diff --git a/app/controllers/api/bootcamp/drawings_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/bootcamp/drawings_controller.rb
index 5c626c82b4..bf9ce082ed 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/bootcamp/drawings_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/bootcamp/drawings_controller.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ class API::Bootcamp::DrawingsController < API::Bootcamp::BaseController
   def update
     @drawing.update(code: params[:code]) if params[:code].present?
     @drawing.update(title: params[:title]) if params[:title].present?
+    @drawing.update(background_slug: params[:background_slug]) if params[:background_slug].present?
 
     render json: {}, status: :ok
   end
diff --git a/app/helpers/react_components/bootcamp/drawing_page.rb b/app/helpers/react_components/bootcamp/drawing_page.rb
index 826bb5f82f..deb1dbc3b5 100644
--- a/app/helpers/react_components/bootcamp/drawing_page.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/react_components/bootcamp/drawing_page.rb
@@ -12,12 +12,14 @@ def data
       {
         drawing: {
           uuid: drawing.uuid,
-          title: drawing.title
+          title: drawing.title,
+          background_slug: drawing.background_slug
         },
         code: {
           code: drawing.code,
           stored_at: drawing.updated_at
         },
+        backgrounds: BACKGROUNDS,
         links: {
           update_code: Exercism::Routes.api_bootcamp_drawing_url(drawing),
           drawings_index: Exercism::Routes.bootcamp_project_path(:drawing)
@@ -25,4 +27,17 @@ def data
       }
     end
   end
+
+  BACKGROUNDS = [
+    {
+      slug: "none",
+      title: "No background",
+      image_url: nil
+    },
+    {
+      slug: "room",
+      title: "A room to decorate",
+      image_url: "..."
+    }
+  ].freeze
 end
diff --git a/db/migrate/20250110130304_add_background_slug_to_drawings.rb b/db/migrate/20250110130304_add_background_slug_to_drawings.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d4699f4ad9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20250110130304_add_background_slug_to_drawings.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class AddBackgroundSlugToDrawings < ActiveRecord::Migration[7.0]
+  def change
+    return if Rails.env.production?
+
+    add_column :bootcamp_drawings, :background_slug, :string, null: false, default: "none"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index 47fadbae7b..2afbd80e13 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2025_01_09_143039) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema[7.0].define(version: 2025_01_10_130304) do
   create_table "active_storage_attachments", charset: "utf8mb4", collation: "utf8mb4_unicode_ci", force: :cascade do |t|
     t.string "name", null: false
     t.string "record_type", null: false
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
     t.datetime "created_at", null: false
     t.datetime "updated_at", null: false
     t.string "title", null: false
+    t.string "background_slug", default: "none", null: false
     t.index ["user_id"], name: "index_bootcamp_drawings_on_user_id"
   end
 
diff --git a/test/controllers/api/bootcamp/drawings_controller_test.rb b/test/controllers/api/bootcamp/drawings_controller_test.rb
index ef03928bdb..1699a2e258 100644
--- a/test/controllers/api/bootcamp/drawings_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/controllers/api/bootcamp/drawings_controller_test.rb
@@ -6,30 +6,34 @@ class API::Bootcamp::DrawingsControllerTest < API::BaseTestCase
     drawing = create(:bootcamp_drawing, user:)
     code = "Something"
     title = "New title"
+    background_slug = "beauty"
 
     setup_user(user)
-    patch api_bootcamp_drawing_url(drawing, code:, title:), headers: @headers
+    patch api_bootcamp_drawing_url(drawing, code:, title:, background_slug:), headers: @headers
 
     assert_response :ok
     assert_json_response({})
 
     assert code, drawing.reload.code
     assert title, drawing.reload.title
+    assert background_slug, drawing.reload.background_slug
   end
 
   test "update: missing title doesn't touch code" do
     user = create :user
     code = "Something"
     title = "Some title"
-    drawing = create(:bootcamp_drawing, user:, code:, title:)
+    background_slug = "beauty"
+    drawing = create(:bootcamp_drawing, user:, code:, title:, background_slug:)
 
     setup_user(user)
-    patch api_bootcamp_drawing_url(drawing, title: ''), headers: @headers
+    patch api_bootcamp_drawing_url(drawing, title: '', background_slug: ''), headers: @headers
 
     assert_response :ok
     assert_json_response({})
 
     assert code, drawing.reload.code
     assert title, drawing.reload.title
+    assert background_slug, drawing.reload.background_slug
   end
 end