diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/index.tsx b/packages/desktop/src/index.tsx
index 8398f4577..0d9e38379 100644
--- a/packages/desktop/src/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/desktop/src/index.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { relaunch } from "@tauri-apps/plugin-process"
 import { AsyncStorage } from "@solid-primitives/storage"
 import { fetch as tauriFetch } from "@tauri-apps/plugin-http"
 import { Store } from "@tauri-apps/plugin-store"
-import { Logo } from "@opencode-ai/ui/logo"
+import { Splash } from "@opencode-ai/ui/logo"
 import { createSignal, Show, Accessor, JSX, createResource, onMount, onCleanup } from "solid-js"
 
 import { UPDATER_ENABLED } from "./updater"
@@ -357,8 +357,7 @@ function ServerGate(props: { children: (data: Accessor<ServerReadyData>) => JSX.
       when={serverData.state !== "pending" && serverData()}
       fallback={
         <div class="h-screen w-screen flex flex-col items-center justify-center bg-background-base">
-          <Logo class="w-xl opacity-12 animate-pulse" />
-          <div class="mt-8 text-14-regular text-text-weak">Initializing...</div>
+          <Splash class="w-16 h-20 opacity-50 animate-pulse" />
         </div>
       }
     >
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/components/logo.tsx b/packages/ui/src/components/logo.tsx
index 5ddf3fba3..26f312bda 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/components/logo.tsx
+++ b/packages/ui/src/components/logo.tsx
@@ -13,6 +13,21 @@ export const Mark = (props: { class?: string }) => {
   )
 }
 
+export const Splash = (props: { class?: string }) => {
+  return (
+    <svg
+      data-component="logo-splash"
+      classList={{ [props.class ?? ""]: !!props.class }}
+      viewBox="0 0 80 100"
+      fill="none"
+      xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+    >
+      <path d="M60 80H20V40H60V80Z" fill="var(--icon-base)" />
+      <path d="M60 20H20V80H60V20ZM80 100H0V0H80V100Z" fill="var(--icon-strong-base)" />
+    </svg>
+  )
+}
+
 export const Logo = (props: { class?: string }) => {
   return (
     <svg