Correction, I added "offset=none,frameoffset=0pt," to the parameters for the textbackground frame. Code again with correction: % test background \setupwhitespace[none] \setupindenting[yes, small, next] \setuppagenumbering[alternative=doublesided] \definetextbackground [SummaryBackground] [frame=off,offset=none,frameoffset=0pt, background=color, backgroundcolor=gray, backgroundoffset=2ex] \definehead[summary][section] \setuphead [summary] [number=no, style=bold, before=, beforesection={\noindentation\page\starttextbackground[SummaryBackground]}, aftersection={\stoptextbackground\blank}] \setuphead[section][number=no,style=bold] \definecombinedlist[content][section,summary] \setupcombinedlist[content][level=4, alternative=c] \starttext \completecontent \page \dorecurse{9}{ \startsection[title={Knuth -- \recurselevel}] \input{knuth} \stopsection } \startsummary[title=Samenvatting] \input{zapf} \stopsummary \stoptext Still the summary title is a bit lower on the page then other text.