diff --git a/028.bs/Makefile b/028.bs/Makefile
index d758162..e34e0c6 100644
--- a/028.bs/Makefile
+++ b/028.bs/Makefile
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ out/%_tileFadeFrom.pal: assets/%_foreground_playarea.pal
 out/%_tileFadeTo.pal: assets/%_foreground_playarea.pal
 	cat assets/$*_foreground_playarea.pal  | tail -3 | head -2 > out/$*_tileFadeTo.pal
 
-out/background.bin: assets/assets.png
+out/background.bin: assets/background.png
 	$(IMAGECON) --use-palette=assets/paletteA_background.pal --input $< $(IMAGECON_ARGS) --colors 8 --output-bitplanes  --output-palette --full-color-palette-file --output-palette-asm --output-grey-palette --output-palette --output-png --output-copperlist --output out/background --palette-offset 8
 
 out/panel.bin: assets/panel.png
diff --git a/028.bs/assets/assets.png b/028.bs/assets/assets.png
index 9a44527..cd62c6b 100644
Binary files a/028.bs/assets/assets.png and b/028.bs/assets/assets.png differ
diff --git a/028.bs/assets/background.png b/028.bs/assets/background.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..85dd497
Binary files /dev/null and b/028.bs/assets/background.png differ
diff --git a/028.bs/background.s b/028.bs/background.s
index d39e684..39655f7 100644
--- a/028.bs/background.s
+++ b/028.bs/background.s
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ RenderBackgroundTile:
 	move.l	backgroundScrollX,d2
 	lsr.b	#BACKGROUND_SCROLL_SHIFT_CONVERT,d2		; convert to pixels
 	andi.w	#$f,d2		; find the shift component		
-	jsr	BlitTile
+	jsr	BlitBackgroundTile
 	cmp.l   #backgroundBitplanes1,backgroundOffscreen
 	bne	.offsetSub
 	add.l	#backgroundBitplanes2-backgroundBitplanes1,a0
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ RenderBackgroundTile:
 .offsetSub:
 	sub.l	#backgroundBitplanes2-backgroundBitplanes1,a0
 .doBlit:
-	jsr	BlitTile	
+	jsr	BlitBackgroundTile	
 	rts
 
 RenderNextBackgroundFrame:
diff --git a/028.bs/background.tmx b/028.bs/background.tmx
index ab2ef99..721dcce 100644
--- a/028.bs/background.tmx
+++ b/028.bs/background.tmx
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <map version="1.0" orientation="orthogonal" renderorder="left-down" width="200" height="16" tilewidth="16" tileheight="16" nextobjectid="1">
- <tileset firstgid="1" name="tilemap" tilewidth="16" tileheight="16" tilecount="320" columns="20">
-  <image source="assets/assets.png" width="320" height="256"/>
+ <tileset firstgid="1" name="background" tilewidth="16" tileheight="16" tilecount="48" columns="8">
+  <image source="assets/background.png" width="128" height="96"/>
  </tileset>
  <layer name="background" width="200" height="16">
   <data encoding="base64" compression="zlib">
-   eJztmssNwjAMhrsA4sICIF4LQMtjBR4LwA6w/wH3gFRFJbEdhwbyH74DUhqSz2oSu2mqqpp0mDu/P9Ew27UsiCWxItbM/m7EPTA2yRg0c4ILuAhRG/SxI/bEgTgyn3kQT6Mxv/1x4gEXcBE7r5YpMWO2PRFn4kJcjf7/W/GAi7JdjJV9bojtgHNqkb73vnjUzD7goiwX2vcjNZz923oNtFxH4eI/XAy5r8VivT/DBVxI6asXlApcwIVLTL2gyyiDucAFXPwS3DxKUhPxYdUPXMAFl5g6ODePktREfOtR6toKXMCFJbnUv3MALuAiJ5BfwoXEheYMluK7fCrc/dWXX8IFXLjtNGcw6XcY6zwoVRzgAi4skJ4TY/KgvvzKFwfufVO4gItYtLUIyT1jzZ3kUBxcFxb3oOGiLBcv7ZMzAQ==
+   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
   </data>
  </layer>
 </map>
diff --git a/028.bs/blit.s b/028.bs/blit.s
index f77f007..d0de5ea 100644
--- a/028.bs/blit.s
+++ b/028.bs/blit.s
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 	xdef BlitFillColor
 	xdef BlitTile
+	xdef BlitBackgroundTile
 	xref BlueFill
 	xref SimpleBlit
 
@@ -123,6 +124,29 @@ BlitTile:
 	move.w 	#(16*SCREEN_BIT_DEPTH)<<6|(1),BLTSIZE(a6)	;rectangle size, starts blit
 	movem.l	(sp)+,d2/a0
 	rts
+	
+BlitBackgroundTile:
+	;; a0 - dest bitplane pointer
+	;; a1 - source tile pointer
+	;; d2 - y tile index
+
+	WaitBlitter	
+	movem.l	d2/a0,-(sp)
+	move.w	#0,BLTCON1(a6)		;
+	move.w	#BC0F_SRCA|BC0F_DEST|$f0,BLTCON0(a6)
+	
+	move.w 	#BACKGROUND_TILEMAP_WIDTH_BYTES-2,BLTAMOD(a6)
+	move.w 	#BITPLANE_WIDTH_BYTES-2,BLTDMOD(a6)		;
+
+	mulu.w	#BITPLANE_WIDTH_BYTES*SCREEN_BIT_DEPTH*16,d2
+	add.l	d2,a0
+	move.l 	a1,BLTAPTH(a6) 		; source
+	move.l 	a0,BLTDPTH(a6)		; dest
+	move.w	#$ffff,BLTAFWM(a6)
+	move.w	#$ffff,BLTALWM(a6)
+	move.w 	#(16*SCREEN_BIT_DEPTH)<<6|(1),BLTSIZE(a6)	;rectangle size, starts blit
+	movem.l	(sp)+,d2/a0
+	rts
 
 
 BlueFill:
diff --git a/028.bs/constants.i b/028.bs/constants.i
index e4d6276..5725b0b 100644
--- a/028.bs/constants.i
+++ b/028.bs/constants.i
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ BITPLANE_WIDTH_WORDS	    		equ BITPLANE_WIDTH_BYTES/2
 TILEMAP_WIDTH		    		equ 320
 TILEMAP_WIDTH_BYTES	    		equ TILEMAP_WIDTH/8
 TILEMAP_WIDTH_WORDS	    		equ TILEMAP_WIDTH_BYTES/2
+BACKGROUND_TILEMAP_WIDTH		equ 128
+BACKGROUND_TILEMAP_WIDTH_BYTES		equ BACKGROUND_TILEMAP_WIDTH/8
+BACKGROUND_TILEMAP_WIDTH_WORDS 		equ BACKGROUND_TILEMAP_WIDTH_BYTES/2
+
 
 
 SCREEN_BIT_DEPTH			equ 3