diff --git a/binaries/data/config/default.cfg b/binaries/data/config/default.cfg
index f7539414a6..551221bba0 100644
--- a/binaries/data/config/default.cfg
+++ b/binaries/data/config/default.cfg
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ phase = completed                 ; Show a chat notification if you or an ally h
 
 [gui.splashscreen]
 enable = true                     ; Enable/disable the splashscreen
-version = 0                       ; Splashscreen version (date of last modification). By default, 0 to force splashscreen to appear at first launch
+version = 0                       ; Splashscreen version (MD5 hash of file content). By default, 0 to force splashscreen to appear at first launch
 
 [gui.session.diplomacycolors]
 self = "21 55 149"                ; Color of your units when diplomacy colors are enabled
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/gui/pregame/SplashscreenHandler.js b/binaries/data/mods/public/gui/pregame/SplashscreenHandler.js
index 6dd27b43d7..746d5efadd 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/public/gui/pregame/SplashscreenHandler.js
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/gui/pregame/SplashscreenHandler.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class SplashScreenHandler
 		this.showSplashScreen = false;
 
 		if (Engine.ConfigDB_GetValue("user", "gui.splashscreen.enable") === "true" ||
-		    Engine.ConfigDB_GetValue("user", "gui.splashscreen.version") < Engine.GetFileMTime("gui/splashscreen/splashscreen.txt"))
+		    Engine.ConfigDB_GetValue("user", "gui.splashscreen.version") !== Engine.CalculateMD5(Engine.ReadFile("gui/splashscreen/splashscreen.txt")))
 			Engine.PushGuiPage("page_splashscreen.xml", {});
 	}
 }
diff --git a/binaries/data/mods/public/gui/splashscreen/splashscreen.js b/binaries/data/mods/public/gui/splashscreen/splashscreen.js
index aea932a850..b653e36af7 100644
--- a/binaries/data/mods/public/gui/splashscreen/splashscreen.js
+++ b/binaries/data/mods/public/gui/splashscreen/splashscreen.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ function init(data)
 function closePage()
 {
 	Engine.ConfigDB_CreateValue("user", "gui.splashscreen.enable", String(Engine.GetGUIObjectByName("displaySplashScreen").checked));
-	Engine.ConfigDB_CreateValue("user", "gui.splashscreen.version", Engine.GetFileMTime(g_SplashScreenFile));
+	Engine.ConfigDB_CreateValue("user", "gui.splashscreen.version", Engine.CalculateMD5(Engine.ReadFile(g_SplashScreenFile)));
 	Engine.ConfigDB_SaveChanges("user");
 	Engine.PopGuiPage();
 }