diff --git a/src/themes/dspace-simple/app/home-page/home-news/home-news.component.html b/src/themes/dspace-simple/app/home-page/home-news/home-news.component.html
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--- a/src/themes/dspace-simple/app/home-page/home-news/home-news.component.html
+++ b/src/themes/dspace-simple/app/home-page/home-news/home-news.component.html
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 <div class="background-image-container mt-ncs">
   <picture class="background-image">
-    <source type="image/webp" srcset="assets/dspace/images/banner.webp 2000w, assets/dspace/images/banner-half.webp 1200w, assets/dspace/images/banner-tall.webp 768w">
-    <source type="image/jpg" srcset="assets/dspace/images/banner.jpg 2000w, assets/dspace/images/banner-half.jpg 1200w, assets/dspace/images/banner-tall.jpg 768w">
-    <img alt [src]="'assets/dspace/images/banner.jpg'">
+    <source type="image/webp" srcset="assets/dspace-simple/images/dandy-full.webp 2000w, assets/dspace-simple/images/dandy-half.webp 1200w, assets/dspace-simple/images/dandy-tall.webp 768w">
+    <source type="image/jpg" srcset="assets/dspace-simple/images/dandy-full.jpg 2000w, assets/dspace-simple/images/dandy-half.jpg 1200w, assets/dspace-simple/images/dandy-tall.jpg 768w">
+    <img alt [src]="'assets/dspace-simple/images/dandy-full.jpg'">
     <!-- without the []="''" Firefox downloads both the fallback and the resolved image -->
   </picture>
   <div class="container">
diff --git a/src/themes/dspace-simple/app/home-page/home-news/home-news.component.scss b/src/themes/dspace-simple/app/home-page/home-news/home-news.component.scss
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--- a/src/themes/dspace-simple/app/home-page/home-news/home-news.component.scss
+++ b/src/themes/dspace-simple/app/home-page/home-news/home-news.component.scss
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   display: block;
 
   div.background-image-container {
-    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.6);
+    background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
     position: relative;
 
     .background-image > img {
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