diff --git a/src/system/Desktop.ts b/src/system/Desktop.ts
index ffc4876..57e167f 100644
--- a/src/system/Desktop.ts
+++ b/src/system/Desktop.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ const BootLoader: Process = {
       const dataString = Buffer.from(data).toString()
       const config = parse(dataString)
     document.body.style.backgroundImage = "url(" + config.BACKGROUND.toString() + ")"})
-
+    document.body.style.backgroundSize = "cover"
     await statusBar.element.appendTo(document.body)
     await launcher.element.appendTo(document.body)
     await wm.windowArea.appendTo(document.body)
diff --git a/src/system/VirtualFS.ts b/src/system/VirtualFS.ts
index 49a85d9..a6db212 100644
--- a/src/system/VirtualFS.ts
+++ b/src/system/VirtualFS.ts
@@ -377,7 +377,8 @@ export const defaultFS: { root: Directory } = {
               'SERVER=http://localhost:3000/',
               '24_HOUR=false',
               'THEME=Mocha',
-              'THEME_PRIMARY=blue'
+              'THEME_PRIMARY=blue',
+              'BACKGROUND='
             ].join('\n'))
           },
           hostname: {
@@ -449,6 +450,10 @@ class VirtualFS {
         config.THEME_PRIMARY = 'blue'
         await this.writeFile('/etc/flow', stringify(config))
       }
+      if (config.BACKGROUND == null) {
+        config.BACKGROUND = ''
+        await this.writeFile('/etc/flow', stringify(config))
+      }
     })
   }
 
diff --git a/src/system/apps/Settings.ts b/src/system/apps/Settings.ts
index e5cdf0c..2bdef80 100644
--- a/src/system/apps/Settings.ts
+++ b/src/system/apps/Settings.ts
@@ -39,12 +39,6 @@ const Settings: Process = {
         } else if (item === 'THEME') {
           input = Dropdown.new((await fs.readdir('/etc/themes')).map((theme: string) => theme.replace('.theme', '')))
         }
-        if (item === 'BACKGROUND') {
-          const { background } = JSON.parse(Buffer.from(await fs.readFile(`/etc/flow/${config.BACKGROUND as string}.BACKGROUND`)).toString())
-          document.cookie = "background=" + background + "; expires=Thu, 18 Dec 9999 12:00:00 UTC; path=/";
-        } else if (item === 'THEME') {
-          input = Dropdown.new((await fs.readdir('/etc/themes')).map((theme: string) => theme.replace('.theme', '')))
-        }
 
         if (item === 'THEME_PRIMARY' || item === 'THEME') {
           (input.elm as HTMLSelectElement).value = config[item]