diff --git a/src/ui/App.tsx b/src/ui/App.tsx
index 4822a5e..8490b11 100644
--- a/src/ui/App.tsx
+++ b/src/ui/App.tsx
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class App extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
     const game_path = game_exe.substring(0, game_exe.replace(/\\/g, '/').lastIndexOf('/'))
     const root_path = game_path.substring(0, game_path.replace(/\\/g, '/').lastIndexOf('/'))
 
-    if(!custom_bg) {
+    if(!custom_bg || !/png|jpg|jpeg$/.test(custom_bg)) {
       if(game_path) {
         // Get the bg by invoking, then set the background to that bg.
         const bgLoc: string = await invoke('get_bg_file', {
diff --git a/src/ui/components/menu/Options.tsx b/src/ui/components/menu/Options.tsx
index de66999..03b8826 100644
--- a/src/ui/components/menu/Options.tsx
+++ b/src/ui/components/menu/Options.tsx
@@ -86,6 +86,8 @@ export default class Options extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
   async setCustomBackground(value: string) {
     const isUrl = /^(?:http(s)?:\/\/)/gm.test(value)
 
+    if (!value) return await setConfigOption('customBackground', '')
+
     if (!isUrl) {
       const filename = value.replace(/\\/g, '/').split('/').pop()
       const localBgPath = (await dataDir() as string).replace(/\\/g, '/')