diff --git a/site/assets/scss/_custom.scss b/site/assets/scss/_custom.scss
index 2884f584..f2d2d165 100644
--- a/site/assets/scss/_custom.scss
+++ b/site/assets/scss/_custom.scss
@@ -108,3 +108,9 @@
     border-radius: 8px;
     visibility: hidden;
 }
+
+/* cover block on about page */
+
+#td-cover-block-0 {
+    background-image: url("../images/background-about-page.jpg");
+}
diff --git a/site/config.toml b/site/config.toml
index 01ceb056..d51bb852 100644
--- a/site/config.toml
+++ b/site/config.toml
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ github_repo = "https://github.com/openvinotoolkit/cvat"
 github_project_repo = "https://github.com/openvinotoolkit/cvat"
 
 # Specify a value here if your content directory is not in your repo's root directory
-# github_subdir = ""
+github_subdir = "site"
 
 # Uncomment this if you have a newer GitHub repo with "main" as the default branch,
 # or specify a new value if you want to reference another branch in your GitHub links
diff --git a/site/content/en/about/featured-background.jpg b/site/content/en/images/background-about-page.jpg
similarity index 100%
rename from site/content/en/about/featured-background.jpg
rename to site/content/en/images/background-about-page.jpg