# Text upon boot up

**URL:** <https://forums.balena.io/t/text-upon-boot-up/17366>\
**Category:** Product support\
**Created:** [June 28, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/text-upon-boot-up/17366 "2019-06-28T20:18:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![tbctech](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ebca7d/32.png) [@tbctech](https://forums.balena.io/u/tbctech)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/text-upon-boot-up/17366/1 "2019-06-28T20:18:23Z")

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When booting up balena/screenly I get some text read out in the top left corner for about 2-3 seconds then goes to the custom splash screen before cycling through the asset images. Did not have any text read out on screen when booting up on older software, but I may be overlooking something that may have changed in the code variables that may be “outdated” possibly. Any guidance with this would be greatly appreciated.

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**Author:** ![pcarranzav](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/balena/user_avatar/forums.balena.io/pcarranzav/32/94_2.png) [@pcarranzav](https://forums.balena.io/u/pcarranzav)\
**Post date:** [June 28, 2019, 9:08pm UTC](https://forums.balena.io/t/text-upon-boot-up/17366/2 "2019-06-28T21:08:53Z")

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Hi @tbctech, could you tell us a bit more about what balenaOS version you’re using, what version the older software was, and how you’re setting up screenly with the custom splash?

Also, could you provide a picture of the text? That might help figure out what’s going on. Thanks!