diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7ae7930a..ab1228ce 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -14,12 +14,13 @@
 
 - Instant search by name, domain and tags - just start typing
 - Full keyboard shortcuts for navigation, searching and launching
-- Multiple color themes, with easy method for adding more themes
-- Customizable layout options and item sizes
-- Preferences stored in local storage and applied on load
+- Multiple color themes, with easy method for adding more
+- Customizable layout options, and item sizes
 - Quickly preview a website, by holding down the Alt key while clicking, to open it in a resizable pop-up modal
 - Many options for icons, including full Font-Awesome support and the ability to auto-fetch icon from URLs favicon
 - Additional info for each item visible on hover (including opening method icon and description as a tooltip)
+- Option for full-screen background image, custom nav-bar links, and custom footer
+- Preferences stored in local storage and applied on load
 - Easy YAML-based configuration
 - Small bundle size and a fully responsive UI makes the app easy to use on any device
 - Plus lots more...
@@ -81,11 +82,13 @@ All fields are optional, unless otherwise stated.
 - `navLinks` - Array: Links to display in the nav bar, an array or objects containing a title and link:
   - `title` - String: Text to display
   - `path` - String: URL or relative link
+- `footerText` - String: Text to display in the footer
 
 **`appConfig`** _(optional)_
+- `backgroundImg` - String: Path to an optional full-screen app background image. This can be either remote (http) or local (/). Note that this will slow down initial load
 - `enableFontAwesome` - Boolean: Where `true` is enabled, if left blank font-awesome will be enabled only if required by 1 or more icons
 - `fontAwesomeKey` - String: If you have a font-awesome key, then you can use it here and make use of premium icons. It is a 10-digit alpha-numeric string from you're FA kit URL  (e.g. `13014ae648`)
-- `theme`- String: The default theme for first load
+- `theme`- String: The default theme for first load (you can change this later from the UI)
 - `cssThemes` - String[]: An array of custom theme names which can be used in the theme switcher dropdown - _See **theming** below_
 - `externalStyleSheet` - String or String[] - Either a URL to an external stylesheet or an array or URLs, which can be applied as themes within the UI
 
diff --git a/src/App.vue b/src/App.vue
index ad5d39cd..9cea6201 100644
--- a/src/App.vue
+++ b/src/App.vue
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <div id="dashy" data-theme="dark">
     <Header :pageInfo="getPageInfo(pageInfo)" />
     <router-view />
-    <Footer v-if="showFooter" />
+    <Footer v-if="showFooter" :text="getFooterText()" />
   </div>
 </template>
 <script>
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ export default {
       }
       return defaults;
     },
+    getFooterText() {
+      if (this.pageInfo && this.pageInfo.footerText) {
+        return this.pageInfo.footerText;
+      }
+      return '';
+    },
   },
 };
 </script>
diff --git a/src/components/PageStrcture/Footer.vue b/src/components/PageStrcture/Footer.vue
index 2e397974..bcaacaff 100644
--- a/src/components/PageStrcture/Footer.vue
+++ b/src/components/PageStrcture/Footer.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 <template>
-  <footer>
+  <!-- User Footer -->
+  <footer v-if="text && text !== ''">{{text}}</footer>
+  <!-- Default Footer -->
+  <footer v-else>
       Developed by <a :href="authorUrl">{{authorName}}</a>.
       Licensed under <a :href="licenseUrl">{{license}}</a>
       {{ showCopyright? '©': '' }} {{date}}.
@@ -18,6 +21,7 @@ export default {
     date: { type: String, default: `${new Date().getFullYear()}` },
     showCopyright: { type: Boolean, default: true },
     repoUrl: { type: String, default: 'https://github.com/lissy93/panel' },
+    text: String,
   },
 };
 </script>
diff --git a/src/utils/defaults.js b/src/utils/defaults.js
index 3a66739b..ab27a523 100644
--- a/src/utils/defaults.js
+++ b/src/utils/defaults.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ module.exports = {
       { title: 'Home', path: '/' },
       { title: 'Source', path: 'https://github.com/Lissy93/dashy' },
     ],
+    footerText: '',
   },
   appConfig: {},
   iconSize: 'medium',
diff --git a/src/views/Home.vue b/src/views/Home.vue
index 260504d7..1555b709 100644
--- a/src/views/Home.vue
+++ b/src/views/Home.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <template>
-  <div class="home">
+  <div class="home" :style="getBackgroundImage()">
     <!-- Search bar, layout options and settings -->
     <SettingsContainer ref="filterComp"
       @user-is-searchin="searching"
@@ -164,6 +164,12 @@ export default {
         return itemsFound;
       }
     },
+    getBackgroundImage() {
+      if (this.appConfig && this.appConfig.backgroundImg) {
+        return `background: url('${this.appConfig.backgroundImg}');background-size:cover;`;
+      }
+      return '';
+    },
   },
   mounted() {
     this.initiateFontAwesome();