diff --git a/apps/cms/migrations/0008_homepage_background_image.py b/apps/cms/migrations/0008_homepage_background_image.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5091b89b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/cms/migrations/0008_homepage_background_image.py
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# Generated by Django 3.2.25 on 2024-10-14 17:20
+
+from django.db import migrations, models
+import django.db.models.deletion
+
+
+class Migration(migrations.Migration):
+
+    dependencies = [
+        ("wagtailimages", "0025_alter_image_file_alter_rendition_file"),
+        ("cms", "0007_homepage_featured_video"),
+    ]
+
+    operations = [
+        migrations.AddField(
+            model_name="homepage",
+            name="background_image",
+            field=models.ForeignKey(
+                blank=True,
+                help_text="Optional background image for the site header",
+                null=True,
+                on_delete=django.db.models.deletion.SET_NULL,
+                related_name="+",
+                to="wagtailimages.image",
+            ),
+        ),
+    ]
diff --git a/apps/cms/models.py b/apps/cms/models.py
index 9306d333..08f6bdea 100644
--- a/apps/cms/models.py
+++ b/apps/cms/models.py
@@ -257,6 +257,15 @@ class HomePage(Page):
     collections = Collection.objects.all()[:8]
     volumes = Manifest.objects.all()[:8]
 
+    background_image = models.ForeignKey(
+        'wagtailimages.Image',
+        null=True,
+        blank=True,
+        on_delete=models.SET_NULL,
+        related_name='+',
+        help_text="Optional background image for the site header",
+    )
+
     featured_story_title = models.CharField(
         help_text="Title of the featured story", blank=True, max_length=255
     )
@@ -286,6 +295,7 @@ class HomePage(Page):
 
     content_panels = Page.content_panels + [
         FieldPanel('tagline', classname="full"),
+        FieldPanel('background_image', classname="full"),
         FieldPanel('content_display', classname="full"),
         AutocompletePanel('featured_collections', target_model="kollections.Collection"),
         FieldPanel('featured_collections_sort_order', classname="full"),
diff --git a/apps/templates/_home/_nav.html b/apps/templates/_home/_nav.html
index 2f7fe078..688b6ee6 100644
--- a/apps/templates/_home/_nav.html
+++ b/apps/templates/_home/_nav.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
             <div class="uk-navbar-left">
                 <div class="uk-logo">
                     <div><a class="brand-logo" href="/">{{ request.site.name }}</a></div>
-                    <div class="brand-tagline">built on <a class="brand-readux">Readux</a></div>
+                    <div class="brand-tagline">built on <a class="brand-readux" href="https://readux.io/">Readux</a></div>
                 </div>
 
                 {% main_menu add_sub_menus_inline=True %}
diff --git a/apps/templates/cms/home_page.html b/apps/templates/cms/home_page.html
index c15a5574..d0c8de8d 100644
--- a/apps/templates/cms/home_page.html
+++ b/apps/templates/cms/home_page.html
@@ -1,10 +1,5 @@
 {% extends "base.html" %}
-{% load static %}
-{% load readux_templatetags %}
-{% load wagtailcore_tags %}
-{% load has_user_annotations %}
-{% load user_annotation_count %}
-{% load sass_tags %}
+{% load has_user_annotations readux_templatetags sass_tags static user_annotation_count wagtailcore_tags wagtailimages_tags %}
 
 {% block extra_css %}
 {% endblock %}
@@ -12,7 +7,10 @@
 {% block content %}
 
 {% if request.path == '/' %}
-<div class="landing">
+<div class="landing"{% if page.background_image %}
+  {% image page.background_image scale-100 as bgimg %}
+  style="background: url({{ bgimg.url }}) no-repeat center center fixed; background-size: cover;"
+  {% endif %} >
   <div class="overlay"></div>
   <div class="content">
       {% include '_home/_nav.html' %}