diff --git a/src/main/java/org/mastodon/app/MastodonIcons.java b/src/main/java/org/mastodon/app/MastodonIcons.java
index ef0745869..3cdd150f0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/mastodon/app/MastodonIcons.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/mastodon/app/MastodonIcons.java
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ public class MastodonIcons
 	 */
 
 	public static final Image MAINWINDOW_BG =
-			new ImageIcon( MastodonIcons.class.getResource( "MastodonMainWindowBG.png" ) ).getImage();
+			new ImageIcon( MastodonIcons.class.getResource( "MastodonMainWindowBG-flipped.png" ) ).getImage();
 
 	/*
 	 * General use icons.
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/mastodon/mamut/launcher/LauncherGUI.java b/src/main/java/org/mastodon/mamut/launcher/LauncherGUI.java
index 04ddd7879..d1321edb8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/mastodon/mamut/launcher/LauncherGUI.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/mastodon/mamut/launcher/LauncherGUI.java
@@ -385,7 +385,8 @@ public void mouseClicked( final java.awt.event.MouseEvent e )
 		public void paintComponent( final Graphics g )
 		{
 			super.paintComponent( g );
-			g.drawImage( MAINWINDOW_BG, 0, 0, this );
+			final int x = getWidth() - MAINWINDOW_BG.getWidth( null );
+			g.drawImage( MAINWINDOW_BG, x, 0, this );
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/org/mastodon/app/MastodonMainWindowBG-flipped.png b/src/main/resources/org/mastodon/app/MastodonMainWindowBG-flipped.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6b180a7f
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/main/resources/org/mastodon/app/MastodonMainWindowBG-flipped.png differ