diff --git a/Mage.Client/plugins/mage-theme-plugin.jar b/Mage.Client/plugins/mage-theme-plugin.jar
index 7c8ad4dbe7..54a15502b1 100644
Binary files a/Mage.Client/plugins/mage-theme-plugin.jar and b/Mage.Client/plugins/mage-theme-plugin.jar differ
diff --git a/Mage.Plugins/Mage.Theme.Plugin/src/main/java/org/mage/plugins/theme/ThemePluginImpl.java b/Mage.Plugins/Mage.Theme.Plugin/src/main/java/org/mage/plugins/theme/ThemePluginImpl.java
index d557c97ac8..a6bb182ce8 100644
--- a/Mage.Plugins/Mage.Theme.Plugin/src/main/java/org/mage/plugins/theme/ThemePluginImpl.java
+++ b/Mage.Plugins/Mage.Theme.Plugin/src/main/java/org/mage/plugins/theme/ThemePluginImpl.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 package org.mage.plugins.theme;
 
-import java.awt.Color;
+import java.awt.*;
 import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 public class ThemePluginImpl implements ThemePlugin {
 
 	private final static Logger log = Logger.getLogger(ThemePluginImpl.class);
+	private static BufferedImage background;
 
 	@Init
 	public void init() {
@@ -73,33 +74,43 @@ public class ThemePluginImpl implements ThemePlugin {
 		}
 	}
 
+
 	public JComponent updateTable(Map<String, JComponent> ui) {
-		String filename = "/background.png";
-		try {
-			InputStream is = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream(filename);
+		ImagePanel bgPanel = createImagePanelInstance();
 
-			if (is == null)
-				throw new FileNotFoundException("Couldn't find " + filename + " in resources.");
-
-			BufferedImage background = ImageIO.read(is);
-
-			if (background == null)
-				throw new FileNotFoundException("Couldn't find " + filename + " in resources.");
-
-			ImagePanel bgPanel = new ImagePanel(background, ImagePanel.SCALED);
-
-			unsetOpaque(ui.get("jScrollPane1"));
-			unsetOpaque(ui.get("jPanel1"));
-			unsetOpaque(ui.get("tablesPanel"));
-			JComponent viewport = ui.get("jScrollPane1ViewPort");
-			if (viewport != null) {
-				viewport.setBackground(new Color(255,255,255,50));
-			}
-			return bgPanel;
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
-			return null;
+		unsetOpaque(ui.get("jScrollPane1"));
+		unsetOpaque(ui.get("jPanel1"));
+		unsetOpaque(ui.get("tablesPanel"));
+		JComponent viewport = ui.get("jScrollPane1ViewPort");
+		if (viewport != null) {
+			viewport.setBackground(new Color(255,255,255,50));
 		}
+		return bgPanel;
+	}
+
+	private ImagePanel createImagePanelInstance() {
+		if (background == null) {
+			synchronized (ThemePluginImpl.class) {
+				if (background == null) {
+					String filename = "/background.png";
+					try {
+						InputStream is = this.getClass().getResourceAsStream(filename);
+
+						if (is == null)
+							throw new FileNotFoundException("Couldn't find " + filename + " in resources.");
+
+						background = ImageIO.read(is);
+
+						if (background == null)
+							throw new FileNotFoundException("Couldn't find " + filename + " in resources.");
+					} catch (Exception e) {
+						log.error(e.getMessage(), e);
+						return null;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return new ImagePanel(background, ImagePanel.SCALED);
 	}
 
 	private void unsetOpaque(JComponent c) {
diff --git a/Mage.Tests/plugins/mage-player-ai-ma.jar b/Mage.Tests/plugins/mage-player-ai-ma.jar
index 3a85551f38..88a538f381 100644
Binary files a/Mage.Tests/plugins/mage-player-ai-ma.jar and b/Mage.Tests/plugins/mage-player-ai-ma.jar differ
diff --git a/Mage.Tests/plugins/mage-player-aiminimax.jar b/Mage.Tests/plugins/mage-player-aiminimax.jar
index 7db82c5297..0f40c73022 100644
Binary files a/Mage.Tests/plugins/mage-player-aiminimax.jar and b/Mage.Tests/plugins/mage-player-aiminimax.jar differ
diff --git a/Mage.Tests/src/test/java/org/mage/test/serverside/PlayGameTest.java b/Mage.Tests/src/test/java/org/mage/test/serverside/PlayGameTest.java
index 776ddd692c..4f89a832e1 100644
--- a/Mage.Tests/src/test/java/org/mage/test/serverside/PlayGameTest.java
+++ b/Mage.Tests/src/test/java/org/mage/test/serverside/PlayGameTest.java
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 package org.mage.test.serverside;
 
 import mage.Constants;
+import mage.Constants.ColoredManaSymbol;
+import mage.cards.Card;
 import mage.cards.decks.Deck;
 import mage.game.Game;
 import mage.game.GameException;
 import mage.game.GameOptions;
 import mage.game.TwoPlayerDuel;
+import mage.player.ai.ComputerPlayer;
 import mage.players.Player;
 import mage.sets.Sets;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -16,16 +19,13 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Random;
-import mage.Constants.ColoredManaSymbol;
-import mage.cards.Card;
-import mage.player.ai.ComputerPlayer;
 
 /**
  * @author ayratn
  */
 public class PlayGameTest extends MageTestBase {
 
-	private static List<String> colorChoices = Arrays.asList("bu","bg","br","bw","ug","ur","uw","gr","gw","rw","bur","buw","bug","brg","brw","bgw","wur","wug","wrg","rgu");
+	private static List<String> colorChoices = Arrays.asList("bu", "bg", "br", "bw", "ug", "ur", "uw", "gr", "gw", "rw", "bur", "buw", "bug", "brg", "brw", "bgw", "wur", "wug", "wrg", "rgu");
 
 	@Test
 	public void playOneGame() throws GameException, FileNotFoundException, IllegalArgumentException {
@@ -76,12 +76,12 @@ public class PlayGameTest extends MageTestBase {
 
 	private Deck generateRandomDeck() {
 		String selectedColors = colorChoices.get(new Random().nextInt(colorChoices.size())).toUpperCase();
-        List<ColoredManaSymbol> allowedColors = new ArrayList<ColoredManaSymbol>();
+		List<ColoredManaSymbol> allowedColors = new ArrayList<ColoredManaSymbol>();
 		logger.info("Building deck with colors: " + selectedColors);
-        for (int i = 0; i < selectedColors.length(); i++) {
-            char c = selectedColors.charAt(i);
-            allowedColors.add(ColoredManaSymbol.lookup(c));
-        }
+		for (int i = 0; i < selectedColors.length(); i++) {
+			char c = selectedColors.charAt(i);
+			allowedColors.add(ColoredManaSymbol.lookup(c));
+		}
 		List<Card> cardPool = Sets.generateRandomCardPool(45, allowedColors);
 		return ComputerPlayer.buildDeck(cardPool, allowedColors);
 	}