diff --git a/emacs-init-el b/emacs-init-el
index af6449c..0ecdded 100644
--- a/emacs-init-el
+++ b/emacs-init-el
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@
   :ensure t
   :defer t)
 
+;; kill the damned gnu screen
+(setq inhibit-startup-screen t)
+
 (custom-set-variables
  ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
  ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.