diff --git a/es-core/src/components/DateTimeComponent.cpp b/es-core/src/components/DateTimeComponent.cpp
index c4d67598f..8a625ab12 100644
--- a/es-core/src/components/DateTimeComponent.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/components/DateTimeComponent.cpp
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ void DateTimeComponent::applyTheme(const std::shared_ptr<ThemeData>& theme,
                                    unsigned int properties)
 {
     using namespace ThemeFlags;
-    GuiComponent::applyTheme(theme, view, element, properties);
 
     std::string elementType {"datetime"};
     std::string componentName {"DateTimeComponent"};
@@ -179,6 +178,8 @@ void DateTimeComponent::applyTheme(const std::shared_ptr<ThemeData>& theme,
         setFormat("%H:%M");
     }
 
+    GuiComponent::applyTheme(theme, view, element, properties);
+
     const ThemeData::ThemeElement* elem {theme->getElement(view, element, elementType)};
     if (!elem)
         return;