diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 08993e21..7d96db20 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # TODO
 
+- handle invalid access token
+- If an account is gone from the user's config, discard UI state last page
 - room A-Z sorting
-- force reload theme ui background
 - move uiScale to settings.json
 - up/down doesn't work in the middle of a @word for which autocompletion isn't
   open because no matches
@@ -54,9 +55,6 @@
 
 - Catch server 5xx errors when sending message and retry 
 
-- Handle cases where a known account's access token is invalid
-- If an account is gone from the user's config, discard UI state last page
-
 - After forgetting a room, it comes back because of the "you left" event
 
 - `code`, mentions and links in quote ("> http://example.com") aren't properly
diff --git a/src/gui/UI.qml b/src/gui/UI.qml
index a391abb1..c839f2ff 100644
--- a/src/gui/UI.qml
+++ b/src/gui/UI.qml
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ Item {
     readonly property alias idleManager: idleManager
 
     function reloadSettings() {
-        py.loadSettings(() => { mainUI.pressAnimation.start() })
+        py.loadSettings(() => {
+            image.reload()
+            mainUI.pressAnimation.start()
+        })
     }