diff --git a/pages/settings.mako b/pages/settings.mako
index 663732c..5c3a81a 100644
--- a/pages/settings.mako
+++ b/pages/settings.mako
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@
                     </tr>
                     <%
                         background_options = [
-                            ("plain", "Use a plain tiled background (default)."),
-                            ("potd", 'Use the current <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/">Wikimedia Commons</a> <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day">Picture of the Day</a>, unfiltered. Certain POTDs may be unsuitable as backgrounds due to their aspect ratio or subject matter (generally portraits do not work well).'),
-                            ("list", 'Randomly select from <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:The_Earwig/POTD">a subset of previous Commons Pictures of the Day</a> that work well as widescreen backgrounds, refreshed daily.'),
+                            ("list", 'Randomly select from <a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:The_Earwig/POTD">a subset</a> of previous <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/">Wikimedia Commons</a> <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Picture_of_the_day">Pictures of the Day</a> that work well as widescreen backgrounds, refreshed daily (default).'),
+                            ("potd", 'Use the current Commons Picture of the Day, unfiltered. Certain POTDs may be unsuitable as backgrounds due to their aspect ratio or subject matter.'),
+                            ("plain", "Use a plain background."),
                         ]
-                        selected = cookies["CopyviosBackground"].value if "CopyviosBackground" in cookies else "plain"
+                        selected = cookies["CopyviosBackground"].value if "CopyviosBackground" in cookies else "list"
                     %>\
                     % for i, (value, desc) in enumerate(background_options):
                         <tr>
diff --git a/pages/support/header.mako b/pages/support/header.mako
index 10082c8..2ff8e96 100644
--- a/pages/support/header.mako
+++ b/pages/support/header.mako
@@ -14,12 +14,11 @@
         <link rel="stylesheet" href="${root}/static/style.css" type="text/css" />
         <script src="${root}/static/script.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
     </head>
-    <% selected = cookies["CopyviosBackground"].value if "CopyviosBackground" in cookies else "plain" %>\
+    <% selected = cookies["CopyviosBackground"].value if "CopyviosBackground" in cookies else "list" %>\
     % if selected == "plain":
         <body style="background-image: url('${root}/static/background.png');">
     % else:
-        <% bg_url = set_background(cookies, selected) %>\
-        <body onload="update_screen_size()" style="background-image: url('${bg_url | h}'); background-size: cover;">
+        <body onload="update_screen_size()" style="background-image: url('${set_background(cookies, selected) | h}'); background-size: cover;">
     % endif
         <div id="header">
             <p id="heading"><a class="dark" href="${root}">Earwig's Copyvio Detector</a></p>
