# Broken Dark Mode?
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/broken-dark-mode/194366
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 19, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/broken-dark-mode/194366 "2021-06-19T01:17:43Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@TimeDoctor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TimeDoctor)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2021, 1:17am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/broken-dark-mode/194366/1 "2021-06-19T01:17:43Z")
Not sure what’s going on here because I don’t run the discourse installation or know who is hosting it, but how is it even possible for a theme to break using the site to the point where the content doesn’t show up in typical usage?
> **[Dark Mode is Fixed Now](https://www.keebtalk.com/t/dark-mode-is-fixed-now/14549)**
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> UPDATE: Dark Mode is Fixed Now! Update: Dark mode is broken on keebtalk for some reason. Here’s how to workaround the issue until it is fixed: if anyone else gets stuck like this (and hopefully sees this thread before logging in and getting...
This is a screenshot of what viewing a thread looks like as a mobile user when Dark Mode is enabled.
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### Author:  [@Johani](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Johani)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2021, 2:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/broken-dark-mode/194366/2 "2021-06-19T02:30:51Z")
You have a theme component added to your dark theme that’s causing the issue. The name of the component is `Alternative Logos`
It allows you to change the logo based on whether the user is on the light theme or the dark theme.
Head to admin \> customize \> components, then delete the component.
This function is now a part of Discourse. You can upload the alternative logos in site settings.
> [@Automatic Dark Mode color scheme switching](https://meta.discourse.org/t/automatic-dark-mode-color-scheme-switching/161593):
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> You can now set up your Discourse site to automatically switch color schemes when the user’s device is in dark mode. For a quick preview, head over to the [try.discourse.org](http://try.discourse.org) instance and toggle your device’s dark mode on and off to see this new feature in action. (This feature not enabled on meta.) Enabling automatic dark mode To enable this feature on your instance, you can pick the dark mode color scheme in your site settings: Once that setting is set, you can reload your site with …
That component was created a long time ago and hasn’t been updated in a while. Newer theme components have better safeguards against causing issues like that when they’re deprecated.
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### Author:  [@TimeDoctor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TimeDoctor)
#### Post date: [June 19, 2021, 3:08am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/broken-dark-mode/194366/3 "2021-06-19T03:08:56Z")
Thank you! I’ve notified the site owner of what to do and I’m glad to hear this breakage won’t be possible in the future.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 19, 2021, 3:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/broken-dark-mode/194366/4 "2021-07-19T03:09:45Z")
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