diff --git a/reporting/markslider.py b/reporting/markslider.py
index 78dca2d..c878f1d 100755
--- a/reporting/markslider.py
+++ b/reporting/markslider.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 '''Markslider: a slideshow engine based on markdown.'''
 
 __author__ = "Ville Rantanen <ville.q.rantanen@gmail.com>"
-__version__ = "1.0"
+__version__ = "1.1"
 
 import sys,os,argparse,re,datetime
 from argparse import ArgumentParser
@@ -66,17 +66,19 @@ class slide_reader:
         self.re_command = re.compile("(.*)`(.*)`>(.*)")
         #~ self.control_chars = ''.join(map(unichr, range(0,32) + range(127,160)))
         #~ self.control_char_re = re.compile('[%s]' % re.escape(self.control_chars))
+        self.background = []
         self.read()
 
     def read(self):
         ''' Read a file, set pages and data '''
 
         self.pages = 0
+        self.background = []
         self.data = []
         self.file_start_page = []
         first_slide_found = False
         for fname in self.files:
-            first_slide_found=False
+            first_slide_found = False
             f=open(fname,'r')
             new_page=[]
             for row in f:
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@ class slide_reader:
                         new_page=[]
                 # if first slide havent been found yet:
                 if not first_slide_found:
+                    self.background.append(row)
                     continue
                 new_page.extend(self.generate_content(row))
             if len(new_page)>0:
@@ -295,6 +298,8 @@ Keyboard shortcuts:
     execution = parser.add_argument_group('execution')
     control = parser.add_argument_group('controls')
 
+    content.add_argument("--background",action="store_true",dest="background",default = False,
+                        help="Use the rows before the first # header as slide background")
     content.add_argument("--center",action="store_true",dest="center",default=False,
                      help="Center slides on screen.")
     content.add_argument("--dc",action="store_true",dest="dark_colors",default=False,
@@ -318,6 +323,7 @@ Keyboard shortcuts:
                      help="Timer for slideshow. If set, starts automatic slide changing.")
     content.add_argument("-w",action="store_false",dest="wrap",default=True,
                      help="Disable line wrapping. Cuts long lines.")
+
     content.add_argument("--toc",action="store",dest="toc",default=False,
                         const="Table of Contents", type=str, nargs='?',
                         help="Insert table of contents. Define the header, or use default: %(const)s")
@@ -345,9 +351,9 @@ def page_print(reader,opts,offset):
     bc.clear()
     if opts.center: # Placeholder for 80x25 center alignment
         align_width = reader.get_max_width()
-        align_x_offset = scrsize[1]/2-align_width/2
-        align_pad = " "*align_x_offset
-        align_y_offset = scrsize[0]/2 - reader.get_max_height()/2
+        align_x_offset = int(scrsize[1]/2 - align_width/2)
+        align_pad = " " * align_x_offset
+        align_y_offset = int(scrsize[0]/2 - reader.get_max_height()/2)
         bc.down_line(align_y_offset)
     else:
         align_pad = ""
@@ -363,6 +369,13 @@ def page_print(reader,opts,offset):
             opts) +
         bc.Z
     )
+    if opts.background:
+        bc.save()
+        if opts.color:
+            sys.stdout.write("\n".join([align_pad + bc.color_string(x) for x in reader.background]))
+        else:
+            sys.stdout.write("\n".join([align_pad + bc.nocolor_string(x) for x in reader.background]))
+        bc.restore()
     if (sys.version_info < (3, 0)):
         # python2 magic
         page = [row.decode('utf-8') for row in page]
@@ -713,7 +726,10 @@ def take_screenshot(reader,opts):
     if not os.path.exists(opts.screenshots):
         os.mkdir(opts.screenshots)
     subprocess.call(
-        "sleep 0.5; import -window $WINDOWID '%s'"%(out_file,),
+        "sleep 0.5; import -window %s '%s'"%(
+            opts.xwinid,
+            out_file
+        ),
         stdout = subprocess.PIPE,
         stderr = subprocess.PIPE,
         shell = True
@@ -732,7 +748,20 @@ def main():
     bc = ansi.code()
     getch = getch()
     opts = setup_options()
-
+    if opts.screenshots:
+        print("Click the terminal window to read window ID")
+        xwininfo = subprocess.check_output(
+          "xwininfo",
+          shell = True
+        )
+        if type(xwininfo) == bytes:
+            xwininfo = xwininfo.decode('utf-8')
+        xwininfo = re.search(r"Window id: (0x[0-9]+)", xwininfo)
+        if xwininfo:
+            opts.xwinid = xwininfo.group(1)
+        else:
+            print("Cannot parse window ID")
+            sys.exit(1)
     browser(
         opts,
         opts.files
diff --git a/reporting/markslider.tar.gz b/reporting/markslider.tar.gz
index 937b0f3..27567d6 100644
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