diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/spinner.cc b/selfdrive/ui/qt/spinner.cc
index 89c1a9131..573b20847 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/spinner.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/spinner.cc
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
 #include <QGridLayout>
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QPainter>
+
 #include "spinner.hpp"
 #include "qt_window.hpp"
+#include "selfdrive/hardware/hw.h"
 
 TrackWidget::TrackWidget(QWidget *parent) : QOpenGLWidget(parent) {
   setFixedSize(spinner_size);
@@ -121,6 +123,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 #endif
   QSurfaceFormat::setDefaultFormat(fmt);
 
+  Hardware::set_display_power(true);
+  Hardware::set_brightness(65);
+
   QApplication a(argc, argv);
   Spinner spinner;
   setMainWindow(&spinner);
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/spinner_aarch64 b/selfdrive/ui/qt/spinner_aarch64
index caec503e2..2434da22c 100755
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/spinner_aarch64
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/spinner_aarch64
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:1f675f90c7c9c36a3f1ce4f5ed0f32752456a24122a26f2370f4348670737d4d
-size 603552
+oid sha256:1f9a452eb76fbb25807657d9a0205df04187331b8fe9d5a925f1e5fbed6a0ec1
+size 820976
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/spinner_larch64 b/selfdrive/ui/qt/spinner_larch64
index 691238439..d9f4cd04e 100755
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/spinner_larch64
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/spinner_larch64
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:a62f29ddc8abe620c85140d9ba2fb4cb5c869b5aae92ff83b39960d1a82dbd03
-size 662096
+oid sha256:c74a4e654df341d48c7b048981bcbdb49f2e5988f83eb58c5454c158437f3a53
+size 668672
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/text.cc b/selfdrive/ui/qt/text.cc
index 994741a26..f580235c6 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/text.cc
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/text.cc
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
   QWidget window;
   setMainWindow(&window);
 
+  Hardware::set_display_power(true);
+  Hardware::set_brightness(65);
+
   QGridLayout *layout = new QGridLayout;
   layout->setMargin(50);
 
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/text_aarch64 b/selfdrive/ui/qt/text_aarch64
index c62a42e0a..47b6b8029 100755
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/text_aarch64
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/text_aarch64
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:cbd82920a8d9a995d3596406cefb59476c4352012b639515902f93835d659960
-size 302968
+oid sha256:0e90aae922acde371d1db36a53d789afba2843cc551f6f2e3b8f97af0d2257de
+size 785800
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/qt/text_larch64 b/selfdrive/ui/qt/text_larch64
index 47c68c950..11ac388e9 100755
--- a/selfdrive/ui/qt/text_larch64
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/qt/text_larch64
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:2fc1c66d026b1beac5654ee18838454a609bc7f04b5ac1d9699be5c91b970e2e
-size 616360
+oid sha256:8c446b58b2f3d96c87c764c4de2e53c5be533fd7f2bb29c35bac78f11349ac2d
+size 621056