diff --git a/build.properties b/build.properties
index f5fe7694d6e2a8a103aa8ff38ff2f3d40e469099..2d38b9f13c7e911590a334e2f995526a70a5c100 100644
--- a/build.properties
+++ b/build.properties
@@ -31,3 +31,5 @@ mac.run.args=${common.run.args} ${run.arg2}
 dot.viskit.dir=${user.home}/.${product.shortname}
 c_app.xml=${viskit.dir}/configuration/c_app.xml
 c_gui.xml=${viskit.dir}/configuration/c_gui.xml
+
+splash.image=${viskit.dir}/configuration/ViskitSplash2.png
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index d5ae1b470414810a77b97881a6ff502e868e1fbe..1703724144ea4a527829ab4c55549b49752cb1af 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -282,6 +282,9 @@ POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
     </target>
 
     <target name="run.viskit" depends="set.classpath" description="Start the Visual Simikit (viskit) DES Authoring Tool on any O/S">
+        <splash imageurl="file:${basedir}/${splash.image}"
+                useproxy="true"
+                showduration="5000"/>
         <java classname="${main.class}"
               classpathref="runtime.classpath"
               dir="${viskit.dir}"
diff --git a/examples/src/ViskitOpenDis7Examples/EventGraphs/dis7/ArrivalProcessOpenDis7.xml b/examples/src/ViskitOpenDis7Examples/EventGraphs/dis7/ArrivalProcessOpenDis7.xml
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
diff --git a/viskit/configuration/ViskitSplash2.png b/viskit/configuration/ViskitSplash2.png
new file mode 100644
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