diff --git a/engine/sdl2.py b/engine/sdl2.py
index cd91b6d..60ae3e8 100644
--- a/engine/sdl2.py
+++ b/engine/sdl2.py
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ class GameWindow:
         """Load and process an image with optional transparency and scaling"""
         image_path = resolve_bundle_path(os.path.join("assets", path))
         image = Image.open(image_path)
-        
+
         # Handle transparency
         if transparent_color:
             image = image.convert("RGBA")
@@ -317,10 +317,26 @@ class GameWindow:
                 for item in datas
             ]
             image.putdata(new_data)
-        
+
+        # Normalize near-white background pixels to pure white to avoid
+        # dark seams when the texture is drawn on a white panel. Applied
+        # to every asset, not only those with transparent_color, so the
+        # background is always pure white.
+        if image.mode != "RGBA":
+            image = image.convert("RGBA")
+        datas = image.getdata()
+        normalized = [
+            (255, 255, 255, item[3]) if item[3] > 0
+                and item[0] >= 250 and item[1] >= 250 and item[2] >= 250
+                and item[0] == item[1] == item[2]
+            else item
+            for item in datas
+        ]
+        image.putdata(normalized)
+
         # Scale image: tiles are now 64px (was 20px), multiply by 5/8 to reach cell_size (40px)
         image = image.resize((image.width * 5 // 8, image.height * 5 // 8), Image.NEAREST)
-        
+
         if surface:
             return sdl2.ext.pillow_to_surface(image)
         temp_surface = sdl2.ext.pillow_to_surface(image)