diff --git a/src/GUI/mapview.cpp b/src/GUI/mapview.cpp
index 60a32a04..4d10a663 100644
--- a/src/GUI/mapview.cpp
+++ b/src/GUI/mapview.cpp
@@ -274,6 +274,7 @@ void MapView::setMap(Map *map)
 
 	_map = map;
 	_map->load();
+	_map->setBackgroundColor(_backgroundColor);
 	connect(_map, SIGNAL(loaded()), this, SLOT(reloadMap()));
 
 	digitalZoom(0);
diff --git a/src/map/offlinemap.cpp b/src/map/offlinemap.cpp
index 97e3499d..0491030b 100644
--- a/src/map/offlinemap.cpp
+++ b/src/map/offlinemap.cpp
@@ -622,12 +622,17 @@ void OfflineMap::drawImage(QPainter *painter, const QRectF &rect)
 
 void OfflineMap::draw(QPainter *painter, const QRectF &rect)
 {
+	QRectF ir = rect.intersected(bounds());
+
+	if (ir != rect)
+		painter->fillRect(rect, _backgroundColor);
+
 	if (_ozf.isOpen())
-		drawOZF(painter, rect);
+		drawOZF(painter, ir);
 	else if (_tileSize.isValid())
-		drawTiled(painter, rect);
+		drawTiled(painter, ir);
 	else
-		drawImage(painter, rect);
+		drawImage(painter, ir);
 }
 
 QPointF OfflineMap::ll2xy(const Coordinates &c)
diff --git a/src/map/onlinemap.cpp b/src/map/onlinemap.cpp
index 8f10df9f..ccfd0e7e 100644
--- a/src/map/onlinemap.cpp
+++ b/src/map/onlinemap.cpp
@@ -228,14 +228,18 @@ qreal OnlineMap::zoomOut()
 void OnlineMap::draw(QPainter *painter, const QRectF &rect)
 {
 	qreal scale = zoom2scale(_zoom);
+	QRectF ir = rect.intersected(bounds());
 
-	QPoint tile = mercator2tile(QPointF(rect.topLeft().x() * scale,
-	  -rect.topLeft().y() * scale), _zoom);
-	QPoint tl = QPoint((int)floor(rect.left() / (qreal)TILE_SIZE)
-	  * TILE_SIZE, (int)floor(rect.top() / TILE_SIZE) * TILE_SIZE);
+	if (ir != rect)
+		painter->fillRect(rect, _backgroundColor);
+
+	QPoint tile = mercator2tile(QPointF(ir.topLeft().x() * scale,
+	  -ir.topLeft().y() * scale), _zoom);
+	QPoint tl = QPoint((int)floor(ir.left() / (qreal)TILE_SIZE)
+	  * TILE_SIZE, (int)floor(ir.top() / TILE_SIZE) * TILE_SIZE);
 
 	QList<Tile> tiles;
-	QSizeF s(rect.right() - tl.x(), rect.bottom() - tl.y());
+	QSizeF s(ir.right() - tl.x(), ir.bottom() - tl.y());
 	for (int i = 0; i < ceil(s.width() / TILE_SIZE); i++)
 		for (int j = 0; j < ceil(s.height() / TILE_SIZE); j++)
 			tiles.append(Tile(QPoint(tile.x() + i, tile.y() + j), _zoom));