diff --git a/Services/Certificate/classes/Template/Action/Clone/class.ilCertificateCloneAction.php b/Services/Certificate/classes/Template/Action/Clone/class.ilCertificateCloneAction.php
index 8504623963be..56ca2a92bfa8 100644
--- a/Services/Certificate/classes/Template/Action/Clone/class.ilCertificateCloneAction.php
+++ b/Services/Certificate/classes/Template/Action/Clone/class.ilCertificateCloneAction.php
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ class ilCertificateCloneAction
      * @var string
      */
     private $webDirectory;
+    private $global_certificate_path;
 
     /**
      * @param ilDBInterface $database
@@ -57,7 +58,8 @@ public function __construct(
         \ILIAS\Filesystem\Filesystem $fileSystem = null,
         ilLogger $logger = null,
         ilCertificateObjectHelper $objectHelper = null,
-        string $webDirectory = CLIENT_WEB_DIR
+        string $webDirectory = CLIENT_WEB_DIR,
+        string $global_certificate_path = null
     ) {
         $this->database = $database;
         $this->pathFactory = $pathFactory;
@@ -80,6 +82,15 @@ public function __construct(
         }
         $this->objectHelper = $objectHelper;
 
+        if (null === $global_certificate_path) {
+            $global_certificate_path = str_replace(
+                '[CLIENT_WEB_DIR]',
+                '',
+                ilObjCertificateSettingsAccess::getBackgroundImagePath(true)
+            );
+        }
+        $this->global_certificate_path = $global_certificate_path;
+
         $this->webDirectory = $webDirectory;
     }
 
@@ -122,43 +133,49 @@ public function cloneCertificate(
 
             $newBackgroundImage = '';
             $newBackgroundImageThumbnail = '';
-            if ($this->fileSystem->has($backgroundImagePath) &&
-                !$this->fileSystem->hasDir($backgroundImagePath)
-            ) {
-                $newBackgroundImage = $certificatePath . $backgroundImageFile;
-                $newBackgroundImageThumbnail = str_replace($webDir, '', $this->getBackgroundImageThumbPath($certificatePath));
-                if ($this->fileSystem->has($newBackgroundImage) &&
-                    !$this->fileSystem->hasDir($newBackgroundImage)
+            if ($this->global_certificate_path !== $backgroundImagePath) {
+                if ($this->fileSystem->has($backgroundImagePath) &&
+                    !$this->fileSystem->hasDir($backgroundImagePath)
                 ) {
-                    $this->fileSystem->delete($newBackgroundImage);
+                    $newBackgroundImage = $certificatePath . $backgroundImageFile;
+                    $newBackgroundImageThumbnail = str_replace(
+                        $webDir, '',
+                        $this->getBackgroundImageThumbPath($certificatePath)
+                    );
+                    if ($this->fileSystem->has($newBackgroundImage) &&
+                        !$this->fileSystem->hasDir($newBackgroundImage)
+                    ) {
+                        $this->fileSystem->delete($newBackgroundImage);
+                    }
+
+                    $this->fileSystem->copy(
+                        $backgroundImagePath,
+                        $newBackgroundImage
+                    );
                 }
 
-                $this->fileSystem->copy(
-                    $backgroundImagePath,
-                    $newBackgroundImage
-                );
-            }
-
-            if (
-                strlen($newBackgroundImageThumbnail) > 0 &&
-                $this->fileSystem->has($backgroundImageThumbnail) &&
-                !$this->fileSystem->hasDir($backgroundImageThumbnail)
-            ) {
-                if ($this->fileSystem->has($newBackgroundImageThumbnail) &&
-                    !$this->fileSystem->hasDir($newBackgroundImageThumbnail)
+                if (
+                    $newBackgroundImageThumbnail !== '' &&
+                    $this->fileSystem->has($backgroundImageThumbnail) &&
+                    !$this->fileSystem->hasDir($backgroundImageThumbnail)
                 ) {
-                    $this->fileSystem->delete($newBackgroundImageThumbnail);
+                    if ($this->fileSystem->has($newBackgroundImageThumbnail) &&
+                        !$this->fileSystem->hasDir($newBackgroundImageThumbnail)
+                    ) {
+                        $this->fileSystem->delete($newBackgroundImageThumbnail);
+                    }
+
+                    $this->fileSystem->copy(
+                        $backgroundImageThumbnail,
+                        $newBackgroundImageThumbnail
+                    );
                 }
-
-                $this->fileSystem->copy(
-                    $backgroundImageThumbnail,
-                    $newBackgroundImageThumbnail
-                );
+            } else {
+                $newBackgroundImage = $this->global_certificate_path;
             }
 
             $newCardThumbImage = '';
-            $cardThumbImagePath = (string) $template->getThumbnailImagePath();
-
+            $cardThumbImagePath = $template->getThumbnailImagePath();
             if ($this->fileSystem->has($cardThumbImagePath) && !$this->fileSystem->hasDir($cardThumbImagePath)) {
                 $newCardThumbImage = $certificatePath . basename($cardThumbImagePath);
                 if ($this->fileSystem->has($newCardThumbImage) && !$this->fileSystem->hasDir($newCardThumbImage)) {
diff --git a/Services/Certificate/test/ilCertificateCloneActionTest.php b/Services/Certificate/test/ilCertificateCloneActionTest.php
index 015aca5ca34a..5599805619a4 100644
--- a/Services/Certificate/test/ilCertificateCloneActionTest.php
+++ b/Services/Certificate/test/ilCertificateCloneActionTest.php
@@ -61,12 +61,26 @@ public function testCloneCertificate()
                         '/some/where/background.jpg',
                         '/some/where/card_thumb.jpg',
                         $id = null
+                    ),
+                    new ilCertificateTemplate(
+                        30,
+                        'crs',
+                        '<xml> Some Content </xml>',
+                        md5('<xml> Some Content </xml>'),
+                        '[]',
+                        '3',
+                        'v5.3.0',
+                        123456789,
+                        true,
+                        '/certificates/default/background.jpg',
+                        '/some/where/card_thumb.jpg',
+                        $id = null
                     )
                 )
             );
 
         $templateRepository
-            ->expects($this->exactly(2))
+            ->expects($this->exactly(3))
             ->method('save');
 
         $fileSystem = $this->getMockBuilder('\ILIAS\Filesystem\Filesystem')
@@ -76,7 +90,7 @@ public function testCloneCertificate()
             ->willReturn(true);
 
         $fileSystem
-            ->expects($this->exactly(6))
+            ->expects($this->exactly(7))
             ->method('copy');
 
         $logger = $this->getMockBuilder('ilLogger')
@@ -96,7 +110,8 @@ public function testCloneCertificate()
             $fileSystem,
             $logger,
             $objectHelper,
-            'some/web/directory'
+            'some/web/directory',
+            '/certificates/default/background.jpg'
         );
 
         $oldObject = $this->getMockBuilder('ilObject')