diff --git a/App.tsx b/App.tsx
index 9d3526f5..11b87196 100644
--- a/App.tsx
+++ b/App.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import React, { useState } from 'react';
+import React, { useCallback, useState } from 'react';
 
 import analytics from '@react-native-firebase/analytics';
 import * as SplashScreen from 'expo-splash-screen';
 import { StatusBar } from 'expo-status-bar';
-import { View, useColorScheme } from 'react-native';
+import { View } from 'react-native';
 import { GestureHandlerRootView } from 'react-native-gesture-handler';
 import { MenuProvider } from 'react-native-popup-menu';
 import { configureReanimatedLogger, ReanimatedLogLevel } from 'react-native-reanimated';
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import { GameSheetContextProvider } from './src/components/Sheets/GameSheetConte
 import { PointValuesSheetContextProvider } from './src/components/Sheets/PointValuesSheetContext';
 import { SplashOverlay } from './src/components/SplashOverlay';
 import { Navigation } from './src/Navigation';
+import { useTheme } from './src/theme';
 
 // Keep the native splash screen up until our animated SplashOverlay mounts and
 // calls hideAsync(). Without this, Expo auto-hides the native splash on first JS
@@ -31,32 +32,50 @@ if (process.env.EXPO_PUBLIC_FIREBASE_ANALYTICS == 'false') {
     analytics().setAnalyticsCollectionEnabled(false);
 }
 
-export default function App() {
-    const colorScheme = useColorScheme();
-    const bgColor = colorScheme === 'dark' ? '#000000' : '#F2F2F7';
+const AppContent = () => {
+    const theme = useTheme();
+    const [appReady, setAppReady] = useState(false);
     const [splashDone, setSplashDone] = useState(false);
+    const handleBeforeLift = useCallback(() => setAppReady(true), []);
+    const handleSplashDone = useCallback(() => setSplashDone(true), []);
 
     return (
-        <View style={{ flex: 1, backgroundColor: bgColor }}>
+        <View style={{ flex: 1, backgroundColor: theme.background }}>
             <SafeAreaProvider>
                 <GestureHandlerRootView style={{ flex: 1 }}>
-                    <Provider store={store}>
-                        <GameSheetContextProvider>
-                            <MenuProvider>
-                                <PointValuesSheetContextProvider>
-                                    <ChooseWinnersSheetContextProvider>
-                                    <PersistGate loading={null} persistor={persistor}>
+                    <GameSheetContextProvider>
+                        <MenuProvider>
+                            <PointValuesSheetContextProvider>
+                                <ChooseWinnersSheetContextProvider>
+                                    <PersistGate
+                                        loading={null}
+                                        onBeforeLift={handleBeforeLift}
+                                        persistor={persistor}
+                                    >
                                         <StatusBar />
                                         <Navigation />
                                     </PersistGate>
-                                    </ChooseWinnersSheetContextProvider>
-                                </PointValuesSheetContextProvider>
-                            </MenuProvider>
-                        </GameSheetContextProvider>
-                    </Provider>
+                                </ChooseWinnersSheetContextProvider>
+                            </PointValuesSheetContextProvider>
+                        </MenuProvider>
+                    </GameSheetContextProvider>
                 </GestureHandlerRootView>
             </SafeAreaProvider>
-            {!splashDone && <SplashOverlay onDone={() => setSplashDone(true)} />}
+            {!splashDone && (
+                <SplashOverlay
+                    backgroundColor={theme.background}
+                    onDone={handleSplashDone}
+                    ready={appReady}
+                />
+            )}
         </View>
     );
 };
+
+export default function App() {
+    return (
+        <Provider store={store}>
+            <AppContent />
+        </Provider>
+    );
+};
diff --git a/src/components/SplashOverlay.test.tsx b/src/components/SplashOverlay.test.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..06a1bdff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/SplashOverlay.test.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import React from 'react';
+
+import { act, render } from '@testing-library/react-native';
+import * as SplashScreen from 'expo-splash-screen';
+import { StyleSheet } from 'react-native';
+import { withDelay, withTiming } from 'react-native-reanimated';
+
+import { SplashOverlay } from './SplashOverlay';
+
+jest.mock('expo-image', () => ({
+    Image: () => null,
+}));
+
+jest.mock('expo-splash-screen', () => ({
+    hideAsync: jest.fn(() => Promise.resolve()),
+}));
+
+jest.mock('react-native-reanimated', () => {
+    const { View } = jest.requireActual('react-native');
+
+    return {
+        __esModule: true,
+        default: { View },
+        Easing: {
+            cubic: 'cubic',
+            in: jest.fn(value => value),
+            out: jest.fn(value => value),
+            quad: 'quad',
+        },
+        runOnJS: jest.fn(callback => callback),
+        useAnimatedStyle: jest.fn(callback => callback()),
+        useSharedValue: jest.fn(value => ({ value })),
+        withDelay: jest.fn((_delay, animation) => animation),
+        withSequence: jest.fn((...animations) => animations.at(-1)),
+        withTiming: jest.fn((value, _config, callback) => {
+            callback?.(true);
+            return value;
+        }),
+    };
+});
+
+describe('SplashOverlay', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        jest.clearAllMocks();
+    });
+
+    it('keeps the overlay visible until persisted state is ready', () => {
+        const onDone = jest.fn();
+        const view = render(
+            <SplashOverlay backgroundColor="#000000" onDone={onDone} ready={false} />
+        );
+
+        expect(SplashScreen.hideAsync).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+        expect(withDelay).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(withTiming).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(onDone).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+
+        act(() => {
+            view.rerender(
+                <SplashOverlay backgroundColor="#000000" onDone={onDone} ready />
+            );
+        });
+
+        expect(withDelay).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(withTiming).toHaveBeenCalled();
+        expect(onDone).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
+    });
+
+    it('uses the persisted app theme color', () => {
+        const { getByTestId } = render(
+            <SplashOverlay backgroundColor="#123456" onDone={jest.fn()} ready={false} />
+        );
+
+        expect(StyleSheet.flatten(getByTestId('splash-overlay').props.style)).toMatchObject({
+            backgroundColor: '#123456',
+        });
+    });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/SplashOverlay.tsx b/src/components/SplashOverlay.tsx
index 6f546db2..0c4cf1bc 100644
--- a/src/components/SplashOverlay.tsx
+++ b/src/components/SplashOverlay.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import React, { useCallback, useEffect } from 'react';
 
