diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 1db406ff..811c44db 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+### Bug fixes
+- fixed custom cover background, fixed #52
+
 ## 1.6.1
 ### Bug fixes
 - Fixed sidebar bug when the coverpage exist
diff --git a/src/render.js b/src/render.js
index c3678215..9afd2d5c 100644
--- a/src/render.js
+++ b/src/render.js
@@ -158,14 +158,14 @@ export function renderCover (content) {
 
   // render cover
   let html = markdown(content)
-  const match = html.trim().match('<p><img[^s]+src="(.*?)"[^a]+alt="(.*?)"></p>$')
+  const match = html.trim().match('<p><img[^s]+src="(.*?)"[^a]+alt="(.*?)">([^<]*?)</p>$')
 
   // render background
   if (match) {
     const coverEl = document.querySelector('section.cover')
 
     if (match[2] === 'color') {
-      coverEl.style.background = match[1]
+      coverEl.style.background = match[1] + (match[3] || '')
     } else {
       coverEl.classList.add('has-mask')
       coverEl.style.backgroundImage = `url(${match[1]})`