diff --git a/public/src/js/loader.js b/public/src/js/loader.js
index 96b332b..6603c6a 100644
--- a/public/src/js/loader.js
+++ b/public/src/js/loader.js
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class Loader{
 			}), url)
 		}
 		
-		assets.img.forEach(name => {
+		assets.img.forEach(name=>{
 			var id = this.getFilename(name)
 			var image = document.createElement("img")
 			var url = gameConfig.assets_baseurl + "img/" + name
@@ -132,6 +132,20 @@ class Loader{
 				return
 			}
 			
+			assets.categories //load category backgrounds to DOM
+				.filter(cat=>cat.songSkin && cat.songSkin.bg_img)
+				.forEach(cat=>{
+					let name = cat.songSkin.bg_img
+					var id = this.getFilename(name)
+					var image = document.createElement("img")
+					var url = gameConfig.assets_baseurl + "img/" + name
+					this.addPromise(pageEvents.load(image), url)
+					image.id = name
+					image.src = url
+					this.assetsDiv.appendChild(image)
+					assets.image[id] = image
+			})
+
 			snd.buffer = new SoundBuffer()
 			snd.musicGain = snd.buffer.createGain()
 			snd.sfxGain = snd.buffer.createGain()
diff --git a/public/src/js/songselect.js b/public/src/js/songselect.js
index d319afb..6075c5a 100644
--- a/public/src/js/songselect.js
+++ b/public/src/js/songselect.js
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ class SongSelect{
 					category.songSkin.sort = sortCount
 					sortCount += 1
 				}
-
 				this.songSkin[category.title] = category.songSkin
 			}
 		}
@@ -2326,7 +2325,8 @@ class SongSelect{
 
 	drawBackground(cat, sort){
 		if(this.songSkin[cat] && this.songSkin[cat].bg_img){
-			this.songSelect.style.backgroundImage = "url('assets/img/" + this.songSkin[cat].bg_img + "')"
+			let filename = this.songSkin[cat].bg_img.slice(0, this.songSkin[cat].bg_img.lastIndexOf("."))
+			this.songSelect.style.backgroundImage = "url('" + assets.image[filename].src + "')"
 		}else{
 			if(assets.image["bg_genre_" + sort]){
 				this.songSelect.style.backgroundImage = "url('" + assets.image["bg_genre_" + sort].src + "')"