diff --git a/mRemoteV1/App/ProgramRoot.cs b/mRemoteV1/App/ProgramRoot.cs
index c057ae344..b2fcd4a73 100644
--- a/mRemoteV1/App/ProgramRoot.cs
+++ b/mRemoteV1/App/ProgramRoot.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ namespace mRemoteNG.App
             CatchAllUnhandledExceptions();
             Application.EnableVisualStyles();
             Application.SetCompatibleTextRenderingDefault(false);
+            FrmSplashScreen frmSplashScreen = FrmSplashScreen.getInstance();
+            frmSplashScreen.Show();
             Application.Run(FrmMain.Default);
         }
 
diff --git a/mRemoteV1/UI/Forms/frmMain.cs b/mRemoteV1/UI/Forms/frmMain.cs
index bb2138216..94398736d 100644
--- a/mRemoteV1/UI/Forms/frmMain.cs
+++ b/mRemoteV1/UI/Forms/frmMain.cs
@@ -189,6 +189,9 @@ namespace mRemoteNG.UI.Forms
                 if (!panelAdder.DoesPanelExist(panelName))
                     panelAdder.AddPanel(panelName);
             }
+            
+            FrmSplashScreen frmSplashScreen = FrmSplashScreen.getInstance();
+            frmSplashScreen.Close();
         }
 
         private void ApplyLanguage()