diff --git a/packages/mobile/App.tsx b/packages/mobile/App.tsx
index 5b76e46..a6477d0 100644
--- a/packages/mobile/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/mobile/App.tsx
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export default function App() {
                 // TODO: Politely inform the end user too.
             } finally {
                 // Tell the application to render
+                console.info("Setting appIsReady=true.");
                 setAppIsReady(true);
             }
         }
diff --git a/packages/mobile/metro.config.js b/packages/mobile/metro.config.js
index b40a783..0b3578f 100644
--- a/packages/mobile/metro.config.js
+++ b/packages/mobile/metro.config.js
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ config.resolver.assetExts.push(
     // At runtime, copy the .jsAsset file back to a .js extension
     "jsAsset",
     "bloompub", // For sample books
-    "htm" // For bloomplayer.htm
+    "htm", // For bloomplayer.htm
+    "png"
 );
 
 if (!config.watchFolders) {