# Theme creator is very borked

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-creator-is-very-borked/379401
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** theme-creator
**Created:** [August 20, 2025, 5:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-creator-is-very-borked/379401 "2025-08-20T05:43:35Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author: ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2025, 5:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-creator-is-very-borked/379401/1 "2025-08-20T05:43:35Z")

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logged in (as admin) to [theme creator](https://discourse.theme-creator.io/) and this is what i got in chrome desktop on Macbook:

 ![Screenshot 2025-08-19 at 10.41.45 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/1/6/616272b46edc6c45a373d010f53ff226186f39f7.png)

screen is completely locked and I can’t even get to the console. 😢

in Safari on Macbook, i can at least bring up the console:

 ![Screenshot 2025-08-19 at 10.46.39 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/5/a/65a88694e17831464d91756381923e79d15c8c35.png)

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### Author: ![NateDhaliwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/32/313494_2.png) [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2025, 5:52am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-creator-is-very-borked/379401/3 "2025-08-20T05:52:37Z")

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The dark theme seems to work. Just switched to Horizon and see the same thing as yours (now how do I change it back 😬).

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### Author: ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2025, 5:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-creator-is-very-borked/379401/4 "2025-08-20T05:54:53Z")

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> [@NateDhaliwal](#):
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> how do I change it back

lol good question!

 ![Screenshot 2025-08-19 at 10.54.29 PM](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/8/f/a/8fa24e90aa2f30454d3c355b1de3951e37ea0731.png)

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### Author: ![NateDhaliwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/32/313494_2.png) [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2025, 5:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-creator-is-very-borked/379401/5 "2025-08-20T05:57:02Z")

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_gulp_ I saw that too… now my page refuses to load:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/7/6/e/76edb42aad5a88e59cf1f93f22e1087f526ae4cb.png)

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### Author: ![Lilly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/lilly/32/575047_2.png) [@Lilly](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Lilly)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2025, 6:01am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-creator-is-very-borked/379401/6 "2025-08-20T06:01:15Z")

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i’m in as admin and i am in [safe mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/53504?silent=true) now. trying to disable horizon but it isn’t working. as soon as i exit [safe mode](https://meta.discourse.org/t/53504?silent=true) it breaks and horizon is still enabled it seems. weird.

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### Author: ![NateDhaliwal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/natedhaliwal/32/313494_2.png) [@NateDhaliwal](https://meta.discourse.org/u/NateDhaliwal)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2025, 6:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-creator-is-very-borked/379401/7 "2025-08-20T06:03:17Z")

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Also, upon inspecting the page, the `main-outlet` div isn’t even there:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/b/9/db9373c8a2c4ee2bf41660ee527911e4f8a4090e.png)

Compared to Meta:

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/d/b/b/dbb9c6bb1349a06309c28f685d51ed3c7e48f10b.png)

Which would explain the lack of content.

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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2025, 8:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-creator-is-very-borked/379401/10 "2025-08-20T08:26:32Z")

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Theme-creator was running an old version of Horizon, which had a bug with the color-palette selector. I disabled it.

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### Author: ![david](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/david/32/157490_2.png) [@david](https://meta.discourse.org/u/david)
#### Post date: [August 20, 2025, 8:26am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/theme-creator-is-very-borked/379401/11 "2025-08-20T08:26:36Z")

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