diff --git a/src/renderer/renderScene.ts b/src/renderer/renderScene.ts
index 736edb99d..a5e786ea1 100644
--- a/src/renderer/renderScene.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/renderScene.ts
@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ const bootstrapCanvas = ({
   theme,
   isExporting,
   viewBackgroundColor,
+  exportWithFancyBackground,
 }: {
   canvas: HTMLCanvasElement;
   scale: number;
@@ -410,6 +411,7 @@ const bootstrapCanvas = ({
   theme?: AppState["theme"];
   isExporting?: StaticCanvasRenderConfig["isExporting"];
   viewBackgroundColor?: StaticCanvasAppState["viewBackgroundColor"];
+  exportWithFancyBackground?: boolean;
 }): CanvasRenderingContext2D => {
   const context = canvas.getContext("2d")!;
 
@@ -419,7 +421,6 @@ const bootstrapCanvas = ({
   if (isExporting && theme === "dark") {
     context.filter = THEME_FILTER;
   }
-
   // Paint background
   if (typeof viewBackgroundColor === "string") {
     const hasTransparence =
@@ -434,7 +435,7 @@ const bootstrapCanvas = ({
     context.fillStyle = viewBackgroundColor;
     context.fillRect(0, 0, normalizedWidth, normalizedHeight);
     context.restore();
-  } else {
+  } else if (!exportWithFancyBackground) {
     context.clearRect(0, 0, normalizedWidth, normalizedHeight);
   }
 
@@ -924,6 +925,7 @@ const _renderStaticScene = ({
     theme: appState.theme,
     isExporting,
     viewBackgroundColor: appState.viewBackgroundColor,
+    exportWithFancyBackground: renderConfig.exportWithFancyBackground,
   });
 
   // Apply zoom
diff --git a/src/scene/export.ts b/src/scene/export.ts
index d7db363ac..3c7908b19 100644
--- a/src/scene/export.ts
+++ b/src/scene/export.ts
@@ -74,28 +74,6 @@ export const exportToCanvas = async (
 
   const onlyExportingSingleFrame = isOnlyExportingSingleFrame(elements);
 
-  const renderConfig = {
-    viewBackgroundColor:
-      exportBackground && !exportWithFancyBackground
-        ? viewBackgroundColor
-        : null,
-    scrollX: -minX + (onlyExportingSingleFrame ? 0 : padding),
-    scrollY: -minY + (onlyExportingSingleFrame ? 0 : padding),
-    zoom: defaultAppState.zoom,
-    remotePointerViewportCoords: {},
-    remoteSelectedElementIds: {},
-    shouldCacheIgnoreZoom: false,
-    remotePointerUsernames: {},
-    remotePointerUserStates: {},
-    theme: appState.exportWithDarkMode ? THEME.DARK : THEME.LIGHT,
-    imageCache,
-    renderScrollbars: false,
-    renderSelection: false,
-    renderGrid: false,
-    isExporting: true,
-    exportBackgroundImage: appState.fancyBackgroundImageKey,
-  };
-
   if (
     exportWithFancyBackground &&
     appState.fancyBackgroundImageKey !== "solid"
@@ -105,7 +83,7 @@ export const exportToCanvas = async (
       fancyBackgroundImageKey: appState.fancyBackgroundImageKey,
       backgroundColor: viewBackgroundColor,
       exportScale: scale,
-      theme: renderConfig.theme,
+      theme: appState.exportWithDarkMode ? THEME.DARK : THEME.LIGHT,
     });
   }
 
@@ -117,17 +95,21 @@ export const exportToCanvas = async (
     scale,
     appState: {
       ...appState,
-      viewBackgroundColor: exportBackground ? viewBackgroundColor : null,
-      scrollX: -minX + (onlyExportingSingleFrame ? 0 : exportPadding),
-      scrollY: -minY + (onlyExportingSingleFrame ? 0 : exportPadding),
+      viewBackgroundColor:
+        exportBackground && !exportWithFancyBackground
+          ? viewBackgroundColor
+          : null,
+      scrollX: -minX + (onlyExportingSingleFrame ? 0 : padding),
+      scrollY: -minY + (onlyExportingSingleFrame ? 0 : padding),
       zoom: defaultAppState.zoom,
       shouldCacheIgnoreZoom: false,
-      theme: appState.exportWithDarkMode ? "dark" : "light",
+      theme: appState.exportWithDarkMode ? THEME.DARK : THEME.LIGHT,
     },
     renderConfig: {
       imageCache,
       renderGrid: false,
       isExporting: true,
+      exportWithFancyBackground,
     },
   });
 
diff --git a/src/scene/types.ts b/src/scene/types.ts
index b29379a4f..8aef2ef37 100644
--- a/src/scene/types.ts
+++ b/src/scene/types.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ export type StaticCanvasRenderConfig = {
   /** when exporting the behavior is slightly different (e.g. we can't use
    CSS filters), and we disable render optimizations for best output */
   isExporting: boolean;
+  exportWithFancyBackground?: boolean;
 };
 
 export type InteractiveCanvasRenderConfig = {