diff --git a/es-core/src/components/RatingComponent.cpp b/es-core/src/components/RatingComponent.cpp
index ff3163ba8..71bf81301 100644
--- a/es-core/src/components/RatingComponent.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/components/RatingComponent.cpp
@@ -210,7 +210,6 @@ bool RatingComponent::input(InputConfig* config, Input input)
 void RatingComponent::applyTheme(const std::shared_ptr<ThemeData>& theme,
         const std::string& view, const std::string& element, unsigned int properties)
 {
-    GuiComponent::applyTheme(theme, view, element, properties);
     using namespace ThemeFlags;
 
     const ThemeData::ThemeElement* elem = theme->getElement(view, element, "rating");
@@ -237,6 +236,8 @@ void RatingComponent::applyTheme(const std::shared_ptr<ThemeData>& theme,
             mUnfilledColor = mColorShift;
     }
 
+    GuiComponent::applyTheme(theme, view, element, properties);
+
     if (imgChanged)
         onSizeChanged();
 }