diff --git a/src/gui/widget/textbox.cpp b/src/gui/widget/textbox.cpp
index dbf9341ad..fc3f1fd43 100644
--- a/src/gui/widget/textbox.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/widget/textbox.cpp
@@ -936,3 +936,15 @@ int CTextBox::getMaxLineWidth(const std::string& text, Font* font)
 
 	return len;
 }
+
+void CTextBox::enableBackgroundPaint(bool mode)
+{
+	m_nPaintBackground = mode;
+}
+
+void CTextBox::disableBackgroundPaint()
+{
+	enableBackgroundPaint(false);
+}
+
+
diff --git a/src/gui/widget/textbox.h b/src/gui/widget/textbox.h
index 89ea1c81b..d30c4f7f2 100644
--- a/src/gui/widget/textbox.h
+++ b/src/gui/widget/textbox.h
@@ -181,7 +181,8 @@ class CTextBox : public sigc::trackable
 		void    refresh(void);
 		void    scrollPageDown(const int pages);
 		void    scrollPageUp(const int pages);
-		void    enableBackgroundPaint(bool mode = true){m_nPaintBackground = mode;}
+		void    enableBackgroundPaint(bool mode = true);
+		void    disableBackgroundPaint();
 		//enable screen saving behind chars, is required for transparent text paint, returns true if mode was changed
 		bool    enableSaveScreen(bool mode = true);
 		bool	setText(const std::string* newText, int max_width = 0, bool force_repaint = true);