diff --git a/prettymaps/draw.py b/prettymaps/draw.py
index e5fcb6c..93fba1d 100644
--- a/prettymaps/draw.py
+++ b/prettymaps/draw.py
@@ -527,6 +527,7 @@ def create_background(
     Returns:
         Tuple[BaseGeometry, float, float, float, float, float, float]: background geometry, bounds, width and height
     """
+    
     # Create background
     background_pad = 1.1
     if "background" in style and "pad" in style["background"]:
@@ -539,6 +540,9 @@ def create_background(
         background_pad,
     )
 
+    if "background" in style and "dilate" in style["background"]:
+        background = background.buffer(style['background'].pop("dilate"))
+
     # Get bounds
     xmin, ymin, xmax, ymax = background.bounds
     dx, dy = xmax - xmin, ymax - ymin
@@ -958,7 +962,7 @@ def plot(
         zorder = style["background"].pop(
             "zorder") if "zorder" in style["background"] else -1
         ax.add_patch(PolygonPatch(
-            background, **style["background"], zorder=zorder))
+            background, **{k:v for k,v in style["background"].items() if k != 'dilate'}, zorder=zorder))
 
     # 10. Draw credit message
     if (mode == "matplotlib") and (credit != False) and (not multiplot):
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index c213335..7e81ad5 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@ osmnx==1.1.2
 tabulate==0.8.9
 Shapely>=1.8,<2.0
 descartes==1.1.0
+ipykernel==5.3.4
 pyyaml==6.0.0
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index a281ba0..688f8cd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ presets_dir = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.pardir, 'presets'))
 
 setup(
     name="prettymaps",
-    version="v0.1.3",
+    version="v0.1.4",
     description="A simple python library to draw pretty maps from OpenStreetMap data",
     long_description=parent_dir.joinpath("README.md").read_text(),
     long_description_content_type="text/markdown",