diff --git a/geonode/settings.py b/geonode/settings.py
index 7ebbc8e3dcf..56c091780be 100644
--- a/geonode/settings.py
+++ b/geonode/settings.py
@@ -1782,7 +1782,8 @@ def get_geonode_catalogue_service():
 
 # Choose thumbnail generator -- this is the default generator
 THUMBNAIL_GENERATOR = "geonode.layers.utils.create_gs_thumbnail_geonode"
-THUMBNAIL_GENERATOR_DEFAULT_BG = r"http://a.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png"
+#THUMBNAIL_GENERATOR_DEFAULT_BG = r"http://a.tile.openstreetmap.org/{z}/{x}/{y}.png"
+THUMBNAIL_GENERATOR_DEFAULT_BG = r"https://maps.wikimedia.org/osm-intl/{z}/{x}/{y}.png"
 
 # define the urls after the settings are overridden
 if USE_GEOSERVER: