diff --git a/pages/settings.mako b/pages/settings.mako
index b602e56..0581e5c 100644
--- a/pages/settings.mako
+++ b/pages/settings.mako
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@
                     </tr>
                     <%
                         background_options = [
-                            ("plain", "Use a plain tiled background (default)"),
+                            ("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.'),
                         ]
-                        selected = cookies["EarwigBackground"].value if "EarwigBackground" in cookies else "list"
+                        selected = cookies["EarwigBackground"].value if "EarwigBackground" in cookies else "plain"
                     %>\
                     % for i, (value, desc) in enumerate(background_options):
                         <tr>
diff --git a/static/images/background.png b/static/images/background.png
index 819c271..0d95bc1 100644
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