diff --git a/es-app/src/guis/GuiMenu.cpp b/es-app/src/guis/GuiMenu.cpp
index 3bae0c58c..4fc85dd41 100644
--- a/es-app/src/guis/GuiMenu.cpp
+++ b/es-app/src/guis/GuiMenu.cpp
@@ -166,12 +166,12 @@ void GuiMenu::openUIOptions()
                 Scripting::fireEvent("theme-changed", theme->getSelected(),
                                      Settings::getInstance()->getString("Theme"));
                 // Handle the situation where the previously selected theme has been deleted
-                // using the theme downloader. In this case attempt to fall back to slate-es-de
+                // using the theme downloader. In this case attempt to fall back to linear-es-de
                 // and if this theme doesn't exist then select the first available one.
                 auto themes = ThemeData::getThemes();
                 if (themes.find(theme->getSelected()) == themes.end()) {
-                    if (themes.find("slate-es-de") != themes.end())
-                        Settings::getInstance()->setString("Theme", "slate-es-de");
+                    if (themes.find("linear-es-de") != themes.end())
+                        Settings::getInstance()->setString("Theme", "linear-es-de");
                     else
                         Settings::getInstance()->setString("Theme", themes.begin()->first);
                 }
diff --git a/es-core/src/Settings.cpp b/es-core/src/Settings.cpp
index 3750839d5..8b980ba71 100644
--- a/es-core/src/Settings.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/Settings.cpp
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ void Settings::setDefaults()
     mBoolMap["ScraperRegionFallback"] = {true, true};
 
     // UI settings.
-    mStringMap["Theme"] = {"slate-es-de", "slate-es-de"};
+    mStringMap["Theme"] = {"linear-es-de", "linear-es-de"};
     mStringMap["ThemeVariant"] = {"", ""};
     mStringMap["ThemeColorScheme"] = {"", ""};
     mStringMap["ThemeFontSize"] = {"", ""};
diff --git a/es-core/src/ThemeData.cpp b/es-core/src/ThemeData.cpp
index 28f4bc671..7cedb242d 100644
--- a/es-core/src/ThemeData.cpp
+++ b/es-core/src/ThemeData.cpp
@@ -820,11 +820,11 @@ const std::string ThemeData::getSystemThemeFile(const std::string& system)
     std::map<std::string, Theme, StringComparator>::const_iterator theme {
         sThemes.find(Settings::getInstance()->getString("Theme"))};
     if (theme == sThemes.cend()) {
-        // Currently configured theme is missing, attempt to load the default theme slate-es-de
+        // Currently configured theme is missing, attempt to load the default theme linear-es-de
         // instead, and if that's also missing then pick the first available one.
         bool defaultSetFound {true};
 
-        theme = sThemes.find("slate-es-de");
+        theme = sThemes.find("linear-es-de");
 
         if (theme == sThemes.cend()) {
             theme = sThemes.cbegin();