diff --git a/rtdata/images/splash.png b/rtdata/images/splash.png
index 0bfe65425..3a5a9560d 100644
Binary files a/rtdata/images/splash.png and b/rtdata/images/splash.png differ
diff --git a/rtgui/splash.cc b/rtgui/splash.cc
index 1747fb44d..c6473369d 100644
--- a/rtgui/splash.cc
+++ b/rtgui/splash.cc
@@ -68,8 +68,9 @@ bool SplashImage::on_expose_event (GdkEventExpose* event) {
     if (!versionSuffixString.empty())
         versionStr += " "+versionSuffixString;
     version = create_pango_layout (versionStr);
-    version->get_pixel_size (w, h);  
-    window->draw_layout(gc_, pixbuf->get_width() - w - 4, pixbuf->get_height() - h - 4, version);
+    version->set_markup("<span foreground=\"white\">" + versionStr + "</span>");
+    version->get_pixel_size (w, h);
+    window->draw_layout(gc_, pixbuf->get_width() - w - 32, pixbuf->get_height() - h - 20, version);
 
     return true;
 }