diff --git a/images/irongrip-zero.png b/images/irongrip-zero.png
new file mode 100644
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diff --git a/images/irongrip.png b/images/irongrip.png
deleted file mode 100644
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diff --git a/templates/stylesheet/index.css.scss b/templates/stylesheet/index.css.scss
index f776d04..c98d44a 100644
--- a/templates/stylesheet/index.css.scss
+++ b/templates/stylesheet/index.css.scss
@@ -10,24 +10,14 @@ $standard-width: 1em;
 
 html {
   text-size: 99%;
-  background-image: url('/images/irongrip.png');
+  /* original picture from http://subtlepatterns.com/iron-grip/ */
+  background-image: url('/images/irongrip-zero.png');
   min-width: 300px;
   width: 100%;
   max-width: 1100px;
   margin: auto;
 }
 
-body:after {
-  content: '';
-  background-color: fade-out($alternate_color, 0.85);
-  position: absolute;
-  top:    0;
-  left:   0;
-  bottom: 0;
-  right:  0;
-  z-index: -1;
-}
-
 code {
   font-family: "PT mono", monospace;
   font-size: $standard-width * 0.95;