diff --git a/src/Ryujinx/Common/SplashTextHelper.cs b/src/Ryujinx/Common/SplashTextHelper.cs
index 9889a225d..e15ec1a27 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx/Common/SplashTextHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx/Common/SplashTextHelper.cs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using Ryujinx.Common.Logging;
 using Gommon;
 using Ryujinx.Ava.Systems.Configuration;
-using System;
 using System.Text.Json;
 
 namespace Ryujinx.Common
@@ -11,47 +10,48 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Common
     {
         public static void PrintSplash()
         {
+            string splash = GetSplash();
+            
             Logger.Notice.Print(LogClass.Application,  "   ___                 __    _              ");
             Logger.Notice.Print(LogClass.Application, @"  / _ \  __ __ __ __  / /   (_)  ___   ___ _");
             Logger.Notice.Print(LogClass.Application, @" / , _/ / // // // / / _ \ / /  / _ \ / _ `/");
             Logger.Notice.Print(LogClass.Application, @"/_/|_|  \_, / \_,_/ /_.__//_/  /_//_/ \_, / ");
             Logger.Notice.Print(LogClass.Application,  "       /___/                         /___/  ");
-            Logger.Notice.Print(LogClass.Application, "");
-            Logger.Notice.Print(LogClass.Application, GetSplash());
-            Logger.Notice.Print(LogClass.Application, "");
+            
+            if (splash is null)
+            {
+                Logger.Error?.Print(LogClass.Application, "Failed to fetch Splash Text! Splash JSON is invalid!");
+                return;
+            }
+            
+            if (!splash.IsNullOrEmpty())
+            {
+                Logger.Notice.Print(LogClass.Application, "");
+                Logger.Notice.Print(LogClass.Application, splash);
+                Logger.Notice.Print(LogClass.Application, "");
+            }
         }
 
-        private static string s_finalSplash = "";
+        private static string _finalSplash;
 
         public static string GetSplash()
         {
-            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(s_finalSplash))
+            if (_finalSplash is null)
             {
-                s_finalSplash = GetLangJson();
-                if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(s_finalSplash))
+                try
                 {
-                    s_finalSplash = "Splash Text";
+                    string data;
+                    data = EmbeddedResources.ReadAllText("Ryujinx/Assets/Splashes.json");
+                    SplashLocales splashJson = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<SplashLocales>(data);
+                    _finalSplash = splashJson.Locales[ConfigurationState.Instance.UI.LanguageCode.Value].GetRandomElement() ?? "";
+                }
+                catch
+                {
+                    return null;
                 }
             }
-
-            return $"{s_finalSplash}";
-        }
-        
-        private static SplashLocales s_splashJson;
-
-        private static string GetLangJson()
-        {
-            try
-            {
-                string data;
-                data = EmbeddedResources.ReadAllText("Ryujinx/Assets/Splashes.json");
-                s_splashJson = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<SplashLocales>(data);
-                return s_splashJson.Locales[ConfigurationState.Instance.UI.LanguageCode.Value].GetRandomElement();
-            }
-            catch
-            {
-                return "";
-            }
+            
+            return _finalSplash;
         }
 
         private struct SplashLocales
diff --git a/src/Ryujinx/UI/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs b/src/Ryujinx/UI/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs
index 66cb28fab..f71c3e908 100644
--- a/src/Ryujinx/UI/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs
+++ b/src/Ryujinx/UI/ViewModels/MainWindowViewModel.cs
@@ -1260,7 +1260,13 @@ namespace Ryujinx.Ava.UI.ViewModels
                         break;
                     case ShaderCacheLoadingState shaderCacheState:
                         CacheLoadStatus = $"{current} / {total}";
-                        Splash = $"\"{SplashTextHelper.GetSplash()}\"";
+                        
+                        string splash = SplashTextHelper.GetSplash();
+
+                        if (!splash.IsNullOrEmpty())
+                        {
+                            Splash = $"\"{splash}\"";
+                        }
                         switch (shaderCacheState)
                         {
                             case ShaderCacheLoadingState.Start: