diff --git a/app.json b/app.json
index 5d8fd3b..80a816b 100644
--- a/app.json
+++ b/app.json
@@ -7,14 +7,17 @@
     "orientation": "portrait",
     "icon": "./assets/icon.png",
     "userInterfaceStyle": "automatic",
-    "splash": {
-      "image": "./assets/splash.png",
-      "resizeMode": "cover",
-      "backgroundColor": "#0B0930"
-    },
     "newArchEnabled": true,
     "assetBundlePatterns": ["**/*"],
     "plugins": [
+      [
+        "expo-splash-screen",
+        {
+          "backgroundColor": "#0B0930",
+          "image": "./assets/icon.png",
+          "imageWidth": "150"
+        }
+      ],
       [
         "expo-local-authentication",
         {
diff --git a/app/_layout.tsx b/app/_layout.tsx
index e34d644..528fceb 100644
--- a/app/_layout.tsx
+++ b/app/_layout.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import {
 } from "@react-navigation/native";
 import { PortalHost } from "@rn-primitives/portal";
 import * as Font from "expo-font";
-import { Slot, SplashScreen } from "expo-router";
+import { Slot } from "expo-router";
+import * as SplashScreen from "expo-splash-screen";
 import { StatusBar } from "expo-status-bar";
 import { swrConfiguration } from "lib/swr";
 import * as React from "react";
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ export default function RootLayout() {
         await Promise.all([loadTheme(), loadFonts(), checkBiometricStatus()]);
       } finally {
         setResourcesLoaded(true);
-        SplashScreen.hideAsync();
+        SplashScreen.hide();
       }
     };
 
diff --git a/assets/splash.png b/assets/splash.png
deleted file mode 100644
index ae04ebf..0000000
Binary files a/assets/splash.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 402050f..207330e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@
     "expo-local-authentication": "~15.0.1",
     "expo-router": "~4.0.11",
     "expo-secure-store": "~14.0.0",
+    "expo-splash-screen": "^0.29.18",
     "expo-status-bar": "~2.0.0",
     "lottie-react-native": "7.1.0",
     "message-port-polyfill": "^0.2.0",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 3ed274e..072f278 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1200,6 +1200,23 @@
     semver "^7.6.0"
     xml2js "0.6.0"
 
+"@expo/prebuild-config@^8.0.23":
+  version "8.0.23"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@expo/prebuild-config/-/prebuild-config-8.0.23.tgz#2ec6d5464f35d308bdb94ba75b7e6aba0ebb507d"
+  integrity sha512-Zf01kFiN2PISmLb0DhIAJh76v3J2oYUKSjiAtGZLOH0HUz59by/qdyU4mGHWdeyRdCCrLUA21Rct2MBykvRMsg==
+  dependencies:
+    "@expo/config" "~10.0.4"
+    "@expo/config-plugins" "~9.0.10"
+    "@expo/config-types" "^52.0.0"
+    "@expo/image-utils" "^0.6.0"
+    "@expo/json-file" "^9.0.0"
+    "@react-native/normalize-colors" "0.76.5"
+    debug "^4.3.1"
+    fs-extra "^9.0.0"
+    resolve-from "^5.0.0"
+    semver "^7.6.0"
+    xml2js "0.6.0"
+
 "@expo/rudder-sdk-node@^1.1.1":
   version "1.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@expo/rudder-sdk-node/-/rudder-sdk-node-1.1.1.tgz#6aa575f346833eb6290282118766d4919c808c6a"
@@ -1947,6 +1964,11 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@react-native/normalize-colors/-/normalize-colors-0.76.3.tgz#8d4de4a8671385c53b2d202ef0137632abcf747d"
   integrity sha512-Yrpmrh4IDEupUUM/dqVxhAN8QW1VEUR3Qrk2lzJC1jB2s46hDe0hrMP2vs12YJqlzshteOthjwXQlY0TgIzgbg==
 
+"@react-native/normalize-colors@0.76.5":
+  version "0.76.5"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@react-native/normalize-colors/-/normalize-colors-0.76.5.tgz#a33560736311aefcf1d3cb594597befe81a9a53c"
+  integrity sha512-6QRLEok1r55gLqj+94mEWUENuU5A6wsr2OoXpyq/CgQ7THWowbHtru/kRGRr6o3AQXrVnZheR60JNgFcpNYIug==
+
 "@react-native/virtualized-lists@0.76.3":
   version "0.76.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@react-native/virtualized-lists/-/virtualized-lists-0.76.3.tgz#9865f9e3770c101476564dc2436018f82adfb4b3"
@@ -4568,6 +4590,13 @@ expo-secure-store@~14.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/expo-secure-store/-/expo-secure-store-14.0.0.tgz#cf6eb7f73e619f8907d5a073e2f438927b5fc2ab"
   integrity sha512-VyhtRFXP+7hQmHhKlHIOWid1Q/IRpM7Uif32tZHLZHvQ6FNz2cUkr26XWGvCa7btYbrR6OL++FBFZYjbIcRZTw==
 
+expo-splash-screen@^0.29.18:
+  version "0.29.18"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/expo-splash-screen/-/expo-splash-screen-0.29.18.tgz#96ccce3d5a03389a9061743903b0a77c22a16796"
+  integrity sha512-bTBY+LF6YtYen2j60yGNh2SX/tG4UXZAyBCMMriOSiZZ7LSCs3ARyEufaSiWk+ckWShTeMqItOnaAN/CAF8MJA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@expo/prebuild-config" "^8.0.23"
+
 expo-status-bar@~2.0.0:
   version "2.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/expo-status-bar/-/expo-status-bar-2.0.0.tgz#dd99adc2ace12a24c92718cd0f97b93347103393"