diff --git a/debian/kali-themes.gsettings-override b/debian/kali-themes.gsettings-override
index fd7c4c7d..9f038cf3 100644
--- a/debian/kali-themes.gsettings-override
+++ b/debian/kali-themes.gsettings-override
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ background-transparency-percent = 5
 bold-is-bright = true
 palette = ['#1F2229', '#D41919', '#5EBDAB', '#FEA44C', '#367bf0', '#9755b3', '#49AEE6', '#E6E6E6', '#198388', '#EC0101', '#47D4B9', '#FF8A18', '#277FFF', '#962ac3', '#05A1F7', '#FFFFFF']
 scrollback-unlimited = true
+theme-variant = 'dark'
 use-theme-colors = true
 use-transparent-background = true