diff --git a/es-app/src/views/GamelistView.cpp b/es-app/src/views/GamelistView.cpp
index a529cac68..97cbf24b5 100644
--- a/es-app/src/views/GamelistView.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/views/GamelistView.cpp
@@ -140,9 +140,6 @@ void GamelistView::onThemeChanged(const std::shared_ptr<ThemeData>& theme)
                     mTextList = std::make_unique<TextListComponent<FileData*>>();
                     mPrimary = mTextList.get();
                 }
-                mPrimary->setPosition(0.0f, mSize.y * 0.1f);
-                mPrimary->setSize(mSize.x, mSize.y * 0.8f);
-                mPrimary->setAlignment(TextListComponent<FileData*>::PrimaryAlignment::ALIGN_LEFT);
                 mPrimary->setCursorChangedCallback(
                     [&](const CursorState& state) { updateView(state); });
                 mPrimary->setDefaultZIndex(50.0f);
@@ -357,9 +354,6 @@ void GamelistView::onThemeChanged(const std::shared_ptr<ThemeData>& theme)
     if (mPrimary == nullptr) {
         mTextList = std::make_unique<TextListComponent<FileData*>>();
         mPrimary = mTextList.get();
-        mPrimary->setPosition(0.0f, mSize.y * 0.1f);
-        mPrimary->setSize(mSize.x, mSize.y * 0.8f);
-        mPrimary->setAlignment(TextListComponent<FileData*>::PrimaryAlignment::ALIGN_LEFT);
         mPrimary->setCursorChangedCallback([&](const CursorState& state) { updateView(state); });
         mPrimary->setDefaultZIndex(50.0f);
         mPrimary->setZIndex(50.0f);
diff --git a/es-core/src/components/primary/CarouselComponent.h b/es-core/src/components/primary/CarouselComponent.h
index 373649929..128f1cfb4 100644
--- a/es-core/src/components/primary/CarouselComponent.h
+++ b/es-core/src/components/primary/CarouselComponent.h
@@ -914,9 +914,6 @@ void CarouselComponent<T>::applyTheme(const std::shared_ptr<ThemeData>& theme,
                                       const std::string& element,
                                       unsigned int properties)
 {
-    using namespace ThemeFlags;
-    const ThemeData::ThemeElement* elem {theme->getElement(view, element, "carousel")};
-
     mSize.x = Renderer::getScreenWidth();
     mSize.y = Renderer::getScreenHeight() * 0.23240f;
     GuiComponent::mPosition.x = 0.0f;
@@ -925,6 +922,9 @@ void CarouselComponent<T>::applyTheme(const std::shared_ptr<ThemeData>& theme,
     mCarouselColorEnd = 0xFFFFFFD8;
     mZIndex = mDefaultZIndex;
 
+    using namespace ThemeFlags;
+    const ThemeData::ThemeElement* elem {theme->getElement(view, element, "carousel")};
+
     if (!elem)
         return;
 
diff --git a/es-core/src/components/primary/TextListComponent.h b/es-core/src/components/primary/TextListComponent.h
index cadfc08e7..34b25f1ca 100644
--- a/es-core/src/components/primary/TextListComponent.h
+++ b/es-core/src/components/primary/TextListComponent.h
@@ -482,7 +482,14 @@ void TextListComponent<T>::applyTheme(const std::shared_ptr<ThemeData>& theme,
                                       const std::string& element,
                                       unsigned int properties)
 {
+    mSize.x = Renderer::getScreenWidth();
+    mSize.y = Renderer::getScreenHeight() * 0.8f;
+    GuiComponent::mPosition.x = 0.0f;
+    GuiComponent::mPosition.y = Renderer::getScreenHeight() * 0.1;
+    setAlignment(PrimaryAlignment::ALIGN_LEFT);
+
     GuiComponent::applyTheme(theme, view, element, properties);
+
     using namespace ThemeFlags;
     const ThemeData::ThemeElement* elem {theme->getElement(view, element, "textlist")};