diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial b/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial
index caa8bcfd..87d548aa 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-gnusocial
@@ -985,6 +985,7 @@ function install_gnusocial {
         install_nodejs pleroma-gnusocial
         install_pleroma "gnusocial" "$GNUSOCIAL_DOMAIN_NAME" "$GNUSOCIAL_BACKGROUND_IMAGE_URL" "$GNUSOCIAL_TITLE"
         install_gnusocial_default_background "gnusocial" "$GNUSOCIAL_DOMAIN_NAME"
+        sed -i 's|"theme":.*|"theme": "base16-apathy.css",|g' /var/www/${GNUSOCIAL_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs/static/config.json
     fi
 
     # unleash the daemons!
diff --git a/src/freedombone-app-postactiv b/src/freedombone-app-postactiv
index 37c04534..ea7f9b7c 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-app-postactiv
+++ b/src/freedombone-app-postactiv
@@ -769,6 +769,7 @@ function install_postactiv {
         install_nodejs pleroma-gnusocial
         install_pleroma "postactiv" "$POSTACTIV_DOMAIN_NAME" "$POSTACTIV_BACKGROUND_IMAGE_URL" "$POSTACTIV_TITLE"
         install_gnusocial_default_background "postactiv" "$POSTACTIV_DOMAIN_NAME"
+        sed -i 's|"theme":.*|"theme": "base16-apathy.css",|g' /var/www/${POSTACTIV_DOMAIN_NAME}/htdocs/static/config.json
     fi
 
     expire_gnusocial_posts "$POSTACTIV_DOMAIN_NAME" "postactiv" "$POSTACTIV_EXPIRE_MONTHS"
diff --git a/src/freedombone-utils-gnusocialtools b/src/freedombone-utils-gnusocialtools
index d188810d..2e92b4d3 100755
--- a/src/freedombone-utils-gnusocialtools
+++ b/src/freedombone-utils-gnusocialtools
@@ -247,7 +247,6 @@ function install_pleroma {
         mv /var/www/${pleroma_domain}/htdocs/index.php /var/www/${pleroma_domain}/htdocs/index_qvitter.php
     fi
     sed -i 's|index.php|index_qvitter.php|g' $nginx_site
-    sed -i 's|"theme":.*|"theme": "base16-apathy.css",|g' /var/www/${pleroma_domain}/htdocs/static/config.json
 
     chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/${pleroma_domain}/htdocs
 }