diff --git a/assets/images/worms/background-menu.png b/assets/images/worms/background-menu.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74ed169
Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/images/worms/background-menu.png differ
diff --git a/src/data/assetManifest.js b/src/data/assetManifest.js
index 44bac2c..c370480 100644
--- a/src/data/assetManifest.js
+++ b/src/data/assetManifest.js
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ export const MANIFEST = {
   // All of Worms' art is optional drop-in theme art; the game is fully
   // playable with none of it (see data/worms-artwork.json).
   worms: [
+    image('worms-bg-menu', 'assets/images/worms/background-menu.png'),
     (scene) => wormsArt(scene),
   ],
   gootower: [
diff --git a/src/games/worms/WormsGame.js b/src/games/worms/WormsGame.js
index 8f9fd51..ca08f3a 100644
--- a/src/games/worms/WormsGame.js
+++ b/src/games/worms/WormsGame.js
@@ -96,19 +96,21 @@ export default class WormsGame extends Phaser.Scene {
   showModeSelect() {
     this.clearScreen();
     this.cameras.main.setScroll(0, 0).setZoom(1).setBounds(0, 0, GAME_WIDTH, GAME_HEIGHT);
-    this.title('WORMS', 150, 96);
-    this.track(this.add.text(GAME_WIDTH / 2, 232, 'Total annihilation, one turn at a time.', {
-      fontFamily: FONT, fontSize: '30px', color: COLORS.mutedHex,
-    }).setOrigin(0.5).setScrollFactor(0).setDepth(100));
+
+    // Background image (if loaded).
+    if (this.textures.exists('worms-bg-menu')) {
+      this.track(this.add.image(GAME_WIDTH / 2, GAME_HEIGHT / 2, 'worms-bg-menu')
+        .setDisplaySize(GAME_WIDTH, GAME_HEIGHT).setDepth(-1));
+    }
 
     MODES.forEach((m, i) => {
-      this.track(new Button(this, GAME_WIDTH / 2, 400 + i * 96, m.label, () => {
+      this.track(new Button(this, GAME_WIDTH / 2, 800 + i * 96, m.label, () => {
         this.mode = m.id;
         this.showSetup();
       }, { width: 560, height: 72 }));
     });
 
-    this.track(new Button(this, GAME_WIDTH / 2, 720, 'Leave', () => {
+    this.track(new Button(this, GAME_WIDTH / 2, 1020, 'Leave', () => {
       this.scene.start('GameMenu');
     }, { width: 260, height: 60 }));