diff --git a/res/medusa-bg.jpg b/res/medusa-bg.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..35a156c65
Binary files /dev/null and b/res/medusa-bg.jpg differ
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/AboutScreen.cpp b/src/platform/qt/AboutScreen.cpp
index f14d19391..7c3ecd1ef 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/AboutScreen.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/AboutScreen.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ AboutScreen::AboutScreen(QWidget* parent)
 {
 	m_ui.setupUi(this);
 
-	QPixmap logo(":/res/medusa-1024.png");
+	QPixmap logo(":/res/medusa-bg.jpg");
 	logo = logo.scaled(m_ui.logo->minimumSize() * devicePixelRatio(), Qt::KeepAspectRatio, Qt::SmoothTransformation);
 	logo.setDevicePixelRatio(devicePixelRatio());
 	m_ui.logo->setPixmap(logo);
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp b/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp
index 6891fda1b..86b8d2c46 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp
+++ b/src/platform/qt/Window.cpp
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ Window::Window(ConfigController* config, int playerId, QWidget* parent)
 	, m_logView(new LogView(&m_log))
 	, m_stateWindow(nullptr)
 	, m_screenWidget(new WindowBackground())
-	, m_logo(":/res/medusa-1024.png")
+	, m_logo(":/res/medusa-bg.jpg")
 	, m_config(config)
 	, m_inputModel(new InputModel(this))
 	, m_inputController(m_inputModel, playerId, this)
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ Window::Window(ConfigController* config, int playerId, QWidget* parent)
 	m_screenWidget->setSizeHint(QSize(VIDEO_HORIZONTAL_PIXELS * i, VIDEO_VERTICAL_PIXELS * i));
 #endif
 	m_screenWidget->setPixmap(m_logo);
-	m_screenWidget->setLockAspectRatio(m_logo.width(), m_logo.height());
+	m_screenWidget->setCenteredAspectRatio(m_logo.width(), m_logo.height());
 	setCentralWidget(m_screenWidget);
 
 	connect(m_controller, SIGNAL(gameStarted(mCoreThread*, const QString&)), this, SLOT(gameStarted(mCoreThread*, const QString&)));
@@ -833,7 +833,7 @@ void Window::gameStopped() {
 	setWindowFilePath(QString());
 	updateTitle();
 	detachWidget(m_display);
-	m_screenWidget->setLockAspectRatio(m_logo.width(), m_logo.height());
+	m_screenWidget->setCenteredAspectRatio(m_logo.width(), m_logo.height());
 	m_screenWidget->setPixmap(m_logo);
 	m_screenWidget->unsetCursor();
 #ifdef M_CORE_GB
@@ -1648,6 +1648,13 @@ QSize WindowBackground::sizeHint() const {
 }
 
 void WindowBackground::setLockAspectRatio(int width, int height) {
+	m_centered = false;
+	m_aspectWidth = width;
+	m_aspectHeight = height;
+}
+
+void WindowBackground::setCenteredAspectRatio(int width, int height) {
+	m_centered = true;
 	m_aspectWidth = width;
 	m_aspectHeight = height;
 }
@@ -1659,13 +1666,21 @@ void WindowBackground::paintEvent(QPaintEvent*) {
 	}
 	QPainter painter(this);
 	painter.setRenderHint(QPainter::SmoothPixmapTransform);
-	painter.fillRect(QRect(QPoint(), size()), Qt::white);
+	painter.fillRect(QRect(QPoint(), size()), Qt::black);
 	QSize s = size();
 	QSize ds = s;
-	if (ds.width() * m_aspectHeight > ds.height() * m_aspectWidth) {
-		ds.setWidth(ds.height() * m_aspectWidth / m_aspectHeight);
-	} else if (ds.width() * m_aspectHeight < ds.height() * m_aspectWidth) {
-		ds.setHeight(ds.width() * m_aspectHeight / m_aspectWidth);
+	if (m_centered) {
+		if (ds.width() * m_aspectHeight < ds.height() * m_aspectWidth) {
+			ds.setWidth(ds.height() * m_aspectWidth / m_aspectHeight);
+		} else if (ds.width() * m_aspectHeight > ds.height() * m_aspectWidth) {
+			ds.setHeight(ds.width() * m_aspectHeight / m_aspectWidth);
+		}
+	} else {
+		if (ds.width() * m_aspectHeight > ds.height() * m_aspectWidth) {
+			ds.setWidth(ds.height() * m_aspectWidth / m_aspectHeight);
+		} else if (ds.width() * m_aspectHeight < ds.height() * m_aspectWidth) {
+			ds.setHeight(ds.width() * m_aspectHeight / m_aspectWidth);
+		}
 	}
 	QPoint origin = QPoint((s.width() - ds.width()) / 2, (s.height() - ds.height()) / 2);
 	QRect full(origin, ds);
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/Window.h b/src/platform/qt/Window.h
index 6afbb1846..5a461a459 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/Window.h
+++ b/src/platform/qt/Window.h
@@ -206,12 +206,14 @@ public:
 	void setSizeHint(const QSize& size);
 	virtual QSize sizeHint() const override;
 	void setLockAspectRatio(int width, int height);
+	void setCenteredAspectRatio(int width, int height);
 
 protected:
 	virtual void paintEvent(QPaintEvent*) override;
 
 private:
 	QSize m_sizeHint;
+	bool m_centered;
 	int m_aspectWidth;
 	int m_aspectHeight;
 };
diff --git a/src/platform/qt/resources.qrc b/src/platform/qt/resources.qrc
index 01a9b3ccc..1f5683da9 100644
--- a/src/platform/qt/resources.qrc
+++ b/src/platform/qt/resources.qrc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
  <!DOCTYPE RCC><RCC version="1.0">
  <qresource>
-     <file>../../../res/medusa-1024.png</file>
+     <file>../../../res/medusa-bg.jpg</file>
      <file>../../../res/patrons.txt</file>
  </qresource>
  </RCC>