diff --git a/app/assets/sample_data.json b/app/assets/sample_data.json
index d5879f8c..f18454d7 100644
--- a/app/assets/sample_data.json
+++ b/app/assets/sample_data.json
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
    },
    {
       "attributes":{
-         "bold":true
+         "bold":true,
+         "background":"#ebd6ff"
       },
       "insert":"mobile"
    },
diff --git a/lib/widgets/text_line.dart b/lib/widgets/text_line.dart
index 931ead5c..6aae72e6 100644
--- a/lib/widgets/text_line.dart
+++ b/lib/widgets/text_line.dart
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@ class TextLine extends StatelessWidget {
       res = res.merge(new TextStyle(color: textColor));
     }
 
+    Attribute background = textNode.style.attributes[Attribute.background.key];
+    if (background != null && background.value != null) {
+      final backgroundColor = _hexStringToColor(background.value);
+      res = res.merge(new TextStyle(backgroundColor: backgroundColor));
+    }
+
     return TextSpan(text: textNode.value, style: res);
   }