diff --git a/templates/boot/grub/grml-theme/black.png b/templates/boot/grub/grml-theme/black.png
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..83736f65
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diff --git a/templates/boot/grub/grml-theme/sb-theme.txt b/templates/boot/grub/grml-theme/sb-theme.txt
index b1352043..12118deb 100644
--- a/templates/boot/grub/grml-theme/sb-theme.txt
+++ b/templates/boot/grub/grml-theme/sb-theme.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 title-text: ""
 title-color: "#FFF"
-desktop-color: "#000"
+desktop-image: "black.png"
 
 + image {
   file = "logo.png"
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ desktop-color: "#000"
   width = 92%-180
   top = 25%
   height = 55%
-  # TODO: set height=60%
   item_color = #FFF
   selected_item_color = #000
   item_spacing = 4
diff --git a/templates/boot/grub/grml-theme/theme.txt b/templates/boot/grub/grml-theme/theme.txt
index 9a7f7ac1..806308ae 100644
--- a/templates/boot/grub/grml-theme/theme.txt
+++ b/templates/boot/grub/grml-theme/theme.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 title-text: ""
 title-color: "#FFF"
-desktop-color: "#000"
+desktop-image: "black.png"
 
 + image {
   file = "logo.png"
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ desktop-color: "#000"
   width = 92%-180
   top = 25%
   height = 55%
-  # TODO: set height=60%
   item_color = #FFF
   selected_item_color = #000
   item_spacing = 4