diff --git a/interfacer/test/http-server/server_test.go b/interfacer/test/http-server/server_test.go
index f3e71ec..43b385d 100644
--- a/interfacer/test/http-server/server_test.go
+++ b/interfacer/test/http-server/server_test.go
@@ -25,4 +25,9 @@ var _ = Describe("HTTP Server", func() {
 		Expect(response).To(ContainSubstring(
 			"<a href=\"/http://localhost:4444/smorgasbord/another.html\">Another page</a>"))
 	})
+
+	It("should return a background image", func() {
+		response := getPath("/smorgasbord", "html")
+		Expect(response).To(ContainSubstring("background-image: url(data:image/jpeg"))
+	})
 })
diff --git a/webext/assets/styles.css b/webext/assets/styles.css
index 6f455e8..33d7147 100644
--- a/webext/assets/styles.css
+++ b/webext/assets/styles.css
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ html * {
   letter-spacing: 0px !important;
   font-style: normal !important;
   font-weight: normal !important;
-
 }
 
 a {
diff --git a/webext/src/dom/graphics_builder.js b/webext/src/dom/graphics_builder.js
index ea747c5..2974c26 100644
--- a/webext/src/dom/graphics_builder.js
+++ b/webext/src/dom/graphics_builder.js
@@ -11,8 +11,13 @@ export default class extends utils.mixins(CommonMixin) {
     super();
     this.channel = channel;
     this.dimensions = dimensions;
-    this._off_screen_canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
-    this._ctx = this._off_screen_canvas.getContext('2d');
+    // The amount of lossy JPG compression to apply to the HTML services
+    // background image
+    this._html_image_compression = 0.9;
+    this._screenshot_canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
+    this._converter_canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
+    this._screenshot_ctx = this._screenshot_canvas.getContext('2d');
+    this._converter_ctx = this._converter_canvas.getContext('2d');
     this._hideText();
   }
 
@@ -62,20 +67,21 @@ export default class extends utils.mixins(CommonMixin) {
   }
 
   _getScreenshotWithoutText() {
-    this.pixels_without_text = this._getScreenshot();
+    this.pixels_without_text = this._getScreenshot().data;
     return this.pixels_without_text;
   }
 
   _getScreenshotWithText() {
     this._showText();
-    this.pixels_with_text = this._getScreenshot();
+    this.pixels_with_text = this._getScreenshot().data;
     this._hideText();
     return this.pixels_with_text;
   }
 
   _getScaledScreenshot() {
     this._scaleCanvas();
-    this.scaled_pixels = this._getScreenshot();
+    this.scaled_pixels_image_object = this._getScreenshot();
+    this.scaled_pixels = this.scaled_pixels_image_object.data;
     this._unScaleCanvas();
     return this.scaled_pixels;
   }
@@ -132,23 +138,22 @@ export default class extends utils.mixins(CommonMixin) {
   // Scale the screenshot so that 1 pixel approximates half a TTY cell.
   _scaleCanvas() {
     this._is_scaled = true;
-    // TODO: default to text hidden - show text only for big frames
-    this._ctx.save();
-    this._ctx.scale(
+    this._screenshot_ctx.save();
+    this._screenshot_ctx.scale(
       this.dimensions.scale_factor.width,
       this.dimensions.scale_factor.height
     );
   }
 
   _unScaleCanvas() {
-    this._ctx.restore();
+    this._screenshot_ctx.restore();
     this._is_scaled = false;
   }
 
   _updateCanvasSize() {
     if (this._is_scaled) return;
-    this._off_screen_canvas.width = this.dimensions.dom.sub.width;
-    this._off_screen_canvas.height = this.dimensions.dom.sub.height;
+    this._screenshot_canvas.width = this.dimensions.dom.sub.width;
+    this._screenshot_canvas.height = this.dimensions.dom.sub.height;
   }
 
   // Get an array of RGB values.
@@ -165,7 +170,7 @@ export default class extends utils.mixins(CommonMixin) {
     }
     if (width <= 0 || height <= 0) { return [] }
     this._updateCanvasSize();
-    this._ctx.drawWindow(
+    this._screenshot_ctx.drawWindow(
       window,
       this.dimensions.dom.sub.left,
       this.dimensions.dom.sub.top,
@@ -173,7 +178,16 @@ export default class extends utils.mixins(CommonMixin) {
       this.dimensions.dom.sub.height,
       background_colour
     );
-    return this._ctx.getImageData(0, 0, width, height).data;
+    return this._screenshot_ctx.getImageData(0, 0, width, height);
+  }
+
+  // Return the scaled screenshot as a data URI to display in HTML
+  _getScaledDataURI() {
+    this.__getScaledScreenshot();
+    this._converter_canvas.width = this.dimensions.frame.sub.width;
+    this._converter_canvas.height = this.dimensions.frame.sub.height;
+    this._converter_ctx.putImageData(this.scaled_pixels_image_object, 0, 0);
+    return this._converter_canvas.toDataURL('image/jpeg', this._html_image_compression);
   }
 
   _sendFrame() {
diff --git a/webext/src/dom/serialise_mixin.js b/webext/src/dom/serialise_mixin.js
index 14b4c0d..70cc410 100644
--- a/webext/src/dom/serialise_mixin.js
+++ b/webext/src/dom/serialise_mixin.js
@@ -64,6 +64,9 @@ export default (MixinBase) => class extends MixinBase {
   }
 
   _getHTMLHead() {
+    const img_src = this.graphics_builder._getScaledDataURI();
+    const width = this.dimensions.dom.sub.width;
+    const height = this.dimensions.dom.sub.height;
     return `<html>
      <head>
        ${this._getFavicon()}
@@ -72,6 +75,31 @@ export default (MixinBase) => class extends MixinBase {
         html * {
          font-family: monospace;
         }
+        body {
+          font-size: 15px;
+        }
+        pre {
+          background-image: url(${img_src});
+          background-size: contain;
+          background-repeat: no-repeat;
+          background-size: ${width}px ${height}px;
+          // Pixelate the background image
+          image-rendering: optimizeSpeed;             /* STOP SMOOTHING, GIVE ME SPEED  */
+          image-rendering: -moz-crisp-edges;          /* Firefox                        */
+          image-rendering: -o-crisp-edges;            /* Opera                          */
+          image-rendering: -webkit-optimize-contrast; /* Chrome (and eventually Safari) */
+          image-rendering: pixelated; /* Chrome */
+          image-rendering: optimize-contrast;         /* CSS3 Proposed                  */
+          -ms-interpolation-mode: nearest-neighbor;   /* IE8+                           */
+          width: ${width}px;
+          height: ${height}px;
+          // These styles need to exactly follow Browsh's rendering styles
+          font-size: 15px !important;
+          line-height: 20px !important;
+          letter-spacing: 0px !important;
+          font-style: normal !important;
+          font-weight: normal !important;
+        }
         .browsh-footer {
           opacity: 0.7;
         }