diff --git a/forge-gui-mobile-dev/src/forge/app/Main.java b/forge-gui-mobile-dev/src/forge/app/Main.java
index a8e9c424299..8714712af23 100644
--- a/forge-gui-mobile-dev/src/forge/app/Main.java
+++ b/forge-gui-mobile-dev/src/forge/app/Main.java
@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@ public void exit() {
 
         @Override
         public void closeSplashScreen() {
+            // FIXME: on Linux system it can't close splashscreen image or crash with SIGSEGV? How come it works on other OS?
+            if (OperatingSystem.isUnix() || OperatingSystem.isSolaris())
+                return;
             //could throw exception..
             try {
                 Optional.ofNullable(SplashScreen.getSplashScreen()).ifPresent(SplashScreen::close);
diff --git a/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/Forge.java b/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/Forge.java
index 669008d9155..7dafac0f1e7 100644
--- a/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/Forge.java
+++ b/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/Forge.java
@@ -159,6 +159,7 @@ public static Localizer getLocalizer() {
     public void create() {
         //install our error handler
         ExceptionHandler.registerErrorHandling();
+        getDeviceAdapter().closeSplashScreen();
 
         GuiBase.setIsAndroid(Gdx.app.getType() == Application.ApplicationType.Android);
 
@@ -257,8 +258,6 @@ else if (getForgePreferences().getPref(FPref.UI_ENABLE_BORDER_MASKING).equals("f
                     /*  call preloadExtendedArt here, if we put it above we will  *
                      *  get error: No OpenGL context found in the current thread. */
                     preloadExtendedArt();
-                    // should be after create method but try to close this at a later time.
-                    getDeviceAdapter().closeSplashScreen();
                 });
             };
             //see if app or assets need updating