diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/main/MainActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/main/MainActivity.kt
index 9e9322f125..cb083c5d6a 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/main/MainActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/main/MainActivity.kt
@@ -242,8 +242,6 @@ open class MainActivity : BaseActivity<MainActivityBinding>() {
     }
 
     override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
-        val splashScreen = maybeInstallSplashScreen(savedInstanceState)
-
         // Set up shared element transition and disable overlay so views don't show above system bars
         window.requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_ACTIVITY_TRANSITIONS)
         setExitSharedElementCallback(
@@ -268,6 +266,8 @@ open class MainActivity : BaseActivity<MainActivityBinding>() {
         )
         window.sharedElementsUseOverlay = false
 
+        val splashScreen = maybeInstallSplashScreen(savedInstanceState)
+
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
 
         backPressedCallback = object : OnBackPressedCallback(enabled = true) {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/ReaderActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/ReaderActivity.kt
index bfbde286e8..8f48d9609f 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/ReaderActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/ui/reader/ReaderActivity.kt
@@ -275,8 +275,6 @@ class ReaderActivity : BaseActivity<ReaderActivityBinding>() {
      * Called when the activity is created. Initializes the view model and configuration.
      */
     override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
-        val splashScreen = maybeInstallSplashScreen(savedInstanceState)
-
         // Setup shared element transitions
         if (intent.extras?.getString(TRANSITION_NAME) != null) {
             window.requestFeature(Window.FEATURE_ACTIVITY_TRANSITIONS)
@@ -293,6 +291,8 @@ class ReaderActivity : BaseActivity<ReaderActivityBinding>() {
             }
         }
 
+        val splashScreen = maybeInstallSplashScreen(savedInstanceState)
+
         super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
         binding = ReaderActivityBinding.inflate(layoutInflater)
         setContentView(binding.root)