diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/gitea-main-ci.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/gitea-main-ci.yaml
index b01361b..9315c38 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/gitea-main-ci.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/gitea-main-ci.yaml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ env:
   # being bench-verified, so the boot chain stays debuggable. Flip to "true" to
   # ship the graphical splash once boot is trusted. (Plymouth is in the image
   # either way; this only flips the cmdline.)
-  BOOT_SPLASH: "false"
+  BOOT_SPLASH: "true"
   # ===========================================================================
   # TEMPORARY: 802.1X + MACsec are DISABLED for this build (rd.dot1x=0) so the
   # UKI / rootfs / NVMe-oF boot path can be validated on an OPEN switch port.