diff --git a/lib/utils/sanitization.js b/lib/utils/sanitization.js
--- a/lib/utils/sanitization.js
+++ b/lib/utils/sanitization.js
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
 const keysWithStringsToBeScrambled = new Set(['text', 'robotext']);
 
 // eg {"uri":"https://comm.app/1234/5678"}
-// => {"uri":"https://comm.app/images/background.png"}
+// => {"uri":"https://comm.app/images/placeholder.png"}
 const keysWithImageURIsToBeReplaced = new Set([
   'uri',
   'localURI',
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
 }
 
 function placeholderImageURI(): string {
-  return 'https://comm.app/images/background.png';
+  return 'https://comm.app/images/placeholder.png';
 }
 
 function scrambleText(str: string): string {
diff --git a/server/images/background@2x.png b/server/images/background@2x.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
GIT binary patch
literal 0
Hc$@<O00001

literal 0
Hc$@<O00001

diff --git a/server/images/background.png b/server/images/placeholder.png
rename from server/images/background.png
rename to server/images/placeholder.png
diff --git a/web/splash/splash.css b/web/splash/splash.css
--- a/web/splash/splash.css
+++ b/web/splash/splash.css
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 div.headerContainer {
   flex: 1 1 auto;
-  background-image: url(../images/background.png);
-  background-size: 3000px 2000px;
-  background-attachment: fixed;
   padding: 0 10px;
 }
 div.topContainer {
@@ -70,9 +67,6 @@
 }
 div.bottom {
   margin-top: 728px;
-  background-image: url(../images/background.png);
-  background-size: 3000px 2000px;
-  background-attachment: fixed;
   min-height: 100%;
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;