diff --git a/desktop/app.js b/desktop/app.js
index bb75f600..517ede9c 100644
--- a/desktop/app.js
+++ b/desktop/app.js
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ function createMainWindow() {
         width: 1000, height: 700, minWidth: 700, minHeight: 400,
         icon: path.join(__dirname, 'icon.png'),
         titleBarStyle: appSettings ? appSettings.titlebarStyle : undefined,
+        backgroundColor: '#282C34',
         webPreferences: {
             backgroundThrottling: false
         }
@@ -145,7 +146,7 @@ function createMainWindow() {
     if (showDevToolsOnStart) {
         mainWindow.openDevTools();
     }
-    mainWindow.webContents.on('dom-ready', () => {
+    mainWindow.once('ready-to-show', () => {
         setTimeout(() => {
             mainWindow.show();
             ready = true;
diff --git a/release-notes.md b/release-notes.md
index d87ebaf7..c481afcb 100644
--- a/release-notes.md
+++ b/release-notes.md
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 Release notes
 -------------
+##### v1.7.0 (WIP)
+`-` fixed color flash on startup  
+
 ##### v1.6.1 (2017-12-03)
 `-` fixed white screen on startup  
 `+` `--devtools` command line argument