diff --git a/src/mainwindow.cpp b/src/mainwindow.cpp
index 804a212..6c0aa85 100644
--- a/src/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -191,7 +191,10 @@ void MainWindow::setAspect(char aspectIn)
 
 QPixmap MainWindow::getBlurredBackground(const QPixmap& originalSize, const QPixmap& scaled)
 {
-    if (scaled.width() < width()) {
+    if (fitAspectAxisToWindow) {
+      // our scaled version will just fill the whole screen, us it directly
+      return scaled.copy();
+    } else if (scaled.width() < width()) {
       QPixmap background = blur(originalSize.scaledToWidth(width(), Qt::SmoothTransformation));
       QRect rect(0, (background.height() - height())/2, width(), height());
       return background.copy(rect);