diff --git a/ts/background.ts b/ts/background.ts
index c2a8242fd5..aedb6f1a21 100644
--- a/ts/background.ts
+++ b/ts/background.ts
@@ -79,6 +79,14 @@ export async function startApp(): Promise<void> {
 
   ourProfileKeyService.initialize(window.storage);
 
+  window.storage.onready(() => {
+    if (!window.storage.get('defaultConversationColor')) {
+      window.storage.put('defaultConversationColor', {
+        color: 'ultramarine',
+      });
+    }
+  });
+
   let resolveOnAppView: (() => void) | undefined;
   const onAppView = new Promise<void>(resolve => {
     resolveOnAppView = resolve;
@@ -412,12 +420,6 @@ export async function startApp(): Promise<void> {
     }
     first = false;
 
-    if (!window.storage.get('defaultConversationColor')) {
-      window.storage.put('defaultConversationColor', {
-        color: 'ultramarine',
-      });
-    }
-
     cleanupSessionResets();
     const retryPlaceholders = new window.Signal.Util.RetryPlaceholders();
     window.Signal.Services.retryPlaceholders = retryPlaceholders;