diff --git a/setup.py-stubs b/setup.py-stubs
index b09c47f739c2..9abfa348a939 100644
--- a/setup.py-stubs
+++ b/setup.py-stubs
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ setup(
         "root": "..",
         "relative_to": __file__,
         "local_scheme": local_scheme,
-        "git_describe_command": "tools/describe",
+        "git_describe_command": "tools/describe --long",
     },
     zip_safe=False,
 )
diff --git a/shared-module/displayio/display_core.c b/shared-module/displayio/display_core.c
index 78e946823b1f..8b2f0bfdf8f7 100644
--- a/shared-module/displayio/display_core.c
+++ b/shared-module/displayio/display_core.c
@@ -169,8 +169,9 @@ bool displayio_display_core_show(displayio_display_core_t *self, displayio_group
         // force the circuit_python_splash out of any group (Note: could cause problems with the parent group)
         circuitpython_splash.x = 0; // reset position in case someone moved it.
         circuitpython_splash.y = 0;
-        supervisor_stop_terminal();
+
         supervisor_start_terminal(self->width, self->height);
+
         root_group = &circuitpython_splash;
     }
     if (root_group == self->current_group) {
diff --git a/shared-module/terminalio/Terminal.c b/shared-module/terminalio/Terminal.c
index f0a69bde39fc..fc33533b17ac 100644
--- a/shared-module/terminalio/Terminal.c
+++ b/shared-module/terminalio/Terminal.c
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ void common_hal_terminalio_terminal_construct(terminalio_terminal_obj_t *self, d
     self->font = font;
     self->tilegrid = tilegrid;
     self->first_row = 0;
-
     for (uint16_t x = 0; x < self->tilegrid->width_in_tiles; x++) {
         for (uint16_t y = 0; y < self->tilegrid->height_in_tiles; y++) {
             common_hal_displayio_tilegrid_set_tile(self->tilegrid, x, y, 0);
diff --git a/supervisor/shared/display.c b/supervisor/shared/display.c
index a4849a3c589c..f99185241438 100644
--- a/supervisor/shared/display.c
+++ b/supervisor/shared/display.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ void supervisor_start_terminal(uint16_t width_px, uint16_t height_px) {
     #if CIRCUITPY_TERMINALIO
     displayio_tilegrid_t *grid = &supervisor_terminal_text_grid;
     bool tall = height_px > width_px;
+    bool reset_tiles = false;
     uint16_t terminal_width_px = tall ? width_px : width_px - blinka_bitmap.width;
     uint16_t terminal_height_px = tall ? height_px - blinka_bitmap.height : height_px;
     uint16_t width_in_tiles = terminal_width_px / grid->tile_width;
@@ -81,37 +82,48 @@ void supervisor_start_terminal(uint16_t width_px, uint16_t height_px) {
 
     uint16_t total_tiles = width_in_tiles * height_in_tiles;
 
+    // check if the terminal tile dimensions are the same
+    if ((grid->width_in_tiles != width_in_tiles) ||
+        (grid->height_in_tiles != height_in_tiles)) {
+        reset_tiles = true;
+    }
     // Reuse the previous allocation if possible
     if (tilegrid_tiles) {
         if (get_allocation_length(tilegrid_tiles) != align32_size(total_tiles)) {
             free_memory(tilegrid_tiles);
             tilegrid_tiles = NULL;
+            reset_tiles = true;
         }
     }
     if (!tilegrid_tiles) {
         tilegrid_tiles = allocate_memory(align32_size(total_tiles), false, true);
+        reset_tiles = true;
         if (!tilegrid_tiles) {
             return;
         }
     }
-    uint8_t *tiles = (uint8_t *)tilegrid_tiles->ptr;
 
-    grid->y = tall ? blinka_bitmap.height : 0;
-    grid->x = tall ? 0 : blinka_bitmap.width;
-    grid->top_left_y = 0;
-    if (remaining_pixels > 0) {
-        grid->y -= (grid->tile_height - remaining_pixels);
-    }
-    grid->width_in_tiles = width_in_tiles;
-    grid->height_in_tiles = height_in_tiles;
-    assert(width_in_tiles > 0);
-    assert(height_in_tiles > 0);
-    grid->pixel_width = width_in_tiles * grid->tile_width;
-    grid->pixel_height = height_in_tiles * grid->tile_height;
-    grid->tiles = tiles;
-    grid->full_change = true;
+    if (reset_tiles) {
+        uint8_t *tiles = (uint8_t *)tilegrid_tiles->ptr;
+
+        grid->y = tall ? blinka_bitmap.height : 0;
+        grid->x = tall ? 0 : blinka_bitmap.width;
+        grid->top_left_y = 0;
+        if (remaining_pixels > 0) {
+            grid->y -= (grid->tile_height - remaining_pixels);
+        }
+        grid->width_in_tiles = width_in_tiles;
+        grid->height_in_tiles = height_in_tiles;
+        assert(width_in_tiles > 0);
+        assert(height_in_tiles > 0);
+        grid->pixel_width = width_in_tiles * grid->tile_width;
+        grid->pixel_height = height_in_tiles * grid->tile_height;
+        grid->tiles = tiles;
+
+        grid->full_change = true;
 
-    common_hal_terminalio_terminal_construct(&supervisor_terminal, grid, &supervisor_terminal_font);
+        common_hal_terminalio_terminal_construct(&supervisor_terminal, grid, &supervisor_terminal_font);
+    }
     #endif
 
     circuitpython_splash.scale = scale;
diff --git a/tools/describe b/tools/describe
index becdc1e5bdd6..7fd624abe3f2 100755
--- a/tools/describe
+++ b/tools/describe
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-git describe --first-parent --dirty --tags --always --match "[1-9].*"
+# Add any supplied arguments.
+git describe --first-parent --dirty --tags --always --match "[1-9].*" "$@"