What was your starter page before this? (I set mine to my profile, so if I started landing somewhere else it'd be a bug.)
Jo: Go to your Settings and scroll right down until you see the Navigation Home Page section (it's underneath the 'Starting Page' section), and you will see:
Your Navigation Home Page can include any of the following sections. Select what you want to see.
As part of that section, you will see
Getting Started: Introduction to WikiTree. [preview]
Family Tree: Three generations of your personal tree. [preview]
Badges: Your latest badges. [preview]
Scratch Pad: Free space for keeping notes or a to-do list.
Make sure the checkbox is checked against 'Scratch Pad'. This will only appear on your Navigation Home Page - nowhere else.
Ros, The text on 'Starting Page': "You can opt to start at the main WikiTree home page, G2G home page, your profile, your G2G profile, or your Watchlist instead." There are 6 spin box options: Navigation Home Page, WT Home Page, My Profile, My Watchlist, G2G Home Page, My G2G Profile.
I have tried 5 of the 6 options, all land on My WikiTree: Navigation Home Page.
Before I started the Beta Test version of adding profiles, I landed on https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gill-3793 with my picture and pretty background.
Scroll down PAST the 'Starting Page' section. Then you will find the 'Navigation Home Page' section as I described above.
When you described your page as having a 'pretty background', that gave me the clue that you are NOT referring to your Nav Home Page, but your Profile page. In the settings for 'Starting Page', click on 'Your Profile'. If it still does not work, it may be that the beta version of new-profile-creation is messing things up. Go back to it and unclick your desire to use it in beta.