The background frames consist of the dominating detector dark current (monitored by the IFS dark level plot) and a small component originating from the instrument. The reported QC parameters cover the instrumental background radiation plus the dark level of the detector. The background has a minor dependenece on the CPI dichroic which can be INS4.OPTI13.NAME=DIC_H or DIC_K and a major dependence on the IFS bench temperature.