diff --git a/config/settings.yml b/config/settings.yml
index 002473643..fc22c2813 100644
--- a/config/settings.yml
+++ b/config/settings.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ defaults: &defaults
   show_application: true
   system_font_ui: false
   noindex: false
-  theme: 'default'
+  theme: 'mastodon-auto'
   aggregate_reblogs: true
   advanced_layout: false
   use_blurhash: true