diff --git a/board/reMarkable/zero-sugar/epd_display_init.c b/board/reMarkable/zero-sugar/epd_display_init.c
index 182296538f..1f3abd799e 100644
--- a/board/reMarkable/zero-sugar/epd_display_init.c
+++ b/board/reMarkable/zero-sugar/epd_display_init.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <fat.h>
 #include <memalign.h>
+#include <mmc.h>
 
 static int epd_splash(void);
 static int splash_init(void);
@@ -92,14 +93,44 @@ struct splash_functions {
 	int (*blit_gc)(uint32_t*, const uint8_t*, int, int, int, int, int);
 }splash;
 
+static bool mmc_set_dev_part(int dev, int part)
+{
+	struct mmc *mmc;
+	int ret;
+
+	mmc = find_mmc_device(dev);
+	if (!mmc) {
+		printf("%s: no mmc device at slot %x\n", __func__, dev);
+		return false;
+	}
+	mmc->has_init = 0;
+
+	if (mmc_init(mmc)) {
+		printf("%s: Unable to initialize mmc\n", __func__);
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	ret = blk_select_hwpart_devnum(IF_TYPE_MMC, dev, part);
+	if (ret) {
+		printf("%s: Unable to switch partition, returned %d\n", __func__, ret);
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	return true;
+}
+
 static int splash_init(void)
 {
-	// Load main.gz to 0x1C000000
 	const char *filename = "zplash";
+	const int mmc_dev = 0;
+	const int mmc_part = 0;
 	const u32 max_inflated_size = 100*1024;
 	void *addr = (void*)0x80300000;
 
-	// Check if it exists
+	if (!mmc_set_dev_part(mmc_dev, mmc_part))
+		return -1;
+
+	// Check if splash file exists
 	if (!fat_exists(filename)) {
 		printf("%s: %s not found\n", __func__, filename);
 		return -1;