diff --git a/stepmania/src/Foreground.cpp b/stepmania/src/Foreground.cpp
index 3aa666e8d7..901b3af036 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/Foreground.cpp
+++ b/stepmania/src/Foreground.cpp
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 #include "global.h"
 #include "Foreground.h"
-#include "BGAnimation.h"
 #include "RageUtil.h"
 #include "IniFile.h"
 #include "GameState.h"
 #include "RageTextureManager.h"
+#include "ActorUtil.h"
+#include "song.h"
 
 Foreground::~Foreground()
 {
@@ -38,8 +39,7 @@ void Foreground::LoadFromSong( const Song *pSong )
 			RageException::Throw( "The song foreground BGA \"%s\" is not a directory", sAniDir.c_str() );
 
 		LoadedBGA bga;
-		bga.m_bga = new BGAnimation;
-		bga.m_bga->LoadFromAniDir( sAniDir );
+		bga.m_bga = ActorUtil::MakeActor( sAniDir );
 		bga.m_bga->PlayCommand( "On" );
 		bga.m_fStartBeat = change.m_fStartBeat;
 
diff --git a/stepmania/src/Foreground.h b/stepmania/src/Foreground.h
index ad6afa766d..35f5969df8 100644
--- a/stepmania/src/Foreground.h
+++ b/stepmania/src/Foreground.h
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 #define FOREGROUND_H
 
 #include "ActorFrame.h"
-#include "song.h"
-class BGAnimation;
 
+class Song;
 class Foreground: public ActorFrame
 {
 public:
@@ -20,7 +19,7 @@ protected:
 	void LoadFromAniDir( CString sAniDir );
 	struct LoadedBGA
 	{
-		BGAnimation		*m_bga;
+		Actor			*m_bga;
 		float			m_fStartBeat;
 		float			m_fStopBeat;
 	};