diff --git a/Spaceinator.project.gmx b/Spaceinator.project.gmx
index 59cccdc..7c68b39 100644
--- a/Spaceinator.project.gmx
+++ b/Spaceinator.project.gmx
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
     <sprite>sprites\spr_blocks</sprite>
     <sprite>sprites\spr_blackhole</sprite>
   </sprites>
-  <backgrounds name="background"/>
+  <backgrounds name="background">
+    <background>background\bg_space</background>
+  </backgrounds>
   <paths name="paths"/>
   <help>
     <rtf>help.rtf</rtf>
diff --git a/background/bg_space.background.gmx b/background/bg_space.background.gmx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71ab498
--- /dev/null
+++ b/background/bg_space.background.gmx
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<!--This Document is generated by GameMaker, if you edit it by hand then you do so at your own risk!-->
+<background>
+  <istileset>0</istileset>
+  <tilewidth>16</tilewidth>
+  <tileheight>16</tileheight>
+  <tilexoff>0</tilexoff>
+  <tileyoff>0</tileyoff>
+  <tilehsep>0</tilehsep>
+  <tilevsep>0</tilevsep>
+  <HTile>-1</HTile>
+  <VTile>-1</VTile>
+  <TextureGroups>
+    <TextureGroup0>0</TextureGroup0>
+  </TextureGroups>
+  <For3D>0</For3D>
+  <width>1920</width>
+  <height>1920</height>
+  <data>images\bg_space.png</data>
+</background>
diff --git a/background/images/bg_space.png b/background/images/bg_space.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bb14e8
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