diff --git a/public/css/default.css b/public/css/default.css
index 14d7e0e..ff5d722 100755
--- a/public/css/default.css
+++ b/public/css/default.css
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
 }
 
 body {
-	background: url("/images/backgrounds/earth.gif") no-repeat var(--bg-col); */
-	/* broken randomization */
+	background-repeat: no-repeat;
+	background-color: var(--bg-col);
 	background-size: cover;
 	background-attachment: fixed;
 	background-position: bottom left;
diff --git a/views/headerBoilerplate.erb b/views/headerBoilerplate.erb
index 6b56517..508a91d 100644
--- a/views/headerBoilerplate.erb
+++ b/views/headerBoilerplate.erb
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@
 	<link rel="icon" type="image/gif" href="favicon.gif" />
 	<link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/default.css" />
 	<link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/noscroll.css" />
-	<link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/fonts.css" />
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+	<link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/fonts.css" />
+	<style> body { background: url("/images/backgrounds/<%= Dir.children("./public/images/backgrounds")[rand(1..Dir.children("./public/images/backgrounds").length) -1] %>"); } </style> 
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