diff --git a/public/scripts/slash-commands.js b/public/scripts/slash-commands.js
index 4aeff2b91..8130488e7 100644
--- a/public/scripts/slash-commands.js
+++ b/public/scripts/slash-commands.js
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import { textgen_types, textgenerationwebui_settings } from './textgen-settings.
 import { decodeTextTokens, getFriendlyTokenizerName, getTextTokens, getTokenCount } from './tokenizers.js';
 import { delay, isFalseBoolean, isTrueBoolean, stringToRange, trimToEndSentence, trimToStartSentence, waitUntilCondition } from './utils.js';
 import { registerVariableCommands, resolveVariable } from './variables.js';
+import { background_settings } from './backgrounds.js';
 export {
     executeSlashCommands, getSlashCommandsHelp, registerSlashCommand,
 };
@@ -1609,7 +1610,9 @@ $(document).on('click', '[data-displayHelp]', function (e) {
 
 function setBackgroundCallback(_, bg) {
     if (!bg) {
-        return;
+        // allow reporting of the background name if called without args
+        // for use in ST Scripts via pipe
+        return background_settings.name;
     }
 
     console.log('Set background to ' + bg);