diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 8836b6460..d7abdb2a9 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -293,6 +293,10 @@ void setup()
     * Boards with an PMU need to be powered on to correctly scan to the device address, such as t-beam-s3-core
     */
     scanI2Cdevice();
+
+    // fixed screen override?
+    if (config.display.oled != Config_DisplayConfig_OledType_OLED_AUTO)
+        screen_model = config.display.oled;
     
     // Init our SPI controller (must be before screen and lora)
     initSPI();