diff --git a/src/adapters/controllers/page_controller.cpp b/src/adapters/controllers/page_controller.cpp
index 65ac8502a..1d1c64c3d 100644
--- a/src/adapters/controllers/page_controller.cpp
+++ b/src/adapters/controllers/page_controller.cpp
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ QImage PageController::renderPage()
         return m_pageImage;
 
     auto zoom = m_matrix.a;
-    m_pageImage = utils::qImageFromPixmap(m_pageGenerator.renderPage(zoom));
+    m_pageImage = utils::qImageFromPixmap(m_pageGenerator.renderPage(zoom, "#CECECE"));	// Require custom color passed from qml
 
     auto xOffset = m_pageGenerator.getPageXOffset();
     auto yOffset = m_pageGenerator.getPageYOffset();
diff --git a/src/application/core/metadata_extractor.cpp b/src/application/core/metadata_extractor.cpp
index 76851aa63..d56cf3d96 100644
--- a/src/application/core/metadata_extractor.cpp
+++ b/src/application/core/metadata_extractor.cpp
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ QImage MetadataExtractor::getCover()
     try
     {
         core::PageGenerator page(m_document.get(), 0);
-        return utils::qImageFromPixmap(page.renderPage(1.0));
+        return utils::qImageFromPixmap(page.renderPage(1.0, "#FFFFFF"));	// #FFFFFF is white color for default cover
     }
     catch(...)
     {
diff --git a/src/application/core/page_generator.cpp b/src/application/core/page_generator.cpp
index f9d0d450b..c3d41da34 100644
--- a/src/application/core/page_generator.cpp
+++ b/src/application/core/page_generator.cpp
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ void PageGenerator::setupLinks()
     }
 }
 
-mupdf::FzPixmap PageGenerator::renderPage(float zoom)
+mupdf::FzPixmap PageGenerator::renderPage(float zoom, const std::string& hexColor)
 {
     // Create matrix with zoom
     mupdf::FzMatrix matrix;
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ mupdf::FzPixmap PageGenerator::renderPage(float zoom)
     matrix.d = zoom;
 
     auto pixmap = getEmptyPixmap(matrix);
+
+	// Set initial color of pixmap to custom rgb hex code
+	pixmap.fz_fill_pixmap_with_color(mupdf::FzColorspace::Fixed_RGB, convertHexToRGB(hexColor).data(), mupdf::FzColorParams());
+
     auto drawDevice = mupdf::fz_new_draw_device(mupdf::FzMatrix(), pixmap);
 
     // Determine the page offset the first time we render the page
@@ -115,12 +119,30 @@ mupdf::FzPixmap PageGenerator::renderPage(float zoom)
     m_displayList.fz_run_display_list(drawDevice, matrix, rect, cookie);
     drawDevice.fz_close_device();
 
+	// A bad attempt to change text color....
+	// pixmap.fz_tint_pixmap(0xF4F4F4, 0x000000);
+
     if(m_invertColor)
         pixmap.fz_invert_pixmap();
 
     return pixmap;
 }
 
+// Convert hex color to acceptable rgb format for colorspace
+std::array<float, 3> PageGenerator::convertHexToRGB(const std::string& hex)
+{	
+    std::array<float, 3> rgb = {0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f};
+    if (hex[0] == '#') {
+        std::string hexColor = hex.substr(1);
+
+        // Convert hex to rgb
+        rgb[0] = std::stoi(hexColor.substr(0, 2), nullptr, 16) / 255.0f;
+        rgb[1] = std::stoi(hexColor.substr(2, 2), nullptr, 16) / 255.0f;
+        rgb[2] = std::stoi(hexColor.substr(4, 2), nullptr, 16) / 255.0f;
+    }
+    return rgb;
+}
+
 mupdf::FzPixmap PageGenerator::getEmptyPixmap(
     const mupdf::FzMatrix& matrix) const
 {
diff --git a/src/application/core/page_generator.hpp b/src/application/core/page_generator.hpp
index 2bbdd5cd4..027a4d1fc 100644
--- a/src/application/core/page_generator.hpp
+++ b/src/application/core/page_generator.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 #include <QList>
 #include <QPair>
+#include <array>
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 #include "application_export.hpp"
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ class APPLICATION_EXPORT PageGenerator
     int getPageXOffset() const;
     int getPageYOffset() const;
 
-    mupdf::FzPixmap renderPage(float zoom);
+    mupdf::FzPixmap renderPage(float zoom, const std::string& hexColor);
     void setInvertColor(bool newInvertColor);
 
     bool pointIsAboveText(mupdf::FzPoint point);
@@ -43,6 +44,8 @@ class APPLICATION_EXPORT PageGenerator
     utils::FzPointPair getPositionsForLineSelection(mupdf::FzPoint point);
     std::string getTextFromSelection(mupdf::FzPoint start, mupdf::FzPoint end);
 
+	std::array<float, 3> convertHexToRGB(const std::string& hex);
+
 private:
     void setupDisplayList(const mupdf::FzRect& boundPage);
     void setupTextPage(int pageNumber);