diff --git a/android/app/src/main/java/im/status/ethereum/MainActivity.java b/android/app/src/main/java/im/status/ethereum/MainActivity.java
index fcaf643264..0ee44e0588 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/java/im/status/ethereum/MainActivity.java
+++ b/android/app/src/main/java/im/status/ethereum/MainActivity.java
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public class MainActivity extends ReactFragmentActivity
         Log.v("RNBootstrap", "Available system memory "+getAvailableMemory(activityManager).availMem + ", maximum usable application memory " + activityManager.getLargeMemoryClass()+"M");
 
         setSecureFlag();
-        SplashScreen.show(this, true);
+        SplashScreen.show(this, R.style.AppTheme);
         // NOTE: Try to not restore the state https://github.com/software-mansion/react-native-screens/issues/17
         super.onCreate(null);
 
diff --git a/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml b/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
index 612f461d13..52a477f0e6 100644
--- a/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
+++ b/android/app/src/main/res/values/styles.xml
@@ -6,15 +6,19 @@
         <item name="android:windowBackground">?attr/backgroundColor</item>
         <item name="android:textColor">?attr/textColor</item>
         <item name="android:forceDarkAllowed">true</item>
+        <item name="android:windowTranslucentStatus">true</item>
+        <item name="android:statusBarColor">@android:color/transparent</item>
     </style>
 
     <style name="LightTheme" parent="AppTheme">
         <item name="textColor">#000000</item>
         <item name="backgroundColor">#ffffff</item>
+        <item name="android:windowLightStatusBar">true</item>
     </style>
 
     <style name="DarkTheme" parent="AppTheme">
         <item name="textColor">#ffffff</item>
         <item name="backgroundColor">#000000</item>
+        <item name="android:windowLightStatusBar">false</item>
     </style>
 </resources>