Is there a way to start Mailspring 1.17.4 in the background under Linux Wayland?

Usually, I have Mailspring set to launch on startup in the background using mailspring --background. But in v1.17.4, I get this message and cannot get it to start in the background:

The --background flag has no effect under Wayland, where an activation context is required and windows must be shown immediately.

I’m on GNOME 49.

Is there a way to workaround this issue? Thanks.