From 9855e34eac533bb4531c761db17209b133e7a5e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Melissa LeBlanc-Williams <melissa@adafruit.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2021 16:46:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix allowing text only display

---
 adafruit_portalbase/graphics.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/adafruit_portalbase/graphics.py b/adafruit_portalbase/graphics.py
index 9e9e414..d3b91ad 100755
--- a/adafruit_portalbase/graphics.py
+++ b/adafruit_portalbase/graphics.py
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@ def __init__(self, display, *, default_bg=0x000000, scale=1, debug=False):
         self._bg_group = displayio.Group(max_size=1)
         self._bg_file = None
         self.splash.append(self._bg_group)
-        self.display.show(self.splash)
 
         # set the default background
         if default_bg is not None:
+            self.display.show(self.splash)
             self.set_background(default_bg)
 
         gc.collect()