diff --git a/system/services/init/init.zig b/system/services/init/init.zig
index 18120c6..283cb51 100644
--- a/system/services/init/init.zig
+++ b/system/services/init/init.zig
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ const log_path = "/mnt/usb/DANOS.LOG";
 /// microkernel keeps such choices in user space, not the kernel. Drivers are absent
 /// on purpose: the device manager owns those. (A future init reads this from a
 /// manifest under /system/services instead of a hardcoded list.)
-const boot_services = [_][]const u8{ "vfs", "input", "device-manager", "fat", "display" };
+const boot_services = [_][]const u8{ "vfs", "input", "device-manager", "fat", "display", "display-demo" };
 
 var children: [boot_services.len]u32 = .{0} ** boot_services.len;
 var child_count: usize = 0;