# Background Image won't load
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/background-image-wont-load/15964
**Category:** Coding Questions
**Created:** [November 30, 2019, 2:06am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/background-image-wont-load/15964 "2019-11-30T02:06:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@thegoodnunes](https://discourse.processing.org/u/thegoodnunes)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2019, 2:06am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/background-image-wont-load/15964/1 "2019-11-30T02:06:59Z")
Hi All-
I’m attempting to get this fork process, to run over the top of a background image, instead of the default neutral single color. I’ve loaded the image into the sketch data file, and attempted to set it up and draw it, but I just can’t figure out how to connect the dots so that the image displays in the background while the code runs its color process in the foreground. I keep getting a “bg is not defined” error in the log.
[https://www.openprocessing.org/sketch/802011](https://www.openprocessing.org/sketch/802011)
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### Author:  [@kll](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kll)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2019, 3:47am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/background-image-wont-load/15964/2 "2019-11-30T03:47:48Z")
with this reduced code:
```auto
PImage bg;
void setup() {
size(1200, 600);
bg = loadImage("BayBridgeSunset_1200x600.png");
}
void draw() {
image(bg,0,0);
if ( frameCount%60 == 0 ) println(nf(frameRate,0,1));
}
```
it work, but need about 4 sec to load here.
the FPS i see about 35.
* * *
the
```auto
background(bg);
```
only ends in error.
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### Author:  [@Lexyth](https://discourse.processing.org/u/Lexyth)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2019, 8:55pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/background-image-wont-load/15964/3 "2019-11-30T20:55:00Z")
You’re using :
```auto
PImage = bg;
```
but that‘s not a correct way to define a variable…
Instead use :
```auto
PImage bg;
```