diff --git a/changedetectionio/static/images/gradient-border.png b/changedetectionio/static/images/gradient-border.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 4c7705f8..00000000
Binary files a/changedetectionio/static/images/gradient-border.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/changedetectionio/static/styles/scss/styles.scss b/changedetectionio/static/styles/scss/styles.scss
index 55bcc4cb..0269bff0 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/static/styles/scss/styles.scss
+++ b/changedetectionio/static/styles/scss/styles.scss
@@ -243,7 +243,6 @@ body::after {
 body::before {
   // background-image set in base.html so it works with reverse proxies etc
   content: "";
-  background-size: cover
 }
 
 body:after,
diff --git a/changedetectionio/static/styles/styles.css b/changedetectionio/static/styles/styles.css
index c18d8d96..073d8ac5 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/static/styles/styles.css
+++ b/changedetectionio/static/styles/styles.css
@@ -574,8 +574,7 @@ body::after {
   opacity: 0.91; }
 
 body::before {
-  content: "";
-  background-size: cover; }
+  content: ""; }
 
 body:after,
 body:before {
diff --git a/changedetectionio/templates/base.html b/changedetectionio/templates/base.html
index c4c664cb..60ceb3bb 100644
--- a/changedetectionio/templates/base.html
+++ b/changedetectionio/templates/base.html
@@ -24,12 +24,6 @@
     <meta name="msapplication-TileColor" content="#da532c">
     <meta name="msapplication-config" content="favicons/browserconfig.xml">
     <meta name="theme-color" content="#ffffff">
-
-    <style>
-      body::before {
-        background-image: url({{url_for('static_content', group='images', filename='gradient-border.png') }});
-      }
-    </style>
     <script src="{{url_for('static_content', group='js', filename='jquery-3.6.0.min.js')}}"></script>
   </head>