diff --git a/forge-gui-mobile-dev/src/forge/app/Main.java b/forge-gui-mobile-dev/src/forge/app/Main.java
index 8714712af23..2ebf437ce40 100644
--- a/forge-gui-mobile-dev/src/forge/app/Main.java
+++ b/forge-gui-mobile-dev/src/forge/app/Main.java
@@ -20,9 +20,21 @@
 public class Main {
     private static final String versionString = BuildInfo.getVersionString();
     public static void main(String[] args) {
+        if (!OperatingSystem.isWindows()) {
+            /* Prevents crash on non Windows OS before creating the LWJGL3 window.
+               It seems it defeats the purpose of having a splash image since
+               this is an indicator if the LWJGL3 has booted up succesfully. */
+            closeSplash();
+        }
         new GameLauncher(versionString);
     }
-
+    public static void closeSplash() {
+        try {
+            Optional.ofNullable(SplashScreen.getSplashScreen()).ifPresent(SplashScreen::close);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            e.printStackTrace();
+        }
+    }
     public static class DesktopAdapter implements IDeviceAdapter {
         private final String switchOrientationFile;
 
@@ -96,15 +108,7 @@ public void exit() {
 
         @Override
         public void closeSplashScreen() {
-            // FIXME: on Linux system it can't close splashscreen image or crash with SIGSEGV? How come it works on other OS?
-            if (OperatingSystem.isUnix() || OperatingSystem.isSolaris())
-                return;
-            //could throw exception..
-            try {
-                Optional.ofNullable(SplashScreen.getSplashScreen()).ifPresent(SplashScreen::close);
-            } catch (Exception e) {
-                e.printStackTrace();
-            }
+            closeSplash();
         }
 
         @Override
diff --git a/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/Forge.java b/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/Forge.java
index 7dafac0f1e7..8d03bdc24f2 100644
--- a/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/Forge.java
+++ b/forge-gui-mobile/src/forge/Forge.java
@@ -159,7 +159,9 @@ public static Localizer getLocalizer() {
     public void create() {
         //install our error handler
         ExceptionHandler.registerErrorHandling();
-        getDeviceAdapter().closeSplashScreen();
+        // closeSplashScreen() is called early on non-Windows OS so it will not crash, LWJGL3 bug on AWT Splash.
+        if (OperatingSystem.isWindows())
+            getDeviceAdapter().closeSplashScreen();
 
         GuiBase.setIsAndroid(Gdx.app.getType() == Application.ApplicationType.Android);