diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index 154cb9d..f204037 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ i3:
   font_size: 9
   focus_follows_mouse: true
 # set i3lock options
-i3lock_options: "i3lock --color 5eba5e"
+i3lock_options: "i3lock --image=/home/{{ i3wm_user }}/.config/lockscreen.png --color 000000"
 # use fancy background
 i3_desktop_env:
-  background: "~/wallpaper.jpg"
+  background: "/home/{{ i3wm_user }}/.config/background.png"
 # install additional packages
 i3_packages_extra:
   - ranger
@@ -39,3 +39,5 @@ i3_packages_extra:
 i3wm_user: "{{ ansible_user_id }}"
 # version check for this role?
 submodules_versioncheck: true
+
+i3wm_copy_wallpapers: true
diff --git a/files/background.png b/files/background.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..612e7f5
Binary files /dev/null and b/files/background.png differ
diff --git a/files/lockscreen.png b/files/lockscreen.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bcc61ef
Binary files /dev/null and b/files/lockscreen.png differ
diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 524dfb0..d341b5e 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -67,3 +67,12 @@
         dest: ~/.config/i3/config
         remote_src: true
       when: config_file_backup.stat.exists
+
+- name: copy files
+  copy: 
+    src: "{{ item.src }}"
+    dest: "{{ item.dest }}"
+  with_items:
+    - { src: 'files/background.png', dest: "/home/{{ i3wm_user }}/.config/background.png" }
+    - { src: 'files/lockscreen.png', dest: '/home/{{ i3wm_user }}/.config/lockscreen.png' }
+  when: i3wm_copy_wallpapers | bool 
diff --git a/vars/main.yml b/vars/main.yml
index 31a5119..50a565a 100644
--- a/vars/main.yml
+++ b/vars/main.yml
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ __i3_workspaces:
 
 user: "{{ i3wm_user }}"
 
-playbook_version_number: 9001 # should be over ninethousand
+playbook_version_number: 9002 # should be over ninethousand
 playbook_version_path: '/etc/ansible-version/role-i3wm_chaos-bodensee_github.com.version'