diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 55722581..9bf7a63e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ using RDatasets
 iris = dataset("datasets", "iris");
 
 # This will bring up a browser window with the plot. Add a semicolon at the end to skip display. 
-scatter(iris, :SepalLength, :SepalWidth, group=:Species, m=([:+ :d :s], 12))
+scatter(iris, :SepalLength, :SepalWidth, group=:Species, m=([:+ :d :s], 12), smooth=0.99, bg=:black)
 
 # save a png (equivalent to png("gadfly1.png") and savefig("gadfly1.png"))
 png("gadfly1")
diff --git a/docs/readme_template.md b/docs/readme_template.md
index e0176029..9078e477 100644
--- a/docs/readme_template.md
+++ b/docs/readme_template.md
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ using RDatasets
 iris = dataset("datasets", "iris");
 
 # This will bring up a browser window with the plot. Add a semicolon at the end to skip display. 
-scatter(iris, :SepalLength, :SepalWidth, group=:Species, m=([:+ :d :s], 12), smooth=0.98, bg=RGB(0.3,0.3,0.3))
+scatter(iris, :SepalLength, :SepalWidth, group=:Species, m=([:+ :d :s], 12), smooth=0.99, bg=:black)
 
 # save a png (equivalent to png("gadfly1.png") and savefig("gadfly1.png"))
 png("gadfly1")
diff --git a/img/gadfly1.png b/img/gadfly1.png
index 9cc26b42..a5cbe40a 100644
Binary files a/img/gadfly1.png and b/img/gadfly1.png differ