diff --git a/app-release.apk b/app-release.apk
index 263c44dc..30e67366 100644
--- a/app-release.apk
+++ b/app-release.apk
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:5369bf32f42908619ff404a3aeb49acb0e20ffd3a6cd511cb736994cd15b5090
-size 122750577
+oid sha256:16a7572e5b651d39f1e5396dd5da9a481a0b7cc3f9dbf9ecc9aff8ffb26f3526
+size 122750709
diff --git a/src/screens/CameraScreen.tsx b/src/screens/CameraScreen.tsx
index e3bbb046..33fbebb8 100644
--- a/src/screens/CameraScreen.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/CameraScreen.tsx
@@ -317,6 +317,9 @@ export default function CameraScreen({
 
     try {
       turnFlashOn();
+      
+      // Wait for UI to render the flash before blocking main thread with capture
+      await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 50));
 
       let capturedUri: string;