diff --git a/core/css/styles.css b/core/css/styles.css
index a1dda59a86b..20f66eee25b 100644
--- a/core/css/styles.css
+++ b/core/css/styles.css
@@ -25,12 +25,10 @@ body {
 
 #body-login {
 	text-align: center;
-	background: #1d2d44; /* Old browsers */
-	background: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #35537a 0%, #1d2d44 100%); /* FF3.6+ */
-	background: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#35537a), color-stop(100%,#1d2d44)); /* Chrome,Safari4+ */
-	background: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #35537a 0%,#1d2d44 100%); /* Chrome10+,Safari5.1+ */
-	background: linear-gradient(top, #35537a 0%,#1d2d44 100%); /* W3C */
-	filter: progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient( startColorstr='#35537a', endColorstr='#1d2d44',GradientType=0 ); /* IE6-9 */
+	background-image: url('../img/background.jpg');
+	background-position: 50% 50%;
+	background-repeat: no-repeat;
+	background-size: cover;
 }
 
 .float-spinner {
@@ -223,9 +221,7 @@ body {
 #body-login form fieldset .warning-info,
 #body-login form input[type="checkbox"]+label {
 	text-align: center;
-	color: #ccc;
-	-ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=60)";
-	opacity: .6;
+	color: #fff;
 }
 /* overrides another !important statement that sets this to unreadable black */
 #body-login form .warning input[type="checkbox"]:hover+label,
@@ -421,24 +417,21 @@ html.ie8 #body-login form input[type="checkbox"] {
 #body-login form .errors { background:#fed7d7; border:1px solid #f00; list-style-indent:inside; margin:0 0 2em; padding:1em; }
 #body-login .success { background:#d7fed7; border:1px solid #0f0; width: 35%; margin: 30px auto; padding:1em; text-align: center;}
 
-#body-login #remember_login:hover+label,
-#body-login #remember_login:focus+label  {
-	color: #fff !important;
-}
-
 #body-login #showAdvanced > img {
 	padding: 4px;
 	box-sizing: border-box;
 }
 
 #body-login p.info a, #body-login #showAdvanced {
-	color: #ccc;
-}
-
-#body-login p.info a:hover, #body-login p.info a:focus {
 	color: #fff;
 }
 
+#body-login #remember_login:hover+label,
+#body-login #remember_login:focus+label,
+#body-login p.info a:hover,
+#body-login p.info a:focus  {
+	opacity: .6;
+}
 
 #body-login footer .info {
 	white-space: nowrap;
@@ -618,8 +611,6 @@ html.ie8 #body-login form input[type="checkbox"] {
 }
 #remember_login {
 	margin: 18px 5px 0 16px !important;
-	-ms-filter: "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(Opacity=70)";
-	opacity: .7;
 }
 #body-login .remember-login-container {
 	margin-top: 10px;
diff --git a/core/img/background.jpg b/core/img/background.jpg
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