diff --git a/wp-admin/js/custom-background.dev.js b/wp-admin/js/custom-background.dev.js
index 568a2a2b85..e3d9c1d48d 100644
--- a/wp-admin/js/custom-background.dev.js
+++ b/wp-admin/js/custom-background.dev.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ jQuery(document).ready(function() {
 			pickColor( hex );
 	});
 	jQuery('input[name="background-position"]').change(function() {
-		jQuery('#custom-background-image img').attr('align', jQuery(this).val() );
+		jQuery('#custom-background-image').css('text-align', jQuery(this).val());
 	});
 
 	farbtastic = jQuery.farbtastic('#colorPickerDiv', function(color) {
diff --git a/wp-admin/js/custom-background.js b/wp-admin/js/custom-background.js
index 9873fef925..1d6e66b514 100644
--- a/wp-admin/js/custom-background.js
+++ b/wp-admin/js/custom-background.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-var buttons=["#pickcolor"],farbtastic;function pickColor(color){jQuery("#background-color").val(color);farbtastic.setColor(color);jQuery("#custom-background-image").css("background-color",color)}jQuery(document).ready(function(){jQuery("#pickcolor").click(function(){jQuery("#colorPickerDiv").show()});jQuery("#background-color").keyup(function(){var _hex=jQuery("#background-color").val();var hex=_hex;if(hex[0]!="#"){hex="#"+hex}hex=hex.replace(/[^#a-fA-F0-9]+/,"");if(hex!=_hex){jQuery("#background-color").val(hex)}if(hex.length==4||hex.length==7){pickColor(hex)}});jQuery('input[name="background-position"]').change(function(){jQuery("#custom-background-image img").attr("align",jQuery(this).val())});farbtastic=jQuery.farbtastic("#colorPickerDiv",function(color){pickColor(color)});pickColor(customBackgroundL10n.backgroundcolor)});jQuery(document).mousedown(function(){hide_picker()});function hide_picker(what){var update=false;jQuery("#colorPickerDiv").each(function(){var id=jQuery(this).attr("id");if(id==what){return}var display=jQuery(this).css("display");if(display=="block"){jQuery(this).fadeOut(2)}})};
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+var buttons=["#pickcolor"],farbtastic;function pickColor(color){jQuery("#background-color").val(color);farbtastic.setColor(color);jQuery("#custom-background-image").css("background-color",color)}jQuery(document).ready(function(){jQuery("#pickcolor").click(function(){jQuery("#colorPickerDiv").show()});jQuery("#background-color").keyup(function(){var _hex=jQuery("#background-color").val();var hex=_hex;if(hex[0]!="#"){hex="#"+hex}hex=hex.replace(/[^#a-fA-F0-9]+/,"");if(hex!=_hex){jQuery("#background-color").val(hex)}if(hex.length==4||hex.length==7){pickColor(hex)}});jQuery('input[name="background-position"]').change(function(){jQuery("#custom-background-image").css("text-align",jQuery(this).val())});farbtastic=jQuery.farbtastic("#colorPickerDiv",function(color){pickColor(color)});pickColor(customBackgroundL10n.backgroundcolor)});jQuery(document).mousedown(function(){hide_picker()});function hide_picker(what){var update=false;jQuery("#colorPickerDiv").each(function(){var id=jQuery(this).attr("id");if(id==what){return}var display=jQuery(this).css("display");if(display=="block"){jQuery(this).fadeOut(2)}})};
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