diff --git a/src/Core.js b/src/Core.js
index b60b30e..b7efc58 100644
--- a/src/Core.js
+++ b/src/Core.js
@@ -34,13 +34,16 @@ _html2canvas.Util.backgroundImage = function (src) {
 _html2canvas.Util.parseBackgroundImage = function (value) {
     var whitespace = ' \r\n\t',
         method, definition, prefix, prefix_i, block, results = [], 
-        c, mode = 0, numParen = 0;
+        c, mode = 0, numParen = 0, quote, args;
 
     var appendResult = function(){
         if(method) {
             if(definition.substr( 0, 1 ) === '"') {
                 definition = definition.substr( 1, definition.length - 2 );
             }
+            if(definition) {
+                args.push(definition);
+            }
             if(method.substr( 0, 1 ) === '-' && 
                     (prefix_i = method.indexOf( '-', 1 ) + 1) > 0) {
                 prefix = method.substr( 0, prefix_i);
@@ -49,10 +52,11 @@ _html2canvas.Util.parseBackgroundImage = function (value) {
             results.push({
                 prefix: prefix,
                 method: method,
-                definition: definition,
-                value: block
+                value: block,
+                args: args
             });
         }
+        args = []; //for some odd reason, setting .length = 0 didn't work in safari
         method = 
             prefix =
             definition =
@@ -66,8 +70,18 @@ _html2canvas.Util.parseBackgroundImage = function (value) {
             continue;
         }
         switch(c) {
+            case '"':
+                if(!quote) { 
+                    quote = c;
+                } 
+                else if(quote === c) {
+                    quote = null;
+                }
+                break;
+
             case '(':
-                if(mode === 0) {
+                if(quote) { break; }
+                else if(mode === 0) {
                     mode = 1;
                     block += c;
                     continue;
@@ -77,7 +91,8 @@ _html2canvas.Util.parseBackgroundImage = function (value) {
                 break;
 
             case ')':
-                if(mode === 1) {
+                if(quote) { break; }
+                else if(mode === 1) {
                     if(numParen === 0) {
                         mode = 0;
                         block += c;
@@ -90,10 +105,19 @@ _html2canvas.Util.parseBackgroundImage = function (value) {
                 break;
 
             case ',':
-                if(mode === 0) {
+                if(quote) { break; }
+                else if(mode === 0) {
                     appendResult();
                     continue;
                 }
+                else if (mode === 1) {
+                    if(numParen === 0 && !method.match(/^url$/i)) {
+                        args.push(definition);
+                        definition = '';
+                        block += c;
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                }
                 break;
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Preload.js b/src/Preload.js
index ee9700f..0c7bbde 100644
--- a/src/Preload.js
+++ b/src/Preload.js
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ _html2canvas.Preload = function( options ) {
             img = _html2canvas.Generate.Gradient( background_image.value, _html2canvas.Util.Bounds( el ) );
 
             if ( img !== undefined ){
-              images[background_image] = {
+              images[background_image.value] = {
                 img: img,
                 succeeded: true
               };
diff --git a/tests/qunit/unit/css.js b/tests/qunit/unit/css.js
index 485ad72..5b492cd 100644
--- a/tests/qunit/unit/css.js
+++ b/tests/qunit/unit/css.js
@@ -146,15 +146,34 @@ $(function() {
     }); 
     
     test('background-image', function () {
+        
+        test_parse_background_image(
+            'url("te)st")', 
+            { prefix: '', method: 'url', value: 'url("te)st")', args: ['te)st'] }, 
+            'test quoted'
+        );
+        
+        test_parse_background_image(
+            'url("te,st")', 
+            { prefix: '', method: 'url', value: 'url("te,st")', args: ['te,st'] }, 
+            'test quoted'
+        );
+        
+        test_parse_background_image(
+            'url(te,st)', 
+            { prefix: '', method: 'url', value: 'url(te,st)', args: ['te,st'] }, 
+            'test quoted'
+        );
+
         test_parse_background_image(
             'url(test)', 
-            { prefix: '', method: 'url', definition: 'test', value: 'url(test)' }, 
+            { prefix: '', method: 'url', value: 'url(test)', args: ['test'] }, 
             'basic url'
         );
 
         test_parse_background_image(
             'url("test")', 
-            { prefix: '', method: 'url', definition: 'test', value: 'url("test")' }, 
+            { prefix: '', method: 'url', value: 'url("test")', args: ['test'] }, 
             'quoted url'
         );
 
@@ -162,36 +181,44 @@ $(function() {
             'url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)', 
             { 
                 prefix: '', method: 'url', 
-                definition: 'data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7', 
-                value: 'url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)' 
+                value: 'url(data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)',
+                args: ['data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7']
             }, 
             'data url'
         );
 
         test_parse_background_image(
             'linear-gradient(red,black)', 
-            { prefix: '', method: 'linear-gradient', definition: 'red,black', value: 'linear-gradient(red,black)' }, 
+            { prefix: '', method: 'linear-gradient', value: 'linear-gradient(red,black)', args: ['red','black'] }, 
             'linear-gradient'
         );
 
         test_parse_background_image(
             'linear-gradient(top,rgb(255,0,0),rgb(0,0,0))', 
-            { prefix: '', method: 'linear-gradient', definition: 'top,rgb(255,0,0),rgb(0,0,0)', value: 'linear-gradient(top,rgb(255,0,0),rgb(0,0,0))' }, 
+            { 
+                prefix: '', method: 'linear-gradient', 
+                value: 'linear-gradient(top,rgb(255,0,0),rgb(0,0,0))',
+                args: ['top', 'rgb(255,0,0)', 'rgb(0,0,0)']
+            }, 
             'linear-gradient'
         );
 
         test_parse_background_image(
             '-webkit-linear-gradient(red,black)', 
-            { prefix: '-webkit-', method: 'linear-gradient', definition: 'red,black', value: '-webkit-linear-gradient(red,black)' }, 
+            { 
+                prefix: '-webkit-', method: 'linear-gradient', 
+                value: '-webkit-linear-gradient(red,black)',
+                args: ['red','black']
+            }, 
             'linear-gradient'
         );
 
         test_parse_background_image(
             'linear-gradient(red,black), url(test), url("test"),\n none, ', [
-            { prefix: '', method: 'linear-gradient', definition: 'red,black', value: 'linear-gradient(red,black)' },
-            { prefix: '', method: 'url', definition: 'test', value: 'url(test)' },
-            { prefix: '', method: 'url', definition: 'test', value: 'url("test")' },
-            { prefix: '', method: 'none', definition: '', value: 'none' }
+            { prefix: '', method: 'linear-gradient', value: 'linear-gradient(red,black)', args: ['red','black'] },
+            { prefix: '', method: 'url', value: 'url(test)', args: ['test']  },
+            { prefix: '', method: 'url', value: 'url("test")', args: ['test']  },
+            { prefix: '', method: 'none', value: 'none', args: [] }
             ],
             'multiple backgrounds'
         );