diff --git a/src/UniGetUI/MainWindow.xaml b/src/UniGetUI/MainWindow.xaml
index 7f7ceae9a..bd97af31d 100644
--- a/src/UniGetUI/MainWindow.xaml
+++ b/src/UniGetUI/MainWindow.xaml
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@
           Grid.ColumnSpan="3"
           Background="{ThemeResource ApplicationPageBackgroundThemeBrush}"
         />
-        <!-- Splash: Height matches the 620:300 aspect ratio of SplashScreen.svg so the image fills the grid exactly. SvgImageSource is used so the host window's background shows through the transparent SVG. The tagline's 90px left margin shifts its centering from the image center (x=270) to the wordmark center (x≈315) within the 540-wide grid. -->
+        <!-- Splash: 540x261 keeps the 620:300 aspect ratio of the artwork. Source is a transparent PNG set theme-aware in code-behind (SvgImageSource renders blank here). The tagline's 90px left margin shifts its centering to the wordmark center (x≈315) within the 540-wide grid. -->
         <Grid Grid.Row="1" Grid.Column="1" Width="540" Height="261">
-          <Image Stretch="Uniform">
+          <Image x:Name="SplashImage" Stretch="Uniform">
             <animations:Explicit.Animations>
               <animations:AnimationSet x:Name="InAnimation_Border">
                 <animations:TranslationAnimation
@@ -132,9 +132,6 @@
                 />
               </animations:AnimationSet>
             </animations:Explicit.Animations>
-            <Image.Source>
-              <SvgImageSource UriSource="ms-appx:///Assets/SplashScreen.svg" RasterizePixelWidth="540" RasterizePixelHeight="261" />
-            </Image.Source>
           </Image>
           <widgets:TranslatedTextBlock
             HorizontalAlignment="Center"
diff --git a/src/UniGetUI/MainWindow.xaml.cs b/src/UniGetUI/MainWindow.xaml.cs
index 7e78ec68a..eb73f143d 100644
--- a/src/UniGetUI/MainWindow.xaml.cs
+++ b/src/UniGetUI/MainWindow.xaml.cs
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ public MainWindow()
 
             LoadTrayMenu();
             ApplyTheme();
+            ApplySplashImage();
             ApplyProxyVariableToProcess();
             _applySubtitleToWindow();
 
@@ -706,6 +707,13 @@ public void ShowFromTray()
             Activate();
         }
 
+        private void ApplySplashImage()
+        {
+            bool dark = MainApp.Instance.ThemeListener.CurrentTheme == ApplicationTheme.Dark;
+            string asset = dark ? "SplashScreen.theme-dark.png" : "SplashScreen.png";
+            SplashImage.Source = new Microsoft.UI.Xaml.Media.Imaging.BitmapImage(new Uri($"ms-appx:///Assets/{asset}"));
+        }
+
         public void ApplyTheme()
         {
             string preferredTheme = Settings.GetValue(Settings.K.PreferredTheme);