diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index 087d2f9..a9bfb70 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     "RIGHT_MARGIN_MULT": 6,
     "pdk::sky130A": {
         "MAX_FANOUT_CONSTRAINT": 6,
-        "PL_TARGET_DENSITY_PCT": 90,
+        "PL_TARGET_DENSITY_PCT": 88,
         "scl::sky130_fd_sc_hd": {
             "CLOCK_PERIOD": 15
         }
diff --git a/src/background.sv b/src/background.sv
index f9bfec9..d410ac4 100644
--- a/src/background.sv
+++ b/src/background.sv
@@ -41,6 +41,21 @@ module background #(
     
     assign color_sel2 = tmp2[6:5];
     
+    
+    logic color_sel;
+    assign color_sel = bg_select[0] ? color_sel2 : color_sel1;
+    
+    logic [5:0] tmp_color;
+    
+    always_comb begin
+        case (color_sel)
+            2'b00: tmp_color = color1;
+            2'b01: tmp_color = color2;
+            2'b10: tmp_color = color3;
+            2'b11: tmp_color = color4;
+        endcase
+    end
+    
     always_comb begin
         case (bg_select)
             2'b00:
@@ -48,20 +63,9 @@ module background #(
             2'b01:
                 color_out = (counter_h[7:2] ^ counter_v[7:2]) + cur_time[7:2];
             2'b10:
-                case (color_sel1)
-                    2'b00: color_out = color1;
-                    2'b01: color_out = color2;
-                    2'b10: color_out = color3;
-                    2'b11: color_out = color4;
-                endcase
+                color_out = tmp_color;
             2'b11:
-                case (color_sel2)
-                    2'b00: color_out = color1;
-                    2'b01: color_out = color2;
-                    2'b10: color_out = color3;
-                    2'b11: color_out = color4;
-                endcase
-        
+                color_out = tmp_color;
         endcase
     end
 
diff --git a/src/config.tcl b/src/config.tcl
index 8e9d215..c2c0b71 100644
--- a/src/config.tcl
+++ b/src/config.tcl
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 # PL_TARGET_DENSITY - You can increase this if Global Placement fails with error GPL-0302.
 # Users have reported that values up to 0.8 worked well for them.
-set ::env(PL_TARGET_DENSITY) 0.89
+set ::env(PL_TARGET_DENSITY) 0.88
 
 # CLOCK_PERIOD - Increase this in case you are getting setup time violations.
 # The value is in nanoseconds, so 20ns == 50MHz.
diff --git a/src/spi_receiver.sv b/src/spi_receiver.sv
index 97d5937..e0fb3cf 100644
--- a/src/spi_receiver.sv
+++ b/src/spi_receiver.sv
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ module spi_receiver #(
     output logic [5:0] color2,      // color2 register
     output logic [5:0] color3,      // color3 register
     output logic [5:0] color4,      // color4 register
-    output logic [7:0] misc         // miscellaneous register
+    output logic [4:0] misc         // miscellaneous register
 );
     
     // Synchronizer to prevent metastability
diff --git a/src/top.sv b/src/top.sv
index 1e4a11e..5fc8a44 100644
--- a/src/top.sv
+++ b/src/top.sv
@@ -75,8 +75,7 @@ module top (
     localparam bit       ENABLE_SPRITE_BG_DEFAULT   = 1'b0;
     localparam bit       REDUCED_FREQ_DEFAULT       = 1'b0;
     
-    localparam bit [7:0] MISC_DEFAULT = {   3'b000,
-                                            REDUCED_FREQ_DEFAULT,
+    localparam bit [4:0] MISC_DEFAULT = {   REDUCED_FREQ_DEFAULT,
                                             ENABLE_SPRITE_BG_DEFAULT,
                                             ENABLE_MOVEMENT_DEFAULT,
                                             BACKGROUND_DEFAULT