diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45da11a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+slock
+*.o
+config.h
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 33937dc..170e433 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@
 
 This is my patched version of slock. The base version is directly from suckless.org.
 
+## Patches
+
+The list below shows the currently applied patches to the master branch.
+
+- slock-background-image-20220318-1c5a538.diff (shows a background image in locked state)
+
 ## Installation
 
 The most basic way is to clone the repository and then invoke make.
 
-- `git clone https://github.com/tiyn/st-0.9.0`
+- `git clone https://github.com/tiyn/slock`
 - `make clean install`
diff --git a/config.def.h b/config.def.h
index eb88b3d..041c31f 100644
--- a/config.def.h
+++ b/config.def.h
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* user and group to drop privileges to */
-static const char *user  = "nobody";
+static const char *user  = "user";
 static const char *group = "nobody";
 
 static const char *colorname[NUMCOLS] = {
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ static const char *colorname[NUMCOLS] = {
 static const int failonclear = 1;
 
 /* Background image path, should be available to the user above */
-static const char* background_image = "";
+static const char* background_image = "/home/user/.config/lock.png";