diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/base.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/base.css.scss
index 6df8d7dc..7bfb841a 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/base.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/base.css.scss
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 body {
   overflow-y: scroll;
   word-wrap: break-word;
+  background-color: #e3e3e3;
 }
 
 @import "scss/answerbox";