diff --git a/Agent86/Agent86/Pages/Index.cshtml b/Agent86/Agent86/Pages/Index.cshtml
index 587b6e0..944dba2 100644
--- a/Agent86/Agent86/Pages/Index.cshtml
+++ b/Agent86/Agent86/Pages/Index.cshtml
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
 }
 else
 {
-    <h2>@Model.theScene.quest</h2>
+    <h2 style="background-color:#f0f0f0;">@Model.theScene.quest</h2>
 
-    <div style="border:1px solid #ccc; padding:10px; height:300px; overflow-y:auto;">
+    <div style="border:1px solid #ccc; padding:10px; height:300px; overflow-y:auto; background-color:#f9f9f9;">
         @foreach (var msg in Model.ChatHistory)
         {
             <p>
-                <strong>@msg.Role:</strong> @msg.Content
+                <strong>@msg.Role:</strong> @Html.Raw(msg.Content)
             </p>
         }
     </div>
diff --git a/Agent86/Agent86/Pages/Index.cshtml.cs b/Agent86/Agent86/Pages/Index.cshtml.cs
index 7e05d4e..c735b94 100644
--- a/Agent86/Agent86/Pages/Index.cshtml.cs
+++ b/Agent86/Agent86/Pages/Index.cshtml.cs
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ namespace Agent86.Pages
 
                 var reply = await _ollama.GenerateReplyAsync(ChatHistory, theScene.instruction);
 
-                ChatHistory.Add(new ChatMessage { Role = theScene.customer, Content = ToPlainText(reply) });
+                ChatHistory.Add(new ChatMessage { Role = theScene.customer, Content = Markdown.ToHtml(reply) });
 
             }
             SaveHistory();
diff --git a/Agent86/Agent86/Pages/Shared/_Layout.cshtml b/Agent86/Agent86/Pages/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
index 98d60a4..fc27027 100644
--- a/Agent86/Agent86/Pages/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
+++ b/Agent86/Agent86/Pages/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="~/css/site.css" asp-append-version="true" />
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="~/Agent86.styles.css" asp-append-version="true" />
 </head>
-<body>
+<body style="background-image: url('images/background.png'); background-size: cover; background-position: center;">
     <header>
         <nav class="navbar navbar-expand-sm navbar-toggleable-sm navbar-light bg-white border-bottom box-shadow mb-3">
             <div class="container">
diff --git a/Agent86/Agent86/wwwroot/images/background.png b/Agent86/Agent86/wwwroot/images/background.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..621ff1a
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