14 @@ public class Main {
             System.exit(0);
         }
 
+        @Override
+        public void closeSplashScreen() {
+            SplashScreen splash = SplashScreen.getSplashScreen();
+            if (splash != null) {
+                splash.close();
+            }
+        }
+
         @Override
         public boolean isTablet() {
             return true; //treat desktop the same as a tablet
diff --git a/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/Forge.java b/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/Forge.java
index 347749bf5da..80ab02ecca4 100644
--- a/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/Forge.java
+++ b/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/Forge.java
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ public class Forge implements ApplicationListener {
     public void create() {
         //install our error handler
         ExceptionHandler.registerErrorHandling();
+        getDeviceAdapter().closeSplashScreen();
 
         GuiBase.setIsAndroid(Gdx.app.getType() == Application.ApplicationType.Android);
 
diff --git a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/interfaces/IDeviceAdapter.java b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/interfaces/IDeviceAdapter.java
index d324d5c703a..d53742838b7 100644
--- a/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/interfaces/IDeviceAdapter.java
+++ b/forge-gui/src/main/java/forge/interfaces/IDeviceAdapter.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ public interface IDeviceAdapter {
     void preventSystemSleep(boolean preventSleep);
     void restart();
     void exit();
+    void closeSplashScreen();
     void convertToJPEG(InputStream input, OutputStream output) throws IOException;
     Pair<Integer, Integer> getRealScreenSize(boolean real);
     ArrayList<String> getGamepads();