diff --git a/src/vs/code/electron-main/window.ts b/src/vs/code/electron-main/window.ts
index d59a01087f4005a0bfd3c091e0023c29beb44313..4f63834ebe7862ffc4cc072c26332f28f6789af4 100644
--- a/src/vs/code/electron-main/window.ts
+++ b/src/vs/code/electron-main/window.ts
@@ -180,8 +180,7 @@ export class VSCodeWindow {
 			height: this.windowState.height,
 			x: this.windowState.x,
 			y: this.windowState.y,
-			backgroundColor: '#00000000',
-			transparent: true,
+			backgroundColor: this.getBackgroundColor(),
 			minWidth: VSCodeWindow.MIN_WIDTH,
 			minHeight: VSCodeWindow.MIN_HEIGHT,
 			show: !isFullscreenOrMaximized,