 import { Image } from 'expo-image';
 import * as SplashScreen from 'expo-splash-screen';
-import { StyleSheet, useColorScheme } from 'react-native';
+import { StyleSheet } from 'react-native';
 import Animated, {
     Easing,
     runOnJS,
@@ -16,13 +16,12 @@ import Animated, {
 import icon from '../../assets/icon.png';
 
 interface Props {
+    backgroundColor: string;
     onDone: () => void;
+    ready: boolean;
 }
 
-export const SplashOverlay: React.FC<Props> = ({ onDone }) => {
-    const colorScheme = useColorScheme();
-    const bgColor = colorScheme === 'dark' ? '#000000' : '#F2F2F7';
-
+export const SplashOverlay: React.FC<Props> = ({ backgroundColor, onDone, ready }) => {
     const overlayOpacity = useSharedValue(1);
     const iconOpacity = useSharedValue(0);
     const iconScale = useSharedValue(0.92);
@@ -30,7 +29,11 @@ export const SplashOverlay: React.FC<Props> = ({ onDone }) => {
     const runDone = useCallback(() => onDone(), [onDone]);
 
     useEffect(() => {
-        SplashScreen.hideAsync();
+        void SplashScreen.hideAsync().catch(() => undefined);
+    }, []);
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        if (!ready) return;
 
         iconOpacity.value = withTiming(1, { duration: 350 });
 
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ export const SplashOverlay: React.FC<Props> = ({ onDone }) => {
             withTiming(1, { duration: 450, easing: Easing.out(Easing.cubic) }),
             withDelay(250, withTiming(1.04, { duration: 350, easing: Easing.in(Easing.quad) }))
         );
-    }, []);
+    }, [ready]);
 
     const overlayStyle = useAnimatedStyle(() => ({
         opacity: overlayOpacity.value,
@@ -57,8 +60,9 @@ export const SplashOverlay: React.FC<Props> = ({ onDone }) => {
 
     return (
         <Animated.View
-            style={[styles.container, { backgroundColor: bgColor }, overlayStyle]}
+            style={[styles.container, { backgroundColor }, overlayStyle]}
             pointerEvents="none"
+            testID="splash-overlay"
         >
             <Animated.View style={iconStyle}>
                 <Image
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 36eaf1ee..274873f0 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   },
   "extends": "expo/tsconfig.base",
   "include": [
+    "./App.tsx",
     "./src/**/*.tsx",
     "./src/**/*.ts",
     "./src/**/*.js",