diff --git a/TTGO-T-Display.ino b/TTGO-T-Display.ino
index d4f0eb0..dab4527 100644
--- a/TTGO-T-Display.ino
+++ b/TTGO-T-Display.ino
@@ -138,12 +138,10 @@ void setup()
     tft.setTextDatum(MC_DATUM);
     tft.setTextSize(1);
 
-    //! The backlight has been initialized in the TFT_eSPI library
-    // if (TFT_BL > 0) {
-    //     pinMode(TFT_BL, OUTPUT);
-    //     digitalWrite(TFT_BL, HIGH);
-    // }
-
+    if (TFT_BL > 0) { // TFT_BL has been set in the TFT_eSPI library in the User Setup file TTGO_T_Display.h
+         pinMode(TFT_BL, OUTPUT); // Set backlight pin to output mode
+         digitalWrite(TFT_BL, TFT_BACKLIGHT_ON); // Turn backlight on. TFT_BACKLIGHT_ON has been set in the TFT_eSPI library in the User Setup file TTGO_T_Display.h
+    }
 
     tft.setSwapBytes(true);
     tft.pushImage(0, 0,  240, 135, ttgo);