diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index d32dc24..ac5c81f 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -1,76 +1,80 @@
 <?php
 /**
  * OnAir2 Child theme
  * custom functions.php file
  */
 
 //wp_register_style( 'borderradio-custom', get_template_directory_uri() . '/script.css' );
 
+// Homepage: allow to change the splash screen
+// https://gitpull.it/T581
+define( 'ONAIR2_HOMEPAGE_SPLASH_IMG', '/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/MarasmaGenerale-1024x724.jpeg' );
+
 /**
  * Add parent and child stylesheets
  */
 add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', 'qantumthemes_child_enqueue_styles' );
 if(!function_exists('qantumthemes_child_enqueue_styles')) {
 function qantumthemes_child_enqueue_styles() {
     wp_enqueue_style(  'parent-style', get_template_directory_uri() . '/style.css' );
     wp_enqueue_style(  'child-style', get_stylesheet_uri() );
 //    wp_enqueue_script( 'borderradio-custom' );
 }}
 
 /**
  * Upon activation flush the rewrite rules to avoid 404 on custom post types
  */
 add_action( 'after_switch_theme', 'qantumthemes_child_rewrite_flush_child' );
 if(!function_exists('qantumthemes_child_rewrite_flush_child')) {
 function qantumthemes_child_rewrite_flush_child() {
     flush_rewrite_rules();
 }}
 
 
 /**
  * Setup Onair2 Child Theme's textdomain.
  *
  * Declare textdomain for this child theme.
  * Translations can be filed in the /languages/ directory.
  */
 function qantumthemes_child_theme_setup() {
 	load_child_theme_textdomain( 'onair2-child',  get_stylesheet_directory() . '/languages' );
 }
 add_action( 'after_setup_theme', 'qantumthemes_child_theme_setup' );
 
 /**
  * Customize how posts are queried
  */
 add_filter( 'pre_get_posts', function( $query ) {
 
 	if( !is_admin() && $query->is_main_query() ) {
 
 		/**
 		 * Display all the Speakers in one single page
 		 *
 		 * See https://gitpull.it/T162
 		 * See https://gitpull.it/T178
 		 */
 		if ( is_tax( 'membertype' ) ) {
 			$query->set( 'nopaging', true );
 
 		/**
 		 * Increase Podcasts per page
 		 *
 		 * See https://gitpull.it/T160
 		 * See https://gitpull.it/T178
 		 *
 		 */
 		} elseif( is_post_type_archive( 'podcast' ) || is_tax( 'podcastfilter' ) ) {
 			$query->set( 'posts_per_archive_page', 16 );
 		}
 
 	}
 } );
 
 // Allow SVG upload in Border Radio website
 // https://gitpull.it/T591
 add_filter( 'upload_mimes', function( $mimes ) {
 	$mimes['svg'] = 'image/svg+xml';
 	return $mimes;
 } );
diff --git a/phpincludes/part-background-image-header.php b/phpincludes/part-background-image-header.php
index 8bd4398..f07ed8d 100644
--- a/phpincludes/part-background-image-header.php
+++ b/phpincludes/part-background-image-header.php
@@ -1,54 +1,64 @@
  <?php 
 /*
 Package: OnAir2
 Description: Header background from page or customizer
 Version: 0.0.0
 Author: QantumThemes
 Author URI: http://qantumthemes.com
 */
 
 if( (is_singular() || is_home() || is_front_page()) && has_post_thumbnail()){
 	?>
-	<div class="qt-header-bg" data-bgimage="<?php echo the_post_thumbnail_url( 'qantumthemes-xl' ); ?>" data-bgattachment="" data-parallax="1">
+	<div class="qt-header-bg" data-bgimage="<?php
+
+			// Homepage: allow to change the splash screen
+			// https://gitpull.it/T581
+			if( is_front_page() ) {
+				echo htmlspecialchars( ONAIR2_HOMEPAGE_SPLASH_IMG );
+			} else {
+				the_post_thumbnail_url( 'qantumthemes-xl' );
+			}
+
+		?>" data-bgattachment="" data-parallax="1">
 	</div>
 	<?php
 } else {
 	$image_from_customizer = get_theme_mod( 'qt_header_backgroundimage', '' );
 	/**
 	 * since 1.9.9 // updated in 2.0.5
 	 * Check for custom background addable via QT custom category plugin
 	 */
 	if(is_category() || is_tax('podcastfilter') || is_tax('eventtype')){
 
 		if(is_category()){
 			// $category = get_category( get_query_var( 'cat' ) );
 			$catid = get_query_var( 'cat' );
 		}
 
 		/**
 		 * since 2.0.5 // support for custom images in podcast categories
 		 */
 		if(is_tax('podcastfilter')){
 			$slug = get_query_var( 'podcastfilter' );
 			$term = get_term_by('slug',  $slug,  'podcastfilter');
 			$catid = $term->term_id;
 		} else if(is_tax('eventtype')){
 			$slug = get_query_var( 'eventtype' );
 			$term = get_term_by('slug',  $slug,  'eventtype');
 			$catid = $term->term_id;
 		}
 		if(!empty( $catid)){
 			$image_id =  get_term_meta($catid, 'qt_category_img_id', true);
 			if($image_id){
 				$image_from_customizer = wp_get_attachment_url ( $image_id, 'full' ); 
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
 	if($image_from_customizer != '') {
 		?>
 			<div class="qt-header-bg" data-bgimage="<?php echo esc_url($image_from_customizer); ?>" data-bgattachment="" data-parallax="1">
 			</div>
 		<?php  
 	}
 }