diff --git a/diambra/arena/arena_gym.py b/diambra/arena/arena_gym.py
index 0710b6e4..56db53c5 100644
--- a/diambra/arena/arena_gym.py
+++ b/diambra/arena/arena_gym.py
@@ -16,16 +16,24 @@ class DiambraGymBase(gym.Env):
     _frame = None
     reward_normalization_value = 1.0
     render_gui_started = False
+    render_mode = None
 
     def __init__(self, env_settings: Union[EnvironmentSettings, EnvironmentSettingsMultiAgent]):
         self.logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
         super(DiambraGymBase, self).__init__()
 
         self.env_settings = env_settings
+        assert env_settings.render_mode is None or env_settings.render_mode in self.metadata["render_modes"]
+        self.render_mode = env_settings.render_mode
 
         # Launch DIAMBRA Engine
         self.arena_engine = DiambraEngine(env_settings.env_address, env_settings.grpc_timeout)
 
+        # Splash Screen
+        if 'DISPLAY' in os.environ and env_settings.splash_screen is True:
+            from .utils.splash_screen import SplashScreen
+            SplashScreen()
+
         # Send environment settings, retrieve environment info
         self.env_info = self.arena_engine.env_init(self.env_settings.get_pb_request(init=True))
         self.env_settings.finalize_init(self.env_info)
@@ -120,7 +128,7 @@ def reset(self, seed: int = None, options: Dict[str, Any] = None):
 
     # Rendering the environment
     def render(self, wait_key=1):
-        if self.env_settings.render_mode == "human" and (sys.platform.startswith('linux') is False or 'DISPLAY' in os.environ):
+        if self.render_mode == "human" and (sys.platform.startswith('linux') is False or 'DISPLAY' in os.environ):
             try:
                 if (self.render_gui_started is False):
                     self.window_name = "[{}] DIAMBRA Arena - {} - ({})".format(
@@ -134,7 +142,7 @@ def render(self, wait_key=1):
                 return True
             except:
                 return False
-        elif self.env_settings.render_mode == "rgb_array":
+        elif self.render_mode == "rgb_array":
             return self._frame
 
     # Print observation details to the console
@@ -281,4 +289,4 @@ def _map_action_spaces_to_agents(self, values_dict):
         for idx, action_space in enumerate(self.env_settings.action_space):
             out_dict["agent_{}".format(idx)] = values_dict[action_space]
 
-        return out_dict
\ No newline at end of file
+        return out_dict
diff --git a/diambra/arena/engine/interface.py b/diambra/arena/engine/interface.py
index f5045503..0ac5f28e 100644
--- a/diambra/arena/engine/interface.py
+++ b/diambra/arena/engine/interface.py
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ def __init__(self, env_address, grpc_timeout=60):
 
         self.logger.info("... done.")
 
-        # Splash Screen
-        if 'DISPLAY' in os.environ:
-            from ..utils.splash_screen import SplashScreen
-            SplashScreen()
-
     # Send env settings, retrieve env info and int variables list [pb low level]
     def env_init(self, env_settings_pb):
         try:
diff --git a/diambra/arena/env_settings.py b/diambra/arena/env_settings.py
index 73903242..b824e48f 100644
--- a/diambra/arena/env_settings.py
+++ b/diambra/arena/env_settings.py
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class EnvironmentSettingsBase:
     disable_keyboard: bool = True
     disable_joystick: bool = True
     render_mode: Union[None, str] = None
+    splash_screen: bool = True
     rank: int = 0
     env_address: str = None
     grpc_timeout: int = 600
@@ -184,6 +185,7 @@ def _sanity_check(self):
         check_val_in_list("frame_shape[2]", self.frame_shape[2], [0, 1])
         if self.render_mode is not None:
             check_val_in_list("render_mode", self.render_mode, ["human", "rgb_array"])
+        check_type("splash_screen", self.splash_screen, bool, admit_none=False)
         check_num_in_range("rank", self.rank, [0, MAX_VAL])
         check_type("env_address", self.env_address, str)
         check_num_in_range("grpc_timeout", self.grpc_timeout, [0, 3600])
diff --git a/diambra/arena/make_env.py b/diambra/arena/make_env.py
index d0b0778e..bcaae96d 100644
--- a/diambra/arena/make_env.py
+++ b/diambra/arena/make_env.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 def make(game_id, env_settings: Union[EnvironmentSettings, EnvironmentSettingsMultiAgent]=EnvironmentSettings(),
          wrappers_settings: WrappersSettings=WrappersSettings(), episode_recording_settings: RecordingSettings=RecordingSettings(),
-         render_mode: str=None, rank: int=0, log_level=logging.INFO):
+         render_mode: str=None, rank: int=0, env_addresses=["localhost:50051"], log_level=logging.INFO):
     """
     Create a wrapped environment.
     :param seed: (int) the initial seed for RNG
@@ -24,20 +24,18 @@ def make(game_id, env_settings: Union[EnvironmentSettings, EnvironmentSettingsMu
     env_settings.render_mode = render_mode
 
     # Check if DIAMBRA_ENVS var present
-    env_addresses = os.getenv("DIAMBRA_ENVS", "").split()
-    if len(env_addresses) >= 1:  # If present
+    env_addresses_cli = os.getenv("DIAMBRA_ENVS", "").split()
+    if len(env_addresses_cli) >= 1:  # If present
         # Check if there are at least n env_addresses as the prescribed rank
-        if len(env_addresses) < rank + 1:
+        if len(env_addresses_cli) < rank + 1:
             raise Exception("Rank of env client is higher than the available env_addresses servers:",
-            "# of env servers: {}".format(len(env_addresses)),
+            "# of env servers: {}".format(len(env_addresses_cli)),
             "# rank of client: {} (0-based index)".format(rank))
+        env_addresses_list = env_addresses_cli
     else:  # If not present, set default value
-        if env_settings.env_address is None:
-            env_addresses = ["localhost:50051"]
-        else:
-            env_addresses = [env_settings.env_address]
+        env_addresses_list = env_addresses
 
-    env_settings.env_address = env_addresses[rank]
+    env_settings.env_address = env_addresses_list[rank]
     env_settings.rank = rank
 
     # Make environment