diff --git a/openlp/core/lib/serviceitem.py b/openlp/core/lib/serviceitem.py
index 49fd68505..fb45eb3b3 100644
--- a/openlp/core/lib/serviceitem.py
+++ b/openlp/core/lib/serviceitem.py
@@ -36,9 +36,11 @@ import datetime
 import logging
 import os
 import uuid
+from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
 
 from openlp.core.lib import build_icon, clean_tags, expand_tags, translate, \
     ImageSource
+from openlp.core.lib.settings import Settings
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -335,8 +337,11 @@ class ServiceItem(object):
                 self._raw_frames.append(slide)
         elif self.service_item_type == ServiceItemType.Image:
             for text_image in serviceitem[u'serviceitem'][u'data']:
+                settingsSection = serviceitem[u'serviceitem'][u'header'][u'name']
+                background = QtGui.QColor(Settings().value(settingsSection
+                    + u'/background color', QtCore.QVariant(u'#000000')))
                 filename = os.path.join(path, text_image)
-                self.add_from_image(filename, text_image)
+                self.add_from_image(filename, text_image, background)
         elif self.service_item_type == ServiceItemType.Command:
             for text_image in serviceitem[u'serviceitem'][u'data']:
                 filename = os.path.join(path, text_image[u'title'])