diff --git a/img/backgrounds/gnusocial.jpg b/img/backgrounds/gnusocial.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1b865e13
Binary files /dev/null and b/img/backgrounds/gnusocial.jpg differ
diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial b/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial
index 4596c35c..caa8bcfd 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial
@@ -358,6 +358,7 @@ function upgrade_gnusocial {
 
     gnusocial_hourly_script gnusocial $GNUSOCIAL_DOMAIN_NAME
     upgrade_pleroma "$GNUSOCIAL_DOMAIN_NAME" "gnusocial" "$GNUSOCIAL_BACKGROUND_IMAGE_URL" "$GNUSOCIAL_TITLE"
+    install_gnusocial_default_background "gnusocial" "$GNUSOCIAL_DOMAIN_NAME"
     chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/${GNUSOCIAL_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs
 }
 
@@ -983,6 +984,7 @@ function install_gnusocial {
         function_check install_nodejs
         install_nodejs pleroma-gnusocial
         install_pleroma "gnusocial" "$GNUSOCIAL_DOMAIN_NAME" "$GNUSOCIAL_BACKGROUND_IMAGE_URL" "$GNUSOCIAL_TITLE"
+        install_gnusocial_default_background "gnusocial" "$GNUSOCIAL_DOMAIN_NAME"
     fi
 
     # unleash the daemons!
diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-postactiv b/src/freedombone-app-postactiv
index 76606aec..37c04534 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-postactiv
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-postactiv
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ function upgrade_postactiv {
     postactiv_running_script
 
     upgrade_pleroma "$POSTACTIV_DOMAIN_NAME" "postactiv" "$POSTACTIV_BACKGROUND_IMAGE_URL" "$POSTACTIV_TITLE"
+    install_gnusocial_default_background "postactiv" "$POSTACTIV_DOMAIN_NAME"
     chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/${POSTACTIV_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs
 }
 
@@ -767,6 +768,7 @@ function install_postactiv {
         function_check install_nodejs
         install_nodejs pleroma-gnusocial
         install_pleroma "postactiv" "$POSTACTIV_DOMAIN_NAME" "$POSTACTIV_BACKGROUND_IMAGE_URL" "$POSTACTIV_TITLE"
+        install_gnusocial_default_background "postactiv" "$POSTACTIV_DOMAIN_NAME"
     fi
 
     expire_gnusocial_posts "$POSTACTIV_DOMAIN_NAME" "postactiv" "$POSTACTIV_EXPIRE_MONTHS"
diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-gnusocialtools b/src/freedombone-utils-gnusocialtools
index 49535c8a..d188810d 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-gnusocialtools
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-gnusocialtools
@@ -174,6 +174,34 @@ function install_qvitter {
     install_completed ${app_name}_theme
 }
 
+function install_gnusocial_default_background {
+    gnusocial_type=$1
+    domain_name=$2
+
+    # customise the logo
+    if [ -f /var/www/${domain_name}/htdocs/static/logo.png ]; then
+        if [ -f ~/freedombone/img/logo_fbone3.png ]; then
+            cp ~/freedombone/img/logo_fbone3.png /var/www/${domain_name}/htdocs/static/logo.png
+        else
+            if [ -f /home/$MY_USERNAME/freedombone/img/logo_fbone3.png ]; then
+                cp /home/$MY_USERNAME/freedombone/img/logo_fbone3.png /var/www/${domain_name}/htdocs/static/logo.png
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    if [ ! -f /var/www/${domain_name}/htdocs/static/bg.jpg ]; then
+        return
+    fi
+
+    if [ -f ~/freedombone/img/backgrounds/${gnusocial_type}.jpg ]; then
+        cp ~/freedombone/img/backgrounds/${gnusocial_type}.jpg /var/www/${domain_name}/htdocs/static/bg.jpg
+    else
+        if [ -f /home/$MY_USERNAME/freedombone/img/backgrounds/${gnusocial_type}.jpg ]; then
+            cp /home/$MY_USERNAME/freedombone/img/backgrounds${gnusocial_type}.jpg /var/www/${domain_name}/htdocs/static/bg.jpg
+        fi
+    fi
+}
+
 function install_pleroma {
     app_name="$1"
     pleroma_domain="$2"
@@ -219,6 +247,7 @@ function install_pleroma {
         mv /var/www/${pleroma_domain}/htdocs/index.php /var/www/${pleroma_domain}/htdocs/index_qvitter.php
     fi
     sed -i 's|index.php|index_qvitter.php|g' $nginx_site
+    sed -i 's|"theme":.*|"theme": "base16-apathy.css",|g' /var/www/${pleroma_domain}/htdocs/static/config.json
 
     chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/${pleroma_domain}/htdocs
 }
@@ -237,8 +266,14 @@ function upgrade_pleroma {
             echo 'Unable to build pleroma'
             exit 268362
         fi
+        if [ -f /var/www/${domain_name}/htdocs/static/config.json ]; then
+            cp /var/www/${domain_name}/htdocs/static/config.json /var/www/${domain_name}/htdocs/static/config.json.old
+        fi
         cp -r $INSTALL_DIR/pleroma/dist/* /var/www/${domain_name}/htdocs/
         pleroma_set_background_image_from_url "$domain_name" "$background_url" "$title"
+        if [ -f /var/www/${domain_name}/htdocs/static/config.json.old ]; then
+            mv /var/www/${domain_name}/htdocs/static/config.json.old /var/www/${domain_name}/htdocs/static/config.json
+        fi
 
         if [ -f /var/www/${domain_name}/htdocs/index.php ]; then
             mv /var/www/${domain_name}/htdocs/index.php /var/www/${domain_name}/htdocs/index_qvitter.php