diff --git a/data/sprites/background.sprite b/data/sprites/background.sprite
index df5cd46..a88b1a3 100644
--- a/data/sprites/background.sprite
+++ b/data/sprites/background.sprite
@@ -7,5 +7,14 @@
 	"width" : 1364,
 	"number_of_frames" : 1,
 	"frame_time" : 1
+},
+"background_tile" :  {
+	"texture" : "background",
+	"topx" : 0,
+	"topy" : 0,
+	"height" : 150,
+	"width" : 150,
+	"number_of_frames" : 1,
+	"frame_time" : 1
 }
 }
diff --git a/data/textures/background.png b/data/textures/background.png
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..4040de3
Binary files /dev/null and b/data/textures/background.png differ
diff --git a/src/PuzzleSingleImageState.cpp b/src/PuzzleSingleImageState.cpp
index 8f2426c..056218d 100644
--- a/src/PuzzleSingleImageState.cpp
+++ b/src/PuzzleSingleImageState.cpp
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ void PuzzleSingleImageState::ProcessInput(const SDL_Event& event, bool &processe
 }
 
 void PuzzleSingleImageState::Draw(SDL_Renderer* target) {
-	globalData.spriteHolder->GetSprite("background_sixteen_nine").Draw(target, SDL_GetTicks(), 0, 0);
 	SDL_Rect rect;
 	rect.x = globalData.xsize/2-resized_image_physical_width/2;
 	rect.y = globalData.ysize/2-resized_image_physical_height/2;
diff --git a/src/sago_common.cpp b/src/sago_common.cpp
index 5674612..c7c5d16 100644
--- a/src/sago_common.cpp
+++ b/src/sago_common.cpp
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ void RunGameState(sago::GameStateInterface& state ) {
 	bool done = false;  //We are done!
 	while (!done && !globalData.isShuttingDown) {
 		SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(globalData.screen, 0, 0, 0, 255);
-		SDL_RenderClear(globalData.screen);
+		//SDL_RenderClear(globalData.screen);
+		DrawBackground(globalData.screen);
 		ImGui_ImplSDLRenderer2_NewFrame();
 		ImGui_ImplSDL2_NewFrame();
 		ImGui::NewFrame();
@@ -93,6 +94,31 @@ void RunGameState(sago::GameStateInterface& state ) {
 	}
 }
 
+void DrawBackground(SDL_Renderer* target) {
+	SDL_RenderClear(target);
+	sago::SagoSprite background = globalData.spriteHolder->GetSprite("background_tile");
+	size_t ticks = SDL_GetTicks();
+	if (true) {
+		int nextX = 0;
+		if (true) {
+			nextX -= (ticks/100)%background.GetWidth();
+		}
+		while (nextX < globalData.xsize) {
+			int nextY = 0;
+			if (true) {
+				nextY -= (ticks/100)%background.GetWidth();
+			}
+			while (nextY < globalData.ysize) {
+				background.Draw(target, ticks, nextX, nextY);
+				nextY += background.GetHeight();
+			}
+			nextX += background.GetWidth();
+		}
+		return;
+	}
+	background.DrawScaled(target, ticks, 0, 0, globalData.xsize, globalData.ysize);
+}
+
 /**
  * This function reads the mouse coordinates from a relevant event.
  * Unlike SDL_GetMouseState this works even if SDL_RenderSetLogicalSize is used
diff --git a/src/sago_common.hpp b/src/sago_common.hpp
index 4431eea..c7d180a 100644
--- a/src/sago_common.hpp
+++ b/src/sago_common.hpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ void RunGameState(sago::GameStateInterface& state );
 void UpdateMouseCoordinates(const SDL_Event& event, int& mousex, int& mousey);
 void InitGame();
 void UninitGame();
+void DrawBackground(SDL_Renderer* target);
 
 #endif /* SAGO_COMMON_HPP */