# White screen after latest update

**URL:** <https://forums.screenly.io/t/white-screen-after-latest-update/6562>\
**Category:** Anthias\
**Created:** [September 30, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/white-screen-after-latest-update/6562 "2025-09-30T12:53:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![JaimeLopes](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.screenly.io/jaimelopes/32/705_2.png) [@JaimeLopes](https://forums.screenly.io/u/JaimeLopes)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2025, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/white-screen-after-latest-update/6562/1 "2025-09-30T12:53:09Z")

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I had anthias running great on a Pi5 connected to a 4K TV for about a month.

I have run several updates and it has continued running fine after a reboot, until today. I ran an update this morning and then after a reboot the screen simply displays a white screen after a reboot. I tried running the update script again, tried a manual ‘sudo apt upgrade’ and have tried multiple reboots but am still getting a white screen.

I can SSH into the pi and everything that I can see looks ok, the web dashboard seems to work fine and I can upload assets etc.

Not sure what to try now to get it working or if i should just re-install… I wish I had made an image of the SD card on a working version but i guess I can flash it and start from scratch!

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**Author:** ![jason.thacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jason.thacker](https://forums.screenly.io/u/jason.thacker)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2025, 3:15pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/white-screen-after-latest-update/6562/2 "2025-09-30T15:15:53Z")

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I am also having this same problem on Pi4 this morning after an upgrade. I have tried a fresh install from a blank Debian lite install and after running the install script i get the blank white screens. This happens even on the default assets.

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**Author:** ![jason.thacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/71c47a/32.png) [@jason.thacker](https://forums.screenly.io/u/jason.thacker)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2025, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/white-screen-after-latest-update/6562/3 "2025-09-30T16:13:38Z")

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I have found a workaround to revert back to an older version. if you do the bin/run\_upgrade.sh and instead of latest you select tag and then put in v0.20.3 as the tag it will download an older version and start working again.

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**Author:** ![JaimeLopes](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/forums.screenly.io/jaimelopes/32/705_2.png) [@JaimeLopes](https://forums.screenly.io/u/JaimeLopes)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2025, 7:13pm UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/white-screen-after-latest-update/6562/4 "2025-09-30T19:13:20Z")

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Awesome! Thanks so much I’m going to try this now. Unfortunately I will be going in through a VPN and I won’t be able to see if it has worked until I’m physically back with the setup…

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**Author:** ![nicomiguelino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e56c9b/32.png) [@nicomiguelino](https://forums.screenly.io/u/nicomiguelino)\
**Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://forums.screenly.io/t/white-screen-after-latest-update/6562/5 "2025-10-02T00:59:03Z")

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@JaimeLopes, @jason.thacker The fix has already been deployed ([fix: downgrade `sh` from 2.2.2 to 1.8 by nicomiguelino · Pull Request #2521 · Screenly/Anthias · GitHub](https://github.com/Screenly/Anthias/pull/2521)). You can now upgrade to the latest version. Please let me know if you’re still having issues.