diff --git a/src/categories.js b/src/categories.js
index 713ce64220..0b0e2dbe76 100644
--- a/src/categories.js
+++ b/src/categories.js
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ var db = require('./database'),
 				description: data.description,
 				icon: data.icon,
 				bgColor: data.bgColor,
-				background: data.bgColor,
 				color: data.color,
 				slug: slug,
 				topic_count: 0,