diff --git a/video_creation/background.py b/video_creation/background.py
index 162380e..533db04 100644
--- a/video_creation/background.py
+++ b/video_creation/background.py
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ from moviepy.video.io.ffmpeg_tools import ffmpeg_extract_subclip
 from moviepy.editor import VideoFileClip
 from utils.console import print_step, print_substep
 
-import datetime
-
-
 def get_start_and_end_times(video_length, length_of_clip):
     random_time = randrange(180, int(length_of_clip) - int(video_length))
     return random_time, random_time + video_length
@@ -20,14 +17,14 @@ def download_background():
     Path("./assets/backgrounds/").mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
     background_options = [  # uri , filename , credit
         ("https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_Dv4JMiwK8", "parkour.mp4", "bbswitzer"),
-        (
-            "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X9QGY__0II",
-            "rocket_league.mp4",
-            "Orbital Gameplay",
-        ),
+        #(
+        #    "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X9QGY__0II",
+        #    "rocket_league.mp4",
+        #    "Orbital Gameplay",
+        #),
     ]
-    # note: make sure the file name doesn't include a - in it
-    if len(listdir("./assets/backgrounds")) != len(
+    # note: make sure the file name doesn't include an - in it
+    if not len(listdir("./assets/backgrounds")) <= len(
         background_options
     ):  # if there are any background videos not installed
         print_step(
@@ -35,6 +32,8 @@ def download_background():
         )
         print_substep("Downloading the backgrounds videos... please be patient 🙏 ")
         for uri, filename, credit in background_options:
+            if Path(f'assets/backgrounds/{credit}-{filename}').is_file():
+                continue  # adds check to see if file exists before downloading
             print_substep(f"Downloading {filename} from {uri}")
             YouTube(uri).streams.filter(res="1080p").first().download(
                 "assets/backgrounds", filename=f"{credit}-{filename}"
@@ -60,5 +59,4 @@ def chop_background_video(video_length):
         targetname="assets/temp/background.mp4",
     )
     print_substep("Background video chopped successfully!", style="bold green")
-    noerror = True
-    return noerror
+    return True