diff --git a/mopidy_touchscreen/dynamic_background.py b/mopidy_touchscreen/dynamic_background.py
index e71d8e6..3d23c58 100644
--- a/mopidy_touchscreen/dynamic_background.py
+++ b/mopidy_touchscreen/dynamic_background.py
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 import random
 
+import pygame
 
 class DynamicBackground():
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, size):
+        self.size = size
         self.current = get_valid_color()
         self.target = get_valid_color()
+        self.surface = None
 
     def draw_background(self, surface):
         same = True
@@ -18,9 +21,18 @@ class DynamicBackground():
         #if same:
         #    self.target = get_valid_color()
         surface.fill(self.current)
+        if self.surface is not None:
+            surface.blit(self.surface,(0,0))
 
-    def set_target_color(self, color):
+    def set_target_color(self, color, surface):
         self.target = [color[0], color[1], color[2]]
+        #irudi = pygame.Surface(surface.get_size())
+        #pygame.transform.laplacian(surface, irudi)
+        irudi = surface
+        target = pygame.Surface(self.size)
+        pygame.transform.smoothscale(irudi, self.size, target)
+        target.set_alpha(80)
+        self.surface = target
 
 
 # Returns an array with 3 integers in range of 0-255
diff --git a/mopidy_touchscreen/main_screen.py b/mopidy_touchscreen/main_screen.py
index b64287d..c9bbf95 100644
--- a/mopidy_touchscreen/main_screen.py
+++ b/mopidy_touchscreen/main_screen.py
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ class MainScreen(BaseScreen):
                 self.get_cover_folder() +
                 self.get_image_file_name()).convert(),
             (size, size))
-        self.background.set_target_color(pygame.transform.average_color(image))
+        self.background.set_target_color(pygame.transform.average_color(image), image)
         self.image = image
 
 
diff --git a/mopidy_touchscreen/screen_manager.py b/mopidy_touchscreen/screen_manager.py
index 1968fd1..6427542 100644
--- a/mopidy_touchscreen/screen_manager.py
+++ b/mopidy_touchscreen/screen_manager.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class ScreenManager():
         self.size = size
         self.core = core
         self.fonts = {}
-        self.background = DynamicBackground()
+        self.background = DynamicBackground(self.size)
         self.current_screen = 0
         self.base_size = self.size[1] / 8
         font = resource_filename(