diff --git a/core/src/com/unciv/UncivGame.kt b/core/src/com/unciv/UncivGame.kt
index 74abaeb374..0952c9517e 100644
--- a/core/src/com/unciv/UncivGame.kt
+++ b/core/src/com/unciv/UncivGame.kt
@@ -40,28 +40,34 @@ class UncivGame(val version: String) : Game() {
     lateinit var ruleset:Ruleset
 
     override fun create() {
+        // If this takes too long players, especially with older phones, get ANR problems.
+        // Whatever needs graphics needs to be done on the main thread,
+        // So it's basically a long set of deferred actions.
+        // We probably could make this better by moving stuff that we can to another thread but ehhhhhhh
+
         Current = this
-        ruleset =  Ruleset(true)
+        Gdx.app.postRunnable {
+            ruleset = Ruleset(true)
 
-        if(Gdx.app.type!= Application.ApplicationType.Desktop)
-            viewEntireMapForDebug=false
-        Gdx.input.setCatchKey(Input.Keys.BACK, true)
-        settings = GameSaver().getGeneralSettings()
-        if(settings.userId=="") { // assign permanent user id
-            settings.userId = UUID.randomUUID().toString()
-            settings.save()
-        }
-        if (GameSaver().getSave("Autosave").exists()) {
-            try {
-                loadGame("Autosave")
-            } catch (ex: Exception) { // silent fail if we can't read the autosave
-                startNewGame()
+            if (Gdx.app.type != Application.ApplicationType.Desktop)
+                viewEntireMapForDebug = false
+            Gdx.input.setCatchKey(Input.Keys.BACK, true)
+            settings = GameSaver().getGeneralSettings()
+            if (settings.userId == "") { // assign permanent user id
+                settings.userId = UUID.randomUUID().toString()
+                settings.save()
             }
-        }
-        else setScreen(LanguagePickerScreen())
+            if (GameSaver().getSave("Autosave").exists()) {
+                try {
+                    loadGame("Autosave")
+                } catch (ex: Exception) { // silent fail if we can't read the autosave
+                    startNewGame()
+                }
+            } else setScreen(LanguagePickerScreen())
 
-        thread { startMusic() }
-        isInitialized=true
+            thread { startMusic() }
+            isInitialized = true
+        }
     }
 
     fun startMusic(){