diff --git a/sandbox/embed_selfhost_code.html b/sandbox/embed_selfhost_code.html
index 0feb9e4..98ffe46 100644
--- a/sandbox/embed_selfhost_code.html
+++ b/sandbox/embed_selfhost_code.html
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@
             // initialize the viewer with the parent element and some parameters
             let viewer = new OV.EmbeddedViewer (parentDiv, {
                 camera : new OV.Camera (
-                    new OV.Coord3D (-1.5, -3.0, 2.0),
+                    new OV.Coord3D (-1.5, 2.0, 3.0),
                     new OV.Coord3D (0.0, 0.0, 0.0),
-                    new OV.Coord3D (0.0, 0.0, 1.0)
+                    new OV.Coord3D (0.0, 1.0, 0.0)
                 ),
                 backgroundColor : new OV.Color (255, 255, 255),
                 defaultColor : new OV.Color (200, 200, 200),
@@ -39,20 +39,22 @@
                     edgeColor : new OV.Color (0, 0, 0),
                     edgeThreshold : 1
                 },
-                environmentMap : [
-                    '../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/posx.jpg',
-                    '../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/negx.jpg',
-                    '../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/posy.jpg',
-                    '../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/negy.jpg',
-                    '../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/posz.jpg',
-                    '../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/negz.jpg'
-                ]
+                environmentSettings : {
+                    environmentMap : [
+                        '../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/posx.jpg',
+                        '../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/negx.jpg',
+                        '../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/posy.jpg',
+                        '../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/negy.jpg',
+                        '../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/posz.jpg',
+                        '../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/negz.jpg'
+                    ],
+                    backgroundIsEnvMap : true
+                }
             });
 
             // load a model providing model urls
             viewer.LoadModelFromUrls ([
-                '../../test/testfiles/obj/hundred_cubes.obj',
-                '../../test/testfiles/obj/hundred_cubes.mtl'
+                '../../test/testfiles/gltf/DamagedHelmet/glTF-Binary/DamagedHelmet.glb'
             ]);
         });
     </script>
diff --git a/sandbox/embed_selfhost_externallibs.html b/sandbox/embed_selfhost_externallibs.html
index e5f6360..98058c9 100644
--- a/sandbox/embed_selfhost_externallibs.html
+++ b/sandbox/embed_selfhost_externallibs.html
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@
     <div class="online_3d_viewer"
 		style="width: 360px; height: 240px;"
         model="../../test/testfiles/gltf/Box/glTF-Binary/Box.glb"
-		environmentmap="../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/posx.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/negx.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/posy.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/negy.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/posz.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/negz.jpg">
+		environmentsettings="../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/posx.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/negx.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/posy.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/negy.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/posz.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/negz.jpg">
     </div>
     <div class="online_3d_viewer"
 		style="width: 360px; height: 240px;"
         model="../../test/testfiles/gltf/Box/glTF-Draco/Box.gltf,../../test/testfiles/gltf/Box/glTF-Draco/Box.bin"
-		environmentmap="../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/posx.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/negx.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/posy.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/negy.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/posz.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/negz.jpg">
+		environmentsettings="../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/posx.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/negx.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/posy.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/negy.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/posz.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/negz.jpg">
     </div>
     <div class="online_3d_viewer"
 		style="width: 360px; height: 240px;"
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
     <div class="online_3d_viewer"
 		style="width: 360px; height: 240px;"
         model="../../test/testfiles/gltf/DamagedHelmet/glTF-Binary/DamagedHelmet.glb"
-		environmentmap="../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/posx.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/negx.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/posy.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/negy.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/posz.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/negz.jpg">
+		environmentsettings="../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/posx.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/negx.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/posy.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/negy.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/posz.jpg,../website/assets/envmaps/fishermans_bastion/negz.jpg">
 	</div>
     <div class="online_3d_viewer"
 		style="width: 360px; height: 240px;"
diff --git a/source/engine/viewer/embeddedviewer.js b/source/engine/viewer/embeddedviewer.js
index d72c35a..c91e421 100644
--- a/source/engine/viewer/embeddedviewer.js
+++ b/source/engine/viewer/embeddedviewer.js
@@ -38,9 +38,10 @@ export class EmbeddedViewer
             );
         }
 
-        if (this.parameters.environmentMap) {
-            // TODO
-            this.viewer.SetEnvironmentMapSettings (this.parameters.environmentMap, false);
+        if (this.parameters.environmentSettings) {
+            let environmentMap = this.parameters.environmentSettings.environmentMap;
+            let backgroundIsEnvMap = this.parameters.environmentSettings.backgroundIsEnvMap;
+            this.viewer.SetEnvironmentMapSettings (environmentMap, backgroundIsEnvMap);
         }
 
         window.addEventListener ('resize', () => {
@@ -160,12 +161,16 @@ export function Init3DViewerElements (onReady)
             edgeSettings = ParameterConverter.StringToEdgeSettings (edgeSettingsParams);
         }
 
-        let environmentMap = null;
-        let environmentMapParams = element.getAttribute ('environmentmap');
-        if (environmentMapParams) {
-            let environmentMapParts = environmentMapParams.split (',');
-            if (environmentMapParts.length === 6) {
-                environmentMap = environmentMapParts;
+        let environmentSettings = null;
+        let environmentSettingsParams = element.getAttribute ('environmentsettings');
+        if (environmentSettingsParams) {
+            let environmentSettingsParts = environmentSettingsParams.split (',');
+            if (environmentSettingsParts.length === 6) {
+                // TODO: background is env map
+                environmentSettings = {
+                    environmentMap : environmentSettingsParts,
+                    backgroundIsEnvMap : false
+                };
             }
         }
 
@@ -180,7 +185,7 @@ export function Init3DViewerElements (onReady)
             backgroundColor : backgroundColor,
             defaultColor : defaultColor,
             edgeSettings : edgeSettings,
-            environmentMap : environmentMap
+            environmentSettings : environmentSettings
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/source/website/embed.js b/source/website/embed.js
index 1af5a27..be1342b 100644
--- a/source/website/embed.js
+++ b/source/website/embed.js
@@ -29,22 +29,6 @@ export class Embed
                 return;
             }
             TransformFileHostUrls (urls);
-            // let envMapName = this.hashHandler.GetEnvironmentMapNameFromHash ();
-            // if (envMapName === null) {
-            //     envMapName = 'fishermans_bastion';
-            // }
-            // let envMapPath = 'assets/envmaps/' + envMapName + '/';
-            // let envMapTextures = [
-            //     envMapPath + 'posx.jpg',
-            //     envMapPath + 'negx.jpg',
-            //     envMapPath + 'posy.jpg',
-            //     envMapPath + 'negy.jpg',
-            //     envMapPath + 'posz.jpg',
-            //     envMapPath + 'negz.jpg'
-            // ];
-            // // TODO
-            // this.viewer.SetEnvironmentMapSettings (envMapTextures, false);
-
 
             let envMapName = 'fishermans_bastion';
             let bgIsEnvMap = false